Great news - my sister just BEGGED me for the caring job! Jumped at the chance, obviously. This situation is actually having a very good side to it; sister & me had not seen each other since Dad's funeral a year ago, even though we live only 7 miles apart. But 2 weeks ago, out of the blue, she invited me to tea, & now this! Wow. An answer to prayer, I assure you! We will, I hope, now become closer; my sibs are half-sibs, I'm between 6-19 years the other 5s elder, & funnily, the sister I'm closest too, is the youngest, 19 years my junior. But she lives in Spain...
Thanks for the bouquet, gillybob! gracesmum, I lol +++, I remember it well! Mind, my happiest times were when my boy was a teen, he & his geeky friends would be crammed into his box-bedroom, 14 of them once - glued to their laptops. I always knew where he was, at home! No worries there. The boys would stroll in, murmer 'Hi', walk straight to the fridge, gaze at the contents; a glance in my direction, a raised eyebrow, a nod from me. Out would come a revolting frozen chinese bag of muck, into the microwave, ping! Not seen again 'til sent home. I loved it!