This week along with some more flowers blooming, the school emails have steadily been rolling in. I’ve been lucky with 6 emails. Son not so lucky. So far he has 35 unread teacher emails and another 5 this morning. I thought this was the Easter break.
“Dad I’m not reading these until the weekend. I’m on holiday”
Couldn’t agree more. Can we just let kids have some fun and have a break from all the crap.
“Next holiday I’m putting on out of hours message. Something like – I’m now on holiday which finishes on xxxxxxx if you have any concerns please email my Dad.”
Yesterday was one of those rare Yorkshire days. A day when you here the little used words
“Dad I think we need sun cream, do we have any”
Mad parenting panic quickly followed by a mad house search. This is Yorkshire. I remember going to a Test Match (cricket) here many moons ago. The helpful announcer kept playing Government warnings about the need to where hats and use sun lotion to avoid the harmful effects of sunburn. It was ironic as it chucked it down all day and we never once had a glimpse of the sun. Everyone was huddled under umbrellas or seeking cover from the torrential rain in the beer tents. Our county is many things but if you had to list the top 1000 things about Yorkshire, the words hot and sunshine are never going to feature.
After a chaotic search a tub of factor 30 was found. Probably last used on a trip to Switzerland.
“Is it still in date Dad?”
I didn’t need to look at the date to confirm the answer. But in the spirit of accuracy I checked. It was only slightly….. 2018.
“Well it will have to do but I will be informing my solicitors”
We needn’t have worried as this is Yorkshire. In the time we had been protection hunting, the dark clouds had rolled in. Now the most appropriate form of protection was a jumper.
The weather has been crazy in my part of world. 70 degrees and sunny one day and in the low 30’s with snow the next. I agree that the kids deserve a break through all of the chaos happening in our world right now. Hope you & your son are staying safe and well.
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Thank you. We are basically observing full lockdown. Not venturing beyond the garden gate. Look after yourself.
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Some of the worst sunburn here is on cloudy days (not cold thick cloud days) 😉
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Occasionally in the hills that happens here but rarely here.
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Yes!! The sun is farther away there than here in Texas.
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Definitely further away here.
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perfect!!
we have been warming up on the coast too.
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It’s about time.
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Great post and thank you for liking mine.😊
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My paleness would probably fit right in😂 I can burn in 10 minutes. The sun went away from SoCal too. Well mostly…it peeked between the clouds. My kinda spring weather!
I agree with Son. Break is break. He shouldn’t have to deal with anything school related until break is over. I’m betting a bunch of those emails say the same thing, only from different teachers. That’s your tax money at work🙄💌
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You would like it today. Zero burn chance… x
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Beautiful flowers. I believe Mother Nature is not happy. It’s been strange here as well .
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I so agree. We are starting to get payback.
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Us sadly we are .
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🙏
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Leave the emails and the worrying till Monday.
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That’s the plan.
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😉
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Reblogged this on By the Mighty Mumford and commented:
ROLLING IN AND ON—HUMOR KEEPS ONE SANE!
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Thank you so much.
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MY PLEASURE!
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🙏
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When he gets older and emigrates to Canada, I will vote for your son to become Prime Minister
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If I’m allowed in, I will vote for him as well.
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Unreal !! The ten year old and the nine year old started back at virtual online primary school last Wednesday, with work that “Mum” thought was quite realistic. She was even more impressed that first morning to receive phone calls from the teachers checking up on how the first morning was going for the girls. Teachers, children and Mum all happy. Four year old little brother took a bit of organising though. I hope you two both have good coping strategies for your crazy situation.
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We do but they are based on never leaving the house or garden. Going to have to cross that barrier at some stage though.
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All the best for what is ahead then.
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Thank you
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Your son is utterly brilliant!
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Thank you.
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At first when starting to read this… I saw the purple flowers 💐 ooohhh so pretty!! 💜
Then you had me laughing lol… thats hilarious how you described the rain “chucking” lol
And then no “hot or sunshine” and expired lotion lol …you are very funny
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Thank you. You’ve just made me smile.
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Pretty flowers. Blue Bells maybe. A “Test” match? Is that a cricket tryout? We’re you joining a team?
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No it’s an international match and I was one of the rowdy crowd.
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Oh no I remember that English weather though in Yorkshire do you get more rain? Hopefully some summer is on the way soon…wishing you both a happy weekend… ❤
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It’s a tad wet.
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I hope it warms up for you soon.
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Not today….
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😦
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All the shops are selling suncream…. God knows why. Prob cos some don’t have much else.
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Maybe it can block out a virus.
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Lol… ken what, the season is that silly you never know….
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Got a recorded call today from Inverness trying to sell my timeshares in Cornwall. Figure that one out.
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Or maybe it can be used as mayo or something.
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That would work
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it would not work half as much as that call you got today…… I mean ..come on. .. lot of very odd things going on.
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It’s bizarre. I’ve just had a text conversation with my brother. They happen as frequently as you get new popes.
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Maybe he was thinking of you. This mess has focused some people’s minds. Alas not aye for the best……
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That’s true. Not had a conversation with brother in a couple of years and without one text we are discussing football…..
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Well, there you go. Some members come crawling oot the woodwork that way.
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They do.
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Yeah my sister has and she’s had short shrift too……..
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🙏
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you really are a gifted writer … you always find the humour in things! Even the weather 🙂
Over here many parents only force their kids study for 2-3 hours … they are saying it’s too precious a time to enjoy together. They don’t want to be authoritarian and the kids will catch up. 35 is excessive!
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That is so very kind of you. xx
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only being honest, your son is blessed to have you as his father, and I’m sure it goes the other way round too ❤
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🙏x
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It’s sunny and warm here in Antalya. Not being able to enjoy it much though… Weird days.. Hope we feel the Easter joy and sunshine deep in our hearts once more in near future.. Have a great weekend! Thanks for this lovely post.
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Hope you do as well.
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Your son looks after you well bless him!
I like that out of ‘office’ email reply idea. You should definitely do that for sure.
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I think we will
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Oh my gosh, the emails! Every Monday my inbox is inundated with teacher emails. The older kids are in secondary schools and have a separate teacher for each class and they are emailing like I know which kid the teacher goes to. It is so confusing! Your son makes me smile – he’s so funny 🙂
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Sometimes he is being funny other times he’s very serious about these things.
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I could totally relate to the hunt for expired sunblock ending with no sun. Love your flowers. Are those squill??
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Scripta – bluebells
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Very funny one on the sunscreen especially!!
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No need for it today.
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I think you must have sent us some of your weather, for we haven’t had a full day of sunshine in weeks, and had snow on Thursday. Why on earth are the teachers sending 35 emails to students on holiday week??? Have the teachers nothing better to do? Ridiculous!
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Sorry. Apparently not.
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I think your son has a very good idea…he should do a “sorry out of the office until_______” for those teachers. That strikes me as overreach to the nth degree during a holiday week.
I love the pic of the purple flowers, we also have those here (though there will be no evidence of them for months to come).
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Our local wood fills with them soon. Carpet of purple. Sadly don’t think we will be able to see the this year.
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Aw, that is sad. Are the restrictions that bad that you cannot go into the woods? We are still able to go for walks, as long as we follow social distancing regulations.
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It’s difficult to get there. You can walk but it’s either through countless gates (son not happy with these at all these times) or down the road with cyclists flying past (again son not happy with these these days).
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Understandable, I am not a fan of bikes whizzing by me nor of gates to climb either.
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It’s not fun.
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NO, I have been nearly knocked over by bicyclists on the trail here. Definitely not fun!
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When they pass you the definitely don’t leave a 2m gap.
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No, and kids especially don’t get it, but they can be forgiven. I guess. LOL
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Definitely forgiven x
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You know, I think we live in a very different Yorkshire from each other. It hasn’t rained here for six weeks and my garden soil is like concrete 😊
Since I started gardening, I’ve become fascinated by weather patterns. Previously, I really didn’t notice unless it was icy under foot or snowing. Anyway, I am glad you had some sunshine!
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Funny just donning a post with a photo of our cracked and baked soil.
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A couple weeks back it looked like we were into an early spring with 10 C daytime temperatures. Lately we’ve been getting -5 C temperatures at night with the occasional snow squall. Glad my beans hadn’t sprouted yet. Meanwhile the garlic continues to grow.
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We are warm and dry until the weekend. Then it looks like it’s going colder.
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How I wish I could live in a land of grey skies for 360 days! 😀
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It’s certainly that here most days, usually.
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I could use that 😀 The heat here is killing us
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That doesn’t happen here that often.
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I feel ashamed for not using sun cream enough.
And btw, those flowers are my favorite ones. I could spend a day or more just by smelling and enjoying these little darlings.
Thank you for sharing! 🙂
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They are wonderful. As a kid we never used suncream.
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