By KATE HUNTER
This is the part where we share which facets of our week were good, bad or ordinary. If you haven’t played before, it’s a pretty simple game:
For example, if Barack Obama were to comment on Best and Worst (he hasn’t yet but surely it’s only a matter of time), he’d post something like:
Best: Being inaugurated. Again !!!
Worst: Those rifle association clowns just don’t know when to grow up and get another hobby.
‘Thanks Barack,’ I’d reply, ‘Good to have you at MM!’
See, it’s easy and fun. Here are my best and worsts for this week …
Best: Gearing up for the kids going back to school next week. I’m looking forward to kissing my three goodbye on Wednesday. I checked, it is Wednesday – my mother once dropped my 10 year old brother at school a week before school started – oops. It’s been a great break and the kids are so relaxed they’re almost liquified, but even they’re getting excited. Not so much about the schoolwork, but being busy again.
Me too. I work from home and apart from the week I was in the wilds of New Zealand and away from iDevices of any kind, I’ve been working in a sporadic, unmotivated way. But I can feel my mojo coming back. I’m eating better and I’ve cut out weekday wines. My friend Annie’s mother always says ‘From Melbourne Cup to Australia Day, Australia is in go-slow mode’. I think she’s right – I’m ready to speed up again.
Worst: Realising the kids going back to school next week. It’s been great, not having to do the morning countdown. Sometimes it’s like the Masterchef kitchen at our place, but instead of Matt Preston banging on about plating, it’s me yelling, ‘You’ve got ten minutes to get those shoes on, bags packed and hair tied up! What ARE you doing?’ We went away a couple of times over the holidays, but the last few weeks have been at home. We told the kids, ‘You’ve had a great time, but now there are no more outings.No movies, theme parks, roller-skating, ice-skating or art classes. The money taps are off.’
I countered that by saying their friends are always welcome to come over, and as long as I don’t have to do more than fling them a Vegemite sandwich, they can stay all day. That meant most days there were six kids at our place, but really and truly, it was fine. Noisy, but fine. I’d much rather listen to a barney about ever-changing rules of ‘hallway cricket’ than the hypnotic goo goo pling pling of computer games.
What’s happening in your world? What’s made you smile, grimace or wonder what the hell is going on (code for this is OMM – On My Mind) …
Top Comments
best : 2 weeks till end of my first trimester. Saw the baby at 8 weeks and it had a strong heartbeat, but the weeks between 8 and 12 weeks seem to be dragging, just hoping everything is still ok. i get moments of intense panic about it, particularly if i have a day or two where i dont feel as nauseous.
Worst : no real worsts, just the waiting!!
No real best or worst, but an OMM...
I've been with my boyfriend for 18 months and it's my first proper relationship. Most of the time it's wonderful (and there is so much I love about him), but every now and then he'll do something which will really piss me off and leave me questioning whether or not I'm in the right relationship. It's never been anything major or anything intentional on his part, just things that kinda point to him being a bit selfish. I've read Jo Abi's post about marriage being hard work, so I'm guessing these little tensions from time to time are normal...
Ann, as someone who is now 9.5yrs into a relationship that is hanging by a thread and mostly unhappy can I implore you to listen to your gut before you take the next step (moving in, getting engaged etc etc). I kick myself every single day for not listening to my gut instincts. He won't change. Good luck xx
Stick with it. I'm sure there are times you piss him off too. Relationships are about give and take. If its not major, don't get so uptight about it. Nobody is perfect. If everything's ok 99% of the time, you're doing ok.
Can you give us an example of something he does?