Thursday 21st Feb

Family day today or so it seemed. First off a trip to the dentist, the challenge here was being to wake the eldest for a 10am appointment that only takes five minutes to get to. I wake her on her instructions fifteen minutes before we need to be there, which apparently was plenty of time; at least it would have been if she didn’t need to do whatever it is teenage girls do in front of the bedroom mirror before they can face the world. Boys pick up the closest clothing to hand and are good to go, for girls it seems it is more complicated.

Dropped in on the folks on the way back for a cup of tea, and a glance at what passes for entertainment on daytime TV. As long as you like arguments, doing up houses or antiques there’s something for you to watch on daytime TV.

Invited along to the outlaws for lunch, with Mrs P’s sister and her three teenage girls. Good food and homemade cake, what could be nicer. I got an insight into the world of prom dresses, which to me as an outsider seem hugely expensive for one night out. I can’t help thinking that’s what ebay is for. I think Proms are another example of Americanisation we could really do without, much like their take on Halloween with trick-or-treating.

Took an early dart to walk home and try to repair/improve our home PC which is running slowly at the moment. I manage to fix one problem but can’t seem to find the underlying one. A bit like being a doctor it seems a matter of eliminating one thing at a time. Typically at the moment the PC seems to save its’ worst performances for when Mrs P needs it, but I’ll soldier on and hopefully get there. Finish the day acting as jay-le-taxi for the eldest, sitting at home like many parents waiting for a text to say I can come and collect her. This time it came at 10:30pm, so not so bad really.

Yours not invited to the Prom

Jay