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selenayI have really got to get used to the new three week limit on book borrowing at the library. £5 in fines is not how I planned to spend most of this week's fun money ::pout:: The fact that I'm an ex-librarian who really ought to know better just makes it worse. How did I let them get that overdue?
It seems to be officially autumn today. The leaves have suddenly turned, we've got a ton in front of the garage (um, we're not sure how because there ain't an trees in the near vicinity) and the wind is doing the English blustery near-gale thing. It's rather nice. It would be even nicer if I'd just remember to wear a hat to keep my hair out of my eyes :-)
I had my massage today (it was good, thank you) and my route down there takes me past a couple of primary and middle schools. I know the school times in my area. The earliest that kids get out is 3pm. So why were there mums in cars already waiting for their kids at 2.20pm? It happens every week! Apparently they're getting there early to get a really good parking spot. WTF? The catchment area for those schools is small enough that 95% of the kids live within a ten minute walk. Is it really that hard to make a ten minute walk in each direction instead of driving? Are their kids really that lazy? Are the parents really that scared of lurking bogey men that they can't let the older ones (over eight) walk the ten minutes? There are no big scary roads to cross and I was walking those distances on my own at that age. Hell, Mom only drove me to school twice in the eight years I was at primary/middle school.
And they wonder why our kids are getting fat and unhealthy ::sigh::
I'm hungry, but I heard Mom mention 'new recipes'. This means that supper is going to be a super low cal, low fat, zero taste Weight Watchers recipe meal. A girl can get pretty darned bored with it. Maybe I'll indulge in Doritos or something afterwards to make the tastelessness go away.
I remember food with taste. I ate some last night. It was gooood...
It seems to be officially autumn today. The leaves have suddenly turned, we've got a ton in front of the garage (um, we're not sure how because there ain't an trees in the near vicinity) and the wind is doing the English blustery near-gale thing. It's rather nice. It would be even nicer if I'd just remember to wear a hat to keep my hair out of my eyes :-)
I had my massage today (it was good, thank you) and my route down there takes me past a couple of primary and middle schools. I know the school times in my area. The earliest that kids get out is 3pm. So why were there mums in cars already waiting for their kids at 2.20pm? It happens every week! Apparently they're getting there early to get a really good parking spot. WTF? The catchment area for those schools is small enough that 95% of the kids live within a ten minute walk. Is it really that hard to make a ten minute walk in each direction instead of driving? Are their kids really that lazy? Are the parents really that scared of lurking bogey men that they can't let the older ones (over eight) walk the ten minutes? There are no big scary roads to cross and I was walking those distances on my own at that age. Hell, Mom only drove me to school twice in the eight years I was at primary/middle school.
And they wonder why our kids are getting fat and unhealthy ::sigh::
I'm hungry, but I heard Mom mention 'new recipes'. This means that supper is going to be a super low cal, low fat, zero taste Weight Watchers recipe meal. A girl can get pretty darned bored with it. Maybe I'll indulge in Doritos or something afterwards to make the tastelessness go away.
I remember food with taste. I ate some last night. It was gooood...
