1. ”A” Roads
2. Ring Roads
3. Country Roads
I didn’t see the boys today. Left for the Great Big City at 6am, just got back. Lordy lordy. So. Being positive. I got out of the house without waking either Son 1 aged 4y 10m or Son 2 aged 22m. The Great Big City is a place I spent a lot of time BC. But The Office’s er… office… has moved since those days, and I had no idea where I was going. Enter The Man’s Sat Nav. I put up with the cloying female voice telling me directing me along roads I know upside down and back to front. I stopped for coffee after three hours on the road. I switched it back on for directions into The Great Big City. She had stopped talking.
I’d put the postcode of the new Office in… and round and round I went. Baffled, bored and a bit intimidated - don’t box junctions mean the same in Big Cities as they do in The Country? - I stopped and asked a post lady. ”Just double back on yourself and you can’t miss it,” she said. Oh yes I could. The Sat Nav kept re-calculating every time I took a turn it didn’t like. And then, half an hour later, I found it, and trailed in, triumphant.
Six hours later, I set off for the drive back. Jaysus we really do live miles from the rest of you. It was a long haul, but at least it didn’t rain - big skies though, with big grey Turner-like clouds billowing up and up into the heavens. I listened to the radio, and admired the glowing green of the countryside. A sure sign it’s been p***ing it down for days. the Parking Fairy gave me a space outside the house. The Man poured me a large glass of Sauvignon Blanc. Wonder Nanny’s notebook says Son 2 wasn’t feeling well today. Missing his Mummy, I bet.
Tags: Great Big City, Parking Fairy, Sat Nav, The Office, Wonder Nanny
