Christ almighty, I have a few days awol and come back to a whole new Liey career! She’s now Doris Stokes.
bleeping hell.
We’ve been having a lovely time doing stuff with grandbabies, albeit each one of us came down with a sickness bug for a day - we just juggled the kids around!
Have to tell you this: Now remember I’m in the north of England……..
Took the lot of them into a supermarket the other day. Needed Halloween outfits (I was overruled on just dressing the little buggers in bin liners). The frenchies are used to masks, they’ve worn them for ages. So in we went, all at the Halloween aisle.
Woman with a few kids passed by, made eye contact with me and glared at me.
Two minutes later, came back:
“Excuse me”
“Yes?”
“You do know that if someone stole your kids you wouldn’t be able to describe them cos they’ve got masks on”
Now, these grandbabies mean the world to me, I can describe them in fine detail, their faces, voices, eyes, everything about each one, is etched into my soul.
I said “I think I probably could”
“Listen, you do know there’s loads of child trafficking ‘goin about’ (sic) don’t you?”
“Really? Well thank you for telling me”
And off she popped.
Now, had she been suited and booted with perhaps a police ID badge around her neck, I might have entered into a conversation. But no, she was a 6 fingered knuckle dragged with about 3 teeth in her head and her kids were of very dubious parentage.
Finally, my mother has tested positive for Covid. She’s over at my brother’s. So I manage to keep her safe for the best part of 18 months, he gets her at his and voila.