Mon 17/12

Definitely a morning to be asleep, rather than writing, & going to work? Out of the question… funny how I’m doing both then <sigh>.
Quite a pleasant Sunday all n all we seem to be doing quite well at them at the moment. At home – no adventurous wandering – we did that Friday after I got home from work – dashed off to Burnley on the bus with Louise & Eve. Louise’s mum picked Jack up from school & took him to Bradford to see the Xmas lights. That was the plan anyway, but they only got as far as Halifax & looked at some lights there… Louise’s mum seems to say that it was Jack who wanted this, but… perhaps not. We got a few bit of Xmas shopping done in Burnley, but not that much really.
Tried to fix the old Dyson by taking out the bit of shorted wiring, but it did not work. The wire going ‘bang’ has either had a more serious effect on the wiring or the motor… ah well – I tried a little bit.
Jack’s bang on the head mentioned last week needs to be looked at further. I thought it odd that an area that looked like a recovering bad graze had no bruising associated & have been keeping an eye on it. Just past his hairline, there is this area of scabbing dry skin… & it’s starting to behave more like an infection (getting a little bigger) – so he’s going to school this morning, just to check with the teachers as to whether it’s OK for him to be there. He is likely to be going to the doctors at some point in the day. If he cannot go to school, then that blows his appearance in the school Xmas presentation – which is a bit of a shame – I was kinda looking forwards to that. Not sure how Jack will react to this as I’m sure he would like the opportunity to show off.

Train home

Phoned in on home to see how things were doing. Merry hell – Jack was playing up by the sounds of it – Louise is tired because Eve was at 6’s & 7’s in the night – making a fuss & wriggling about, so she did not get the nights sleep she needed.
Jack has not gone to school today as they suspect impetigo… poor lamb. He has a doctor’s appointment at 2:45, (someone cancelled) so I will go there directly from the train. In all likelihood they will not have seen a Dr by the time I get there – it’s just the way the surgery runs, but you never know! Jack confessed while on the phone, in whisper that I was just about able to catch, that he was ‘mad’ (angry) today – thus his bad behaviour with Eve & Louise I guess. Interesting that he confessed this… but what he is mad about? I don’t now, & if I get a chance to ask him, I don’t think I’ll get a straight answer. Perhaps it’s just not going to school that has set him off? He does like his routine. He will also, as mentioned, miss his school concert.
Eve is also delicate for the same reason that Louise is – she will not have had a good night’s sleep, & on top of that, she has not had a sleep in the day for a few days now. She can do this; miss daytime naps, but she does need to ‘catch up’ every few days to with a daytime sleep. Jack being at home will rule that one out, as she will want to play.