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Last summer, for Ann’s birthday, we were all booked to have a lovely spa day until Tamsin got chickenpox* and I had to cancel. It’s taken 8 months to rearrange but finally, this Sunday, we went! It was touch and go as I dosed a very sad Tamsin with calpol* on Saturday night, but by Sunday morning she seemed a little more cheery and frankly I needed some time off, so off I went. A spot of lunch; a float about the pool – more chat than swim – steam room, jacuzzi then off for our “treatments”, a lovely facial and a pedicure. Hoorah! I don’t care what Julie Burchill has to say about it, I think being pampered is rather nice from time to time.
Today, I feel achey and shivery, which I very much hope is a manifestation of lack of sleep because I do not have time for a lurgy. Maggie has been back to the doctor with her cough, which is keeping everybody up for hours every night, as the inhaler did absolutely nothing. We now have antibiotics, which are not expected to do anything “but sometimes you are surprised” (I actually very much like this doctor – coughs are just one of those things, aren’t they). Tamsin has a nasty cold and is like one of those revolting toddlers with a green streaming nose that I dislike so much when they belong to other people; she’s refusing to settle at night for hours on end too, and is very thin post-virus. Tempers are starting to fray.
On the bright side, a sunny (but very cold) day today persuaded me to take the girls to the zoo for a quick run and to see Margaret the new baby giraffe. She’s less than 6 foot tall with big eyes and absolutely gorgeous so I am very glad we did. And the elephants were having fun in the pool.
*Is it only my children who are constantly ill?
February 27th, 2008 07:19
Nah, we had a period on nearly 9 months where Lauren went from one illness to another. We ended up taking her to see the super top children specialists in London (the advantage of having a wife working in the NHS). They just told us to sit it out until spring and she would improve. They were right, but that was one hell of a Christmas – Lauren hadn’t grown clothes wise for nearly a year!
Now she is rocketing up, despite been skinny.
February 27th, 2008 07:21
Oh yeah, we have teeth too this morning! 6 Months seems to be a little early though, but Jocey is clearly just desperate to move onto solids!
February 27th, 2008 13:30
Our lot are also near-constantly ill (or so it feels). I thought we wouldn’t get so many colds this winter, being in a hot place, but it must be governed by their body clocks or something 🙂 And S and I get more and more exhausted until we can hardly help but succumb to the bug as well.