The upshot of the accusations, counter claims, prolonged and intricate negotiations, in an attempt to save what little honour and dignity I had left?!
“Well if you don’t like my version of the truth, post your own version of events!”
“Ah, but we don’t know how!?” they bleated. If I remember, through the red mist of rage, or is that the mist of old age? it may have been that word, BLEATED, that was the catalyst.
“Ah, but we don’t know how!?” they bleated. If I remember, through the red mist of rage, or is that the mist of old age? it may have been that word, BLEATED, that was the catalyst.
The contentious statement? “Sherrie now has a boyfriend….” Apparently I am now a-typical of a parent of a teenager, am insensitive and tell lies! “I DO NOT HAVE A BOYFRIEND!” she said, “Good, then we can expect you will spend some time with us this weekend!” my sharp and witty, gotcha retort…….
yes, I realise I have an immense amount to learn about being parent to a teenager……it is something like being married! Every time we men think we have it down, we are forced into submission and the perfunctory “Yes Dear!” (One can only imagine the ammount of pain I am going to be in now!)
Comments and advice from any adults recently transitioned form teen-mare would be appreciated, though I suspect it will all be beyond me and I will reconnect with my kids in about 20 years time! I am sure they will have a fascinating story to tell me………… (firmly tongue in cheek)
I trust that my approach will have encouraged them to put fingers to the keyboard or pen to paper! They have no excuse and they mitigate the risk of being fingered by embellishments.
Des has been active in the job hunting arena. Interviews and applications. I personally hope she lands something in the catering industry. If she is going to work, she may as well be learning while earning and preparing herself for the day she opens her own shop!
Comments and advice from any adults recently transitioned form teen-mare would be appreciated, though I suspect it will all be beyond me and I will reconnect with my kids in about 20 years time! I am sure they will have a fascinating story to tell me………… (firmly tongue in cheek)
I trust that my approach will have encouraged them to put fingers to the keyboard or pen to paper! They have no excuse and they mitigate the risk of being fingered by embellishments.
Des has been active in the job hunting arena. Interviews and applications. I personally hope she lands something in the catering industry. If she is going to work, she may as well be learning while earning and preparing herself for the day she opens her own shop!(Des hitting the streets……. Job hunting!)
It is Friday (7 April) and I suspect, for the first time, that winter may be forcing its grey and grubby paws on our lifestyles!
Not yet cold and not windy, but today is a grey day with rain. The train is air-conditioned and I have not yet found one that leaks, so getting to
Wellington is a dry affair. The trip from the station to the office can be completed by bus, with one only needing to cross a single road, exposed to the elements. Ultimately, it means that a brolly and a jacket are all that I need to get from Paraparaumu Station to the office and back. My challenge is going to be the 100 metres to the bus stop and trying to keep dry in the wind driven rain. Those raindrops that come in parallel to the ground and get right up your nose! Those wind driven squalls that render umbrellas useless, turned inside out!
Kiwi land! When will the weather arrive? Or is it that the Kiwis have told the world all this time how bad it is in winter, how wet, windy and miserable as a nationally conspired ploy to keep us migrants away! Encourage tourists in the summer months, rake in the dough, let them play on our mountains, soak in our thermal pools, raft our rivers and tramp our countryside, but put the fear of the weather into them and they wont stay!
Clutching at straws? Me thinks! But hey! Global warming, changing weather patterns and El Niño!?
The big news this week is school reports. The first term reports have
arrived from Kapiti College and to my surprise and relief, Travis and Sherrie have done remarkably well! Sherrie’ report is all fantastic and Travis was invited to tea with the Deputy Principal, to discuss his results. He has received a certificate of Merit for his academic pursuits; an acknowledgement I hope will spur him to set his sights a little higher than “average”.
District cricket trials are this Sunday, but I fear the weather is changing and we will probably have rain all day on Sunday. Soccer for me this Saturday so aches and pains again until Thursday next week!
I still marvel at the beauty of my daily commute. I have just caught myself
staring out the window of the train as we track along the shore through Mana and on toward Paremata. Even though it is grey and wet, the water is a "turquiosey" colour with little caps of white, riding the swell. Patches of sunlight, sneaking through the clouds, highlighting a clump of yachts and houses at the waters edge. A watery rainbow, as if there, simply to make the point!
We are running late this morning! There are problems on the line up ahead! My fellow commuters restless, me enjoying the opportunity to sit and stare out the window, pen this piece!
Have got the cameras up and running again, so from next week some home grown pictures, or pictures of our home, or both! I hope to find a web site where I can upload video, for you guys to download. Do not want to send video a pics via email, especially if folk have dial up connections or limited bandwidth.
That’s my piece for this week, so have great rest on this weekend before the Easter madness!
Not yet cold and not windy, but today is a grey day with rain. The train is air-conditioned and I have not yet found one that leaks, so getting to
Wellington is a dry affair. The trip from the station to the office can be completed by bus, with one only needing to cross a single road, exposed to the elements. Ultimately, it means that a brolly and a jacket are all that I need to get from Paraparaumu Station to the office and back. My challenge is going to be the 100 metres to the bus stop and trying to keep dry in the wind driven rain. Those raindrops that come in parallel to the ground and get right up your nose! Those wind driven squalls that render umbrellas useless, turned inside out!Kiwi land! When will the weather arrive? Or is it that the Kiwis have told the world all this time how bad it is in winter, how wet, windy and miserable as a nationally conspired ploy to keep us migrants away! Encourage tourists in the summer months, rake in the dough, let them play on our mountains, soak in our thermal pools, raft our rivers and tramp our countryside, but put the fear of the weather into them and they wont stay!
Clutching at straws? Me thinks! But hey! Global warming, changing weather patterns and El Niño!?
The big news this week is school reports. The first term reports have
arrived from Kapiti College and to my surprise and relief, Travis and Sherrie have done remarkably well! Sherrie’ report is all fantastic and Travis was invited to tea with the Deputy Principal, to discuss his results. He has received a certificate of Merit for his academic pursuits; an acknowledgement I hope will spur him to set his sights a little higher than “average”.District cricket trials are this Sunday, but I fear the weather is changing and we will probably have rain all day on Sunday. Soccer for me this Saturday so aches and pains again until Thursday next week!
I still marvel at the beauty of my daily commute. I have just caught myself
staring out the window of the train as we track along the shore through Mana and on toward Paremata. Even though it is grey and wet, the water is a "turquiosey" colour with little caps of white, riding the swell. Patches of sunlight, sneaking through the clouds, highlighting a clump of yachts and houses at the waters edge. A watery rainbow, as if there, simply to make the point!We are running late this morning! There are problems on the line up ahead! My fellow commuters restless, me enjoying the opportunity to sit and stare out the window, pen this piece!
Have got the cameras up and running again, so from next week some home grown pictures, or pictures of our home, or both! I hope to find a web site where I can upload video, for you guys to download. Do not want to send video a pics via email, especially if folk have dial up connections or limited bandwidth.
That’s my piece for this week, so have great rest on this weekend before the Easter madness!
And of course, a pic of our Meggy......Megs?
Yes!?
What are you doing?
Sitting!