Wow. I can’t believe it!
Son#1 and his friends are into the home stretch of their school careers.
Good luck you guys xxx
PWN THOSE EXAMS!
Back left to right: Son#2, moi, Son#1
Front: good friends, all grown up.
Kids:
Son#1 stands proudly
(read: highly embarrassed – Mom, HURRY UP and take the damn picture before someone SEES!)
in front of his matric art exhibition, for which he was awarded 3rd place and
received a brilliant A!
I’m so proud of you, my baby
WELL DONE!
After a rather revolting 10 days of being horribly sick, I’m back in the saddle. I won’t go into any gory details right now, I’m just grateful to be healthy again!
But, sadly – very, very sadly – I missed Son#1’s matric dance last Saturday. I’m (still) absolutely heartbroken about this and pissed off that I [...]
I am just as much in love with them today as the very first day
I laid eyes on each of their glorious little souls.
And if it was indeed possible to burst with pride, love and excitement for them,
there would be a disgusting bloody mess all over my dining room right now.
Just saying …
Hmmm … ja … so I obviously haven’t written anything in a while.
Here’s some inside info: if I’m quiet for a long time, you KNOW something’s wrong.
At first, that was because I was in a my-life-is-so-excrutiatingly-dull-there’s-nothing-worthwhile-to-write-about phase. And I’m not exaggerating. My day-to-day existence suddenly appeared to be SO stale and monotonous that I couldn’t [...]
The X bought Son#1 a new car for his 18th …
He’s absolutely over the moon about it.
Jeez, this feels strange … my boy is DRIVING now!
As you know, I’m not thrilled about this but I’m not going to spoil his fun.
He knows how I feel about him being given a car and that’s that.
Matric finals – here we go!