Laxie through the Looking Glass

[Laxie]

I've the best GP on the planet.  FACT!  Phoned yesterday as instructed and they weren't well pleased to hear I'd not received an appointment with the surgeon yet.  "Leave it with me.  We'll ring you back."  I'd other things on my mind for the day, so it never occurred to me they hadn't phoned back until it was too late in the evening.

No need to worry because the GP just phoned.  They'd been on to the surgeon's office and relayed the conversation to me,

"Oh yes, we have her down for April 7th."  To me, this was pretty good.  But not good enough for my GP...

"Oh no, no, no...that's just not good enough.  She needs to be seen now.  Please fit her in some time sooner than that." 

"How's next Wednesday?  Will have to clear it with the surgeon, but could fit her in then"

"Would have preferred sooner, but we'll take that.  Thank you very much."

Just waiting on the surgeon's office to ring with confirmation and if I don't hear from them by the end of the day, I'm to get back on to the GP first thing tomorrow morning.  She's ruthless I tells ya!  Just glad I moved my family to her when we moved to Ireland.  Was a good pick for sure.

[kinboshi]

Shame your brain surgeon isn't as good....

[Laxie]

Shame your brain surgeon isn't as good....

Bite me.

That said, if ya knew which surgeon I was on about, you might consider them to be one in the same.   

[Laxie]

Knew I'd forgotten something!!! 

When I rang the internet crowd's tech department, the very first thing he asked me, "Have you tried turning it off and back on again?" 

He was serious...and I was laughing for a good twenty minutes afterwards.

[Laxie]

And in further news on the 'run good' front...

When we blew the fuse last week, we also managed to blow the monitor for the dinosaur desktop.  Tis well and truly blown.  No need to do all the checks mentioned earlier.  First the screen went all wonky.  Then it kinda melted away into a nothing blankness.  But the biggest tip off was the smell of burnt stuff coming from the back of it. 

Turned to Sinéad and said, "Oh crap.  If I were a betting girl, I'd say turning it off and back on again isn't going to help this time."

I've priced around for a new monitor to match our ancient tower (ie cheap), but kind of lost interest when I realised it was 1/3 the cost of a whole new system.  Seriously.  Did I really want to go through the torture of deciding between laptop and desktop for a start?  Heck no.  Then you've the added pressure of kids arguing over who gets to use it if I go the lappy direction.  Oh hell no.  We've enough gadgets in this house to get by on, plus I'd need to save up a few bob for it first.  It can wait.

Last night I called to Laura's house after dropping herself and Sarah to their art class.  Was telling her parents about all the blow ups and bust ups seemed to be happening around our house and how we'd most of them sorted or close enough. 

An hour after I returned home, there was a loud thumping at the front door.  The thumping made sense when we opened the door.  It was Benny carrying a spare monitor that had been gathering dust in their attic.  He was using his foot to knock.  lol  Anyway, we hooked it up and it works perfect!  Purchase dilemmas sorted...and our dinosaur lives on.  Wiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii

[Laxie]

I've a friend in England who's having eye trouble lately.  He's to put drops in every night at 10:30pm but was having difficulty remembering to put them in.  As he's 'old school' and doesn't know how to work his phone (ie set reminders, etc.), I offered to send him a reminder text each night. 

That was last Monday.  And every night since, I've sent that text.  Was tough staying awake for the first few nights as I tend to crash right around that time.  Previous routine was to wake a few hours later and stay up for the rest of the night (and next day).  Rinse repeat.  Hence the sleeping meds. 

Well it looks like I've beat the routine thanks to those texts.  Took the meds Monday and Tuesday, but by Wednesday I was sleeping without them.  In turn, Malc has come to look forward to the texts so he's keeping a better eye on the clock and remembers the drops anyway. 

Funny how things work out.  We've helped each other without realising it...and no real effort involved.  It's the little things in life that mean so much sometimes.  Cheers Malc!  xx

[Laxie]

There's some proper rubbish on the telly these days, but myself and the girls have been glued to three shows lately.  Top Chef, Come Dine With Me and Cake Boss.  Yep.  We like our cooking shows.

Top Chef is cool because they've to come up with recipes on the hop sometimes.

The girls reckon I should apply to be on Come Dine With Me.  No thanks.  Know yer limits and all that.  

And Buddy sure isn't half annoying with all his rants, but to be fair...he makes some pretty cool cakes.

[Laxie]

Oh good lord...Mere on thread.  My use of the English language is shocking at the best of times.  Must be proper torture for you.  Apologies.  x

[celtic]

I used to like merenovice, he used to hang around tikays thread, then went highbrow and posted on mine, but was lead astray and was at it with tom. He gets banned if he lowers himself to posting on claws diary.

[Laxie]

He's not actually posted on mine.  Pretty sure reading it makes him so unwell, he's unable to post anywhere the rest of the day.   

[MereNovice]

I used to like merenovice, he used to hang around tikays thread, then went highbrow and posted on mine, but was lead astray and was at it with tom. He gets banned if he lowers himself to posting on claws diary.

I'm trying to spread the love because you're all so "deserving".

[Laxie]

I used to like merenovice, he used to hang around tikays thread, then went highbrow and posted on mine, but was lead astray and was at it with tom. He gets banned if he lowers himself to posting on claws diary.

I'm trying to spread the love because you're all so "deserving".

You're just a glutton for punishment.  Although I'm quite enjoying the slow roll Vinny's getting here.  You just need to post on Claw's to complete the task.  Don't worry.  Tikay won't really let him ban you.

[Laxie]

Brian didn't come home this week-end.  Said he had some 'work' to do.  'Labs' was the word he used when questioned further.  I'd just about got used to his not being here during the week, but missing a week-end was difficult for this ol' Mom.  That said, he's growing up and I need to let him at it.

Got through it in the end because the house seemed to be buzzing a goodly bit.  Bridget and her boyfriend Sean landed unexpectedly on Friday night.  She comes out with some proper doozies on a regular basis.  Pretty sure she hit an all time high this time 'round.

The girls and I tore into the house work well and truly on Saturday.  They weren't too impressed initially, but I kept reminding them that team work gets things done in half the time.  Not entirely sure they bought it, but they kept going and we got a lot done.

Then on Sunday they headed to their grandparent's house for the day while I stayed home doing laundry and chilling with the dogs.  That's when I got a text from Brian.  "Phone me please."  Oh god.  What's wrong?  Typical Mom, so I am. 

Phoned him to find out nothing was wrong.  He needs me to put spending money into his account since he wasn't home to collect it.

"Phew!  I thought something was wrong.  No hassle.  How much do you need?"

"Well, it's St. Paddy's Day this week and we'll be going out for that - so I suppose a bit more than usual."

"Right so, tell me what you want."

"I suppose 100 should cover it if that's ok?"

"You sure that's all you need?  Will I put a bit more in just in case?"

"Nah, that should do it.  Thanks Mom." 

It's at this point I'm thinking I'm so lucky he's such a good Lad.  Not a typical teen at all.  Never asks for much and always says please and thanks while he's at it.  That's when he burst my bubble...

"Besides, if I run out before the week's out I can always ring you again."

I'm such a pushover!  Sighhhhhhhhhhh   

[Laxie]

I've a random fact for Vinny's diary, but gonna hold off posting it for a bit.  It's a proper useless one and all too. 

[boldie]

Brian didn't come home this week-end.  Said he had some 'work' to do.  'Labs' was the word he used when questioned further.  I'd just about got used to his not being here during the week, but missing a week-end was difficult for this ol' Mom.  That said, he's growing up and I need to let him at it.

Got through it in the end because the house seemed to be buzzing a goodly bit.  Bridget and her boyfriend Sean landed unexpectedly on Friday night.  She comes out with some proper doozies on a regular basis.  Pretty sure she hit an all time high this time 'round.

The girls and I tore into the house work well and truly on Saturday.  They weren't too impressed initially, but I kept reminding them that team work gets things done in half the time.  Not entirely sure they bought it, but they kept going and we got a lot done.

Then on Sunday they headed to their grandparent's house for the day while I stayed home doing laundry and chilling with the dogs.  That's when I got a text from Brian.  "Phone me please."  Oh god.  What's wrong?  Typical Mom, so I am. 

Phoned him to find out nothing was wrong.  He needs me to put spending money into his account since he wasn't home to collect it.

"Phew!  I thought something was wrong.  No hassle.  How much do you need?"

"Well, it's St. Paddy's Day Cheltenham this week and we'll be going out for I'll be doing my nuts in on that - so I suppose a bit more than usual."

"Right so, tell me what you want."

"I suppose 100 should cover it if that's ok?"

"You sure that's all you need?  Will I put a bit more in just in case?"

"Nah, that should do it.  Thanks Mom." 

It's at this point I'm thinking I'm so lucky he's such a good Lad.  Not a typical teen at all.  Never asks for much and always says please and thanks while he's at it.  That's when he burst my bubble...

"Besides, if I run out before the week's out I can always ring you again."

I'm such a pushover!  Sighhhhhhhhhhh   

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