success !
Yesterday afternoon Lils was given the all clear - hooraay ! After days of nailbiting and tears she was ecstatic. Stupid old skin condition, very glad to see the back of that.
I had to find the place up on the moor, in the rain, wind and failing light.......I actually found it quite easily but that doesn't sound so dramatic ;)
this was interesting...as I hesitated a farm Landy ploughed past me in a huffy, get out of my way you townie, sort of way. OK....we went through without a hitch. The times I've done this in younger years, in tiny, tinny, non diesel cars...clutching the wheel tight and praying I didn't stall - and then did invariably. I can laugh now......
On arrival we were greeted by the sight of her friends trudging back from abseiling, absolutely soaked to the bone but looking very happy and tired. The teacher told me that a lot of 'jumping in a lake fully clothed' had gone on too........ We entered the place via a huge drying room festooned with sopping wet clothes, the floor strewn with a million pairs of wellies, come to think of it, I don't think I saw an actual pair such was the chaos. I hastily beat a retreat and left her in the capable hands of her friends and teacher, who seemed remarkably unphased in the face of all the squealing, excited and hyper girls (and boys, but I didn't see them..probably banished to the furthest reaches of the facility by said girls) brave man.
Back to normal here then today - I have a delightful morning of house blitzing ahead of me whilst the little is at pre school. We've had the alloted half an hour of sun already and it's getting darker and darker as I type. At least I won't feel so hard done by, slaving over the ironing if it's tipping down outside. (Anyone will tell you that I never iron, but some things unfortunately resist the fold it up and hope for the best treatment. Those things are now in a pile up to my waist....time to wade in...)
That sounds so great! Hooray for Lily!
I, too, am drowning in laundry as I fight jetlag and a landlord who was supposed to come yesterday to fix my leaking washing machine. I have absolutely nothing to wear. I left all the dirty clothes out in a huge pile in the hallway, just to make sure he feels the right amount of guilt for calling in sick yesterday.
Posted by: MamaShift | March 12, 2008 at 08:55
So glad Lily got to go on her soggy crusade!
Even in the stormy setting of your photos.. Dartmoor looks sublime!
Michelexx
Posted by: Michele | March 12, 2008 at 13:56
HOORAY... oh bless her.. so pleased she finally got to go. It looks fantastic. When do we get our residential??? !! xx
Posted by: thevintagemagpie | March 12, 2008 at 15:15
yea! so glad for lily. i can't believe you actually drove through that water and made it through...
by the way, i am DEFINITELY a fan of the "fold it up and hope for the best treatment." the iron only comes out if we have an important meeting around here, and then it's just to touch up a collar or make sure the buttons on the front aren't all bumpy. but if i was fighting against cloudy skies all day i might just get into ironing too.
wishing i could send some sunshine your way!
Posted by: kristi | March 12, 2008 at 15:37
I am so glad that she got there! Sal;-)
Posted by: Sal | March 12, 2008 at 17:13
glad Lily's better now and has got to go on her trip, hope she has fun x
Posted by: dottydesigns | March 12, 2008 at 22:30
Yeah, I'm so glad she made it. Ironing-- whats that :-)
Lisa x
Posted by: Periwinkle | March 13, 2008 at 12:28
Yay!!! I'm glad she is doing better and the doctors have gotten their act together!
Posted by: Penny | March 14, 2008 at 00:20
All's well that ends well:)
Posted by: gigibird | March 14, 2008 at 20:26