Tuesday, 19 February 2013

Monday 18th Feb

Well half term has arrived and very welcome it is in the Perry household. Mrs P is off for the week as well which gives us a full contingent at home. The taxi service is in full flow today, first off is Perry junior who I drop off at rugby practice. Perfect weather for getting seriously muddy. Back home and the eldest has woken up and phoned the house from her mobile in bed, hoping to order a cup of tea. Fortunately Mrs P was out the back, so that plan went nowhere.

We’ve invited our neighbours in for a cup of tea mid-morning, and very civilised it is too. Tea and homemade Lemon Drizzle cake (courtesy of Mrs P). Always nice to catch up on any local news, and find out why there was an ambulance in the street on Saturday night! Back to collect junior and he does look as though he’s been impersonating a mud bathing hippo, and having a great time doing it. Back home muddy gear off and straight in the shower, and there’s some more washing to do.

After lunch the eldest needs running to a friends house, then after a few errands it’s back home for a cuppa and a read. I order some umpiring gear for both me and junior, which makes a dint in the savings, but it needs doing. Let's hope we both enjoy doing it. Then we look at car insurance using various comparison websites, it can be tricky to get like for like comparisons if you don’t look carefully, even using these sites. Find a cheaper price by about 20% for Mrs P’s renewal, but when we ring her existing provider they are not interested in matching it. Quite surprising this as Mrs P hasn’t had a claim in a long time, but I’m sure they know their business better than I do. Off out again to collect the eldest, then we’re it’s on to Mrs P’s sisters for tea.

Sat round the table after tea and the 5 teenagers are all glued to their mobile devices, though some are playing the same game, which makes it almost a social activity! I then watch as they decamp on mass to watch the TV, though all of them do so whilst continuing to use their mobiles. It must be a generational thing but I can only do one thing at a time, read or watch the TV, not both together.

Funny you’d have thought the holidays would be just that, but for your regular house husband it just makes life busier.

Yours

Jay-le-taxi

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