Big kid lost another tooth the other night. We often have no cash in the house other than what he has in his various piggy banks, wallets, boxes. The tooth fairy has been recycling the same two pound coin for three teeth now, and this time he said, “Hmmm… This coin looks familiar…” But that was it, the coin was discarded and it’s now back in my box waiting its next mission.

Little kid went on his first all day school trip to Whipsnade Zoo yesterday. When he jumped off the bus at pick-up time he excitedly told me he’d “been to Europe, and it’s not far away!”

Big kid attended his high school transition day today along with kids from all the local primary schools. He was the only one to take a pen, and the only one to take notes.

Big kid singing at the Royal Albert Hall tonight!

It’s been a very noisy and smelly morning. Reversing forklifts, car alarms, barking dog, pneumatic drill. Now it’s the fucking ice cream man doing his rounds (mate, the kids are all at school). To top it all off, we had the delightful petroleum aroma of our local asphalt recycling plant drifting in on the prevailing wind.

Eight days later and I’m logged into the shiny new work bank account, pension account and password account with all passwords restored.

Now, what did I do with my kids?

So far today I’m locked out of the new work bank account and the old work pensions account, and then I “upgraded” to the shiny new password manager web app and - hey presto! - lost all my passwords. Not sure it’s safe for me to go and pick up the kids today.

Brick 📷

Probably not going to see much more of big kid today. Switch 📷