OMG - teh retail pain!

This is why I don't go shopping. Had to make a dash into the city centre to get presents for the in-laws. In-laws are coming down to visit tomorrow, and in their own inimitable style, let me know what they wanted for Christmas late yesterday afternoon. And woe betide if they're not wrapped and properly labelled... Which just leaves today to drive, shop and wrap.

I'm not at my best today - Monday and Tuesday were spent either vomiting or looking after somebody else who was vomiting. I've mentioned the emetophobia before, right? And Wednesday was spent feeling like I might vomit. Today I just have tummy cramps, so definitely on the mend.

Anyhoo. Neither am I any good at shopping. Well, I'm good in that I'm extremely focused - 3 shops, 1-2 purchases in each, with child in tow.

Took me 3 hours. Three hours of pain. Three hours of being pushed and shoved out of the way, queueing for lifts and having people push in in front of me at the last minute because they're wankers special.

Strewth. If I didn't still feel queasy, I'd be having a stiff drink.

Childhood thoughts - 1

This was supposed to be part of the "make me post stuff" meme, as tagged by Boglin. But I realised it would be a long post, and so I never got around to it.

Now I've got a sproglet of my own, every day makes me remember stuff about my childhood, so I'm just going to blog it as it comes.

So today it's all about singing. I heard "the Runaway Train" on a children's CD yesterday, and it reduced me to tears - in my mind, it's reminiscent of van journeys with my dad. He'd always sing that (and ten green bottles and others) and it stuck in my head. He was always singing and listening to music - he got that off his mum, I think, and I do it tofor Ben.

I was mostly close to my Dad. My mum was a great mum up until I was about 8. Then she turned nasty and I mostly hung out with my Dad. Story for another day, I reckon.

But singing is good. Especially when you're supposed to talk to your kids, but you always feel a bit of a lemon doing so :) Health visitor advice isn't geared at the introvert.