What I did today.

DIL just rang with an update on childminder, has been hospitalised thought she had meningitis. Massive worry, then she had a gastric bleed and they think it may be caused by arthritis medication.
I am now on childminding duty with more of those very early morning drives.

Oh - poor wee lad, glass. He's been going through the mill, bless him. What a worry for you. xx

Oh dear! Wouldn't it be easier if possible to stay there?

Harrigran - goodness - the poor woman! Take care on the roads - the weather's starting to become a bit murky now.

Hope your DGS gets well soon glass, fingers crossed. Good luck harri with the early morning starts, take care.

glass hope your GS feels better soon, a month seems like a long time to feel poorly. My son used to get a lot of tummy pains in reception class I put it down to nerves but GP said it could be migraine.
Not really an option to stay at son's but we will do a lot of the care at their home instead of bringing her back to ours and we can then pick up other GD from school instead of her having to go to after school club.
In the good old days I was at home so never had to worry about childcare. DIL is very good and takes days off without pay to cover difficult times, like tomorrow, so I can go to the funeral.

Oh poor you - will be thinking of you.xx

Poor little fellow. That's a long time to suffer tummy pains etc. glass hope something gets done about it.

glass I hope your little GS gets sorted soon.
harri will be thinking of you tomorrow.

harri thinking of you all today

Thanks everyone, DGS1 has not had the severe pain overnight his temp is being controlled with medication but looks like a dish rag bless him.

harrigran, such a hard day ahead.

glass Sounds very much like a grumbling appendix. If it is, soonest sorted all the better.

harri Your assistance will be much appreciated. You take time off for a nice from time to time. Thinking of you and the childminder. Poor lady!

glass looking like dish rag is a fabulous expression and one I've nit gears since my nan died. Not nice for the poor boy though so give him a big (((hug)).

harri take care on the roads. I drove into a ditch in the way home from my 'duties' last winter.

Nit gears = not heard. New fangled technology.

Oh got me wondering!

jeni blinking technology

Tell me about it! iPad is always putting a different word from what I typed. Dam thing thinks its brainier than me!
Actually, it probably is!

Arrogant technology. We love some and we hate some. I don't like the automatic checkouts that talk in a bossy voice. "Place your bags in the bagging area!" I do like the automatic posting machine in the PO that weighs and prints out stamp. No talking and at least as warm and friendly as the average PO counter assistant around here.
Phoenix - nobody in Wales says "look you", ever. Only English people. I think this goes back to George Borrow who wrote a book about walking in Wales about 200 years ago and tried to capture the stilted phrases of locals trying to talk to him in English. (This is just a "how not to p off Welsh people" tip. These things can come in handy.)
Its ok I still love you "phoenix" . And we do say "Fair Dooos" (Dues) a lot.
And "there's lovely". And "I don mind" - which means "I dont mind if I do" i.e yes please I'd love one. At least in S Wales. The North is another country.

They do in Cardiff. I've heard them at the tribunals. Usually people from the valleys I think

They also tack "isn't it" onto the end of a statement. It's not really a question.

One of my students, who came from South Wales, gave the class an entertaining talk on 'Wenglish' which is what I think you are talking about, JessM.

Hope you've coped with today's events harri and hope your GS continues to feel much better today glass and the problem gets sorted out once and for all

well am fed up as feel really ill again grrrrrrrrrr maybe should not have gone to acquacise yesterday so had cancel lunch with old friend and a client, had awful night, must had temperature as having dreadful dreams, and just felt could not breathe!!

lovely husband cancelled his night out to look after me, (best laid plans thought we both out no need to cook!!)

hpe your little grand son feels better soon glass. sleep often best medicine.

Went into work to be shown how to use a new computer system; need to be up to speed with it in a couple of weeks. Didn't even attempt to understand what I was being shown ; had I done so would be in complete panic mode now. It's horrible. Old dog new tricks and all that ....