School has started again. Thank goodness. It feels to me sometimes that these kids of mine have more holidays than school days. In the UK they went to school only a mere 157 days out of 365. That is less than half. In my experience there seems to be no middle-class in the UK because they are all spending their money on aftercare. It is cheaper to stay at home. Indeed, the Government will pay them to have babies and stay at home, that is, if you have the right stamp in your passport.
What is it about the 1st January? People around me expect me to make New Years resolutions which they know I will absolutely not keep. New Year should be a time of celebration, a joyous occasion that only comes but once a year, instead I feel racked with guilt because I refuse to lie to myself about myself. The expectation within my family that I will lose weight simply because the New Year has started. Have they fallen off the end of the earth? I haven't lost any weight for the last 10 years and its not going to come off anytime soon. Thanks for your concern, but no thanks. Go find your own battle to fight and leave me in peace with mine.
New Years night was passed in the blissful abandonment of sleep. I tried hard to drink as many screwdrivers as I could, but only managed to fall asleep after my third drink. I realized I am no fun, but as I gazed around me in my foggy, inebriated state I saw my husband fast asleep and all seemed well in the my world. The kids were snoring gently with the dog barking at the neighbors.
As it turns out, it was the calm before the storm....
What is it about the 1st January? People around me expect me to make New Years resolutions which they know I will absolutely not keep. New Year should be a time of celebration, a joyous occasion that only comes but once a year, instead I feel racked with guilt because I refuse to lie to myself about myself. The expectation within my family that I will lose weight simply because the New Year has started. Have they fallen off the end of the earth? I haven't lost any weight for the last 10 years and its not going to come off anytime soon. Thanks for your concern, but no thanks. Go find your own battle to fight and leave me in peace with mine.
New Years night was passed in the blissful abandonment of sleep. I tried hard to drink as many screwdrivers as I could, but only managed to fall asleep after my third drink. I realized I am no fun, but as I gazed around me in my foggy, inebriated state I saw my husband fast asleep and all seemed well in the my world. The kids were snoring gently with the dog barking at the neighbors.
As it turns out, it was the calm before the storm....
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