Panic Attack!

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Yesterday, what a day! 

Obviously, I had the lovely part, which was my anniversary, but then the nerve wracking bit, my observations, loomed too! 

After battling with Lil Princess at 3.30am and not getting back to sleep until 5am, I was awoken by the house phone ringing at 5.45am! It was my parents calling from their holiday, to wish us a happy anniversary.. But could I find the actual handset? It was tucked away in the study! 

I was hoping for a few moments more of sleep but it wasn’t to be… So I switched my alarm off, and trudged downstairs to get ready for the day ahead.

The observation went well, in the end, really well! We got Good, and I am happy with that! Who wants Outstanding? There is nowhere to aim if you hit perfection straight away, right?!

The evening brought a night of takeaway, as we will celebrate the anniversary on the weekend. But I was so tired I fell asleep without a thought for the kids lunches, the dishes etc!

Hubby Dearest tried not to wake me as he got the bed ready but I woke up, and thought I’d better get prepared, with the kids lunch requirements… Doing it in the morning is such a drag!

Off to bed I went…

This morning,I hesitantly opened an eye… I’d heard no kids, the cat had miaowed once…and it was daylight… Wait, that’s not right…my alarm goes off when it’s pitch black!

The phone tells me it’s 7.22am, and I usually get to school, for 7.30!!! Sh*t!!! The alarm!!

Yesterday I had switched it off, and it’s one of those recurring alarms!

Cue me running around like a headless chicken screaming to then kids to wake up,and get dressed!

All I can say is Thank God I made the lunches last night!!!!

We got into school within half an hour, so I wasn’t too late, but it made for a fraught start to the day!

Needless to say, the alarm has been checked, and I am all prepared for tomorrow… I think!

Have a good night Peeps!

But I Smile Anyway...

It’s Our Anniversary!


This time 14 years ago, I rose at the crack of dawn. I was escorted to the bathroom to begin my day. A very special day. My wedding day. The day that so many girls out there dream of.  And I was about to live my dream. I had found my Prince Charming, and now we were about to make it official! The lovely beautician arrived to transform me into a Princess, and after all the ceremonies, I took that final journey in my Pop’s car as a single woman.  No fancy car for me, thank you very much! My Pop’s car had been good enough for me all those years, it would be the perfect mode of transport to my wedding too!

And so the journey began.. within a few hours we had taken the auspicious rounds, the Lawan,  around the Guru Granth Sahib, and we were finally Man and Wife.

Fast forward 14 years and here we are, still together, still as much in love as we were then  We have a lovely home, two beautiful children and one gorgeous fur baby. We have family on both sides that support us, and we have many years ahead of us too…

So on this day, the 18th November, I want to say to my Hubby Dearest,

Happy Anniversary baby! Thank you for putting up with me and my quirks. We have always been there for each other, and I know we will continue to be there too.

I look at our children and feel truly blessed, we did good there you know! Even though they can be pretty annoying at times!

14 years… Cheers! Here’s to many, many more! Love you, my darling!

Flash Fiction Foray – FFF#21 – Moonlight Sonata

It’s Tuesday, which heralds the arrival of the Flash Fiction Foray prompt from The Book Blogger, Matt. You can find this week’s post, here.

So, this week we are given the classical piece by Beethovan, Moonlight Sonata.

She stood there, at the window, staring out at the world, bathed in the soft beams of moonlight.

It was still… so still out there, and the quiet. So different to the scenes she had left behind. All that horror, the carnage of Friday 13th.

What was meant to be a night full of promises, turned into her worst nightmare… She’d arrived there as part of a pair, a couple, romantic and silly, and left there alone…

She opened the window and breathed in the air… and cried… the only sound carrying across the air…A sonata in the moonlight….

 

Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge #71 – Cover & Colour

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Monday means it’s Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge… Check it out here!
The words this week – Cover & Colour…
Three attempts this week…

Rainbow

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The Gurdwara this morning

A myriad of
Multicoloured hues shine down
Through cloud covered skies

Butterfly

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Image from Google

Cocoon cracks open
Uncovers jewelled delights
Coloured wings unfurl

And for a giggle…

Sunglasses Needed

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Image from Google - Shirt Govinda's own!

I cover my eyes
Can’t take much more of that shirt…
The gaudy colours!
Ritu 2015

But I Smile Anyway...

Hugh’s Photo Challenge #6 – Unused

Hugh has prompted us with the word Unused as his photo challenge this week. Check it out here.

And here is my entry… complete with my usual poem!

tapesThey used to be

A necessity

Until replaced

By the CD

Once played until

They wore away

Now gathering dust

No one to play

Still I hang on

To my memories

From Pop and Rock

To Soul and Cheese

And now they’re joined

By my CDs

As digital downloads

Take the lead

I loved my tapes

Recorded with love

Now they lie unused

On the shelf above

Ritu 2015

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