Changes

I am slowly adjusting to the new schedule.  Up at the crack of dawn to get The Toddler ready for nursery, and then doing a bit of shopping and/or cleaning until time to pick her up.  Then it’s home again to cook her tea and get her ready for bed.  I am also adjusting to The Toddler’s new relationship with our postman.  I am surprised it has taken her this long to cotton on to his existence actually, bearing in mind I got to know all of our neighbours through her waving manically at them all through the living room window.  Anyhow, as our schedule now crosses his, she has started her manic waving at him too.  And of course, she yells to him down the street at the top of her voice “Hiya Postman!”  Today’s was, “Where are you going Postman?  Come back!”  Only slightly embarrassing, but I am sure I shall get her back in due course.  Of course, it is my excuse to give him a smile and a “hello”.  He is very attractive.  Of course, I would be less mortified if he was not so.  But I am beginning to wonder if I was wrong and the ex was right.  Maybe The Toddler is not such a man repellent after all.  Hmm.  Worth investigating methinks.

But that is all the change we have had so far this year.  Psycho on the other hand has still been unable to find a job.  Poor man.  Yes, the recession is more evident than ever for him.  Shame he missed it before really.  he might have been better prepared.  He is of course still adamant that the wool shop is doing fine.  Hmm.  Not so convinced.  Oh, and the great laugh is that the ex and his younger brother are a bit pissed off with Psycho about lying to them about the wool shop’s success, bearing in mind that their trust fund paid for it.  I don’t know.  But given Psycho’s past experiences with running shops, I don’t actually have any sympathy for them.  His last shop went bust by the way.  So naturally his brothers give him thousands of pounds of theirs to help him open a new shop.  And now they’re surprised it’s going pear shaped?  Hmm.  Like I said, as mean as it is, no sympathy.  We are meant to learn from mistakes after all aren’t we?  No matter how pushy older siblings may be?  I may have forgotten to mention that the ex ended up with loads of debt courtesy of the first shop going bust.  Psycho’s credit rating was so low, he couldn’t get a loan to get the first shop started, so the ex did.  And now history repeats itself.

I am hoping the madness picks up a bit before summer.  Aside from The Family, things have been remarkably normal around here lately.  Scary.  But summer does tend to attract the nutters.  Sane people do not holiday here evidently.  Hmm.