Random is back from London where I have been with the gorgeous Florence. Totally knackered as I stayed over the night before and at 7am heard thundering feet down the landing 'Knock Florence Knock' calls Helen. Florence knocks and crashes the door open in one fell swoop and is in. I am still curled under the duvet. 'Bammer bammer read it read it' and the Hungry Caterpillar is stuck in front of my face as it emerges from under the bed clothes. I haul her in and snuggle her down and tell her to wait a minute until Bammer is awake but of course, hopeless, so I give up the fight and sit up, reach for my glasses and we are off. Lovely day with her but shattered this morning. There is a very good reason why older women should not have children and nothing to do with principles or morals, it is because it is totally and utterly knackering.
A very good year ahead because now that the thirteen weeks are passed I can tell all Random readers that I will be a grandmother again in September. All is well and though I have told a few people privately, I have had to keep this secret until now and as I am bursting with joy and utter delight, it has been difficult. With elder daughter Kathryn coming home on holiday this summer, you can forget the Olympics and the Jubilee, 2012 is My Family Year and I am just so happy about it all it is difficult to put into words.
Driving home last night I was stuck in the backlog of an earlier accident on the A12 and though I was simply dying to get home and get into bed, there was that lovely warm glow and feeling one gets when you know that something wonderful is lined up in the future and I just sat back and relaxed. Switched off the engine, overhead light on, book out and sat and read for an hour. Don 't suppose many people can say they have done that. A few years ago I was stuck in a jam on the M11 for seven hours and did the same so am thinking of writing a book on Best Motorways and Roads for Reading but don't think I fancy the research somehow…..
Daughter Helen as well as being a super mother is also a Historian and Lecturer in same as you already know. Well, this morning she was on Woman's Hour, taking part in a discussion on National Woman's Day with Mary Robinson, former premier of Ireland and Polly Toynbee who I know mostly for her articles in The Guardian (usually disagree with most of what she says but not this time) and sat bursting with pride as I heard Helen's voice coming out of the radio. I am so proud of her.
Heap of books awaiting me when I got back and the word has certainly spread that Random likes Mysteries and Thrillers as there were a few gems there in that genre, some I know, some I don't and will be posting about those soon. At moment am going to spend evening with feet up and catching up on last night's episode of NCIS which I simply adore, the last two episodes of Whitechapel which I am also finding fascinating mainly because I love watching Rupert Penry Jones (very easy on the eye) to see if he can really act. The jury is out on that one at the moment. Keanu Reeves is another one who falls into this category but I have made up my mind about him. He can't.
Tomorrow, after ten years of fruitless efforts since moving into this block of flats, victory victory and we are having Sky installed. On Monday they come to fit out the individual flats and I will get The Men to explain it all to me very slowly and in words of one syllable and will have a note book to hand to take it all down as I find technology a tad worrying to start off with. Once I have the hang of it I will be OK but I know my limitations. The joy of Sky is the Sports Channel which I am paying extra to have, for one year at least. I shall be able to watch Cricket again and simply cannot wait for the Test Match series in the summer when I shall be glued to it all day and every day. Not sure that the team of Nassar Hussain, Ian Botham and David Gower are really for me so may have the radio on while watching as Test Match Special is simply superb and not to be missed.
So a Random Ramble today and back tomorrow with all the crimfic to come and to enjoy.
Au reservoir
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