Friday thoughts for the day.

Today, is Friday, the third best day of the week after Saturday and Sunday and as an added bonus, I usually only work for half the day on Friday as I build up enough flexi time in the week to take the afternoon off. This morning I woke up at 6am as usual to deep sound of an aircraft flying somewhere overhead. Perhaps it is because I am conscious of it now but I don't remember the planes being as loud as they are now but I would be interesting to know if anyone else has noticed this.

My son was off school yesterday with a stomach bug. He was fine when he went to bed the evening before but when he woke up yesterday morning he said he felt funny and the next minute he was projectile vomiting. I wasn't there to witness it but my girlfriend said he was scared because he hadn't been sick like that before and was struggling to get his breath. I went home at lunchtime to see him and it was odd to see my little boy who usually can't keep still for two minutes, lying listlessly on the sofa, unable to move around for fear of being sick.

This morning he feels a bit better but we kept him home from school anyway just in case but this led to my daughter being a pain in the ass this morning before school because she wanted to stay home too. Daisy (my daughter) is 9 years old and she can be pretty testy at times, particularly with her mum in the morning when I am not there. It's all about control with children it seems. They like to think they have control, even if that means not eating their breakfast or deliberately taking 5-10 minutes to put on a vest so they are late for school. It's a constant mental battle and it is too easy to fall into the trap of letting them get to you. As soon as they get a reaction or think they have the upper hand or you react, they have you. They are clever little bastards (literally in my children's case since myself and my partner are not/were not married when they were born).

It's a lovely day today with the skies as blue as they get these days. Ordinarily on a Friday afternoon after I finish work we would go out for something to eat or for a walk but as I said, Ollie is home today so there will be none of that. We have friends coming over for dinner later so I have to get prepared for that anyway. We're having steaks as it's easier and I'm going to prepare the cheesy mash and sides before so that all I will have to do later is throw the steaks on the griddle.

I am considering trying some of the magic mushrooms I didn't pick a few weeks ago later so my next blog post might be a bit more interesting and I might even record a video for DTube when I am under the influence.

It might be a good idea to try the mushrooms tonight anyway as they might make me less likely to steer the conversation towards when my guests would consider 'depressing stuff' like how bullshit the consumerism surrounding Christmas is and how we are all living in an illusion. You know, that sort of stuff ;-)

I think that's about it. I quite enjoyed writing that and think I will try to do it more often. Writing things down as they come into my head feels better but how it translates for the reader is another thing.

Let me know.

Peace