In this blog:  my sleep was still being interrupted by scratching in the roof, Ian took a hit for the team and our relationship took a soggy turn…

Monday:

I hate Mondays in general,  but I had a school visit with some of my High School students first up which gave me some much-needed energy!  So many people have said to me “I don’t know how you teach teenagers?!” but I love them (in general…there are always exceptions to the rule of course!)  I like the banter that you can’t get with younger kids and I feed off their zest for life!  I was a pretty busy and happy teenager (with the odd diva strop thrown in at home of course!), who was always up to some sort of mischief and I suppose they just bring that side of me back to the surface, which is good for keeping me young-at-heart!  Anyway, it turned out I needed that energy boost because the rest of the day was downhill from there!

I went to my acupuncture appointment and he put some needles in my head this time, which was a bit different and not entirely comfortable!  Well, when they removed one of the needles, the hole spouted loads of blood so it looked like I’d got a head injury!  My hair is platinum blonde at the minute which meant that it really stained and I had to scrub my head over the sink in the bathroom before I was presentable enough to leave!

Just to piss me off further, my bloody Medibank (health insurance – don’t get me started on a rant about the need for health insurance – I miss you NHS!) card  declined and I had to spend time on the phone sorting it out!  Nobody could tell me why it had declined, but I then had to waste time uploading my receipt online, which, let’s be honest, isn’t the end of the world, it’s just effing annoying!😒

The next annoyance was the Dentist – because it costs a fortune (I miss my NHS dentist too!) and I was told I had to have the first fillings of my life and not just one…TWO!😟

I had bought Hoki fillets for dinner as they were on special – and we quickly found out that the reason they were on special was because they tasted like crap!  I couldn’t even force-feed myself and I’m generally good at faking when I’ve gone to the effort of cooking a decent meal – dinner in the bin!😩

I then spent most of the night listening to the scratching in the roof.  Something must have taken the bait by now!🤔

Tuesday:

Surprise – Ian had heard no scratching but promised to go up in the roof to check the bait that evening after work.

I didn’t pack any lunch, so used the opportunity to go and grab some sushi and while I was out, received a phone call from the police saying that they had information on Ian’s bike theft and for him to call them back later.

I rang to tell him on the way to pick Mia up from school and he sounded really groggy.

“What’s up with you?!” I said.

“Oh…I’m just in the hospital, but it’s nothing to worry about..”

😳😳😳”Whaaaat?!  Whereabouts?!”

He was only in the ICU as he’d had an accident at work!  Nothing to worry about?!?!😤  He convinced me there was nothing I could do and he didn’t want me to worry Mia, so I followed his instructions and took her to Gymnastics as usual and then headed up there.

Well, the King of the understatement had failed to mention that his heart had stopped twice and they were keeping him in overnight to monitor him as his heartbeat was still irregular! 😳 He said he had swung into a branch and it had hit him in the chest, but I could tell he wasn’t telling me the real story and was getting annoyed when I was asking for details.  He kept saying it was just a misjudgement on his behalf.  I wasn’t buying that.  Firstly, because he’s very careful at work, but secondly and most importantly, he would never usually admit that he made a mistake! 🤔 Detective Emma was on the case…but not right then as visiting hours were over and Mia kept jumping on his bed and trying to stare at all the other patients!

We went to get noodles for dinner on the way home, as it was too late to cook, and as I got out of the car a huge grasshopper flew into my head!😰  I screamed the car park down and ran around like a lunatic, while Mia looked on bewildered!  Thankfully I wasn’t carrying our dinner at the time!  What a day!😴

Wednesday:

Awoken by scratching again and no husband to check the roof!  God, any excuse to get out of that job, hey?!😅

They were still monitoring him in the hospital, so went about our regular routine of school and work.

We had a meeting at Mia’s school for Prep parents.  They’re going to the zoo in week 7 and want parent helpers and I am soooo in!  Depending on the day of course as will probably be working!  But if I have no students booked in, I am reserving it!  I just need the date now!😬

We went to visit Ian and Mia quickly made herself comfy in his bed and stole the remote!  She would like to live there apparently!🤷🏼‍♀️

We stayed late at the hospital again, so grabbed Pizza for tea on the way home this time. My healthy eating plan was not going well.  I was meant to be at Zumba for the challenge but had to get Dani to go for me and explain the situation and get my food diary which I left there last week! She’s a star!🌟

I donated a bath bomb to Mia for her bath as I was just happy to get her in there!  Exhausted!😴

I posted the pic of Mia in the hospital bed on Facebook and got an angry call from Ian as he doesn’t want anything about the accident on social media!  Fishier and fishier!🤔

Thursday:

The patient was allowed to escape so I went to collect him and drop him off at his office to fill out some paperwork.

A little while later, back at my office, I got another moany phone call from GH (Grumpy Husband) saying that he had got into trouble for my Facebook post amongst other things.  I hadn’t said anything untoward and he wasn’t even in the picture so I stood my ground and cited Freedom of Speech!  I have a big chip on my shoulder about being controlled – I say what I want to say (hence the blog!) and I hadn’t named or shamed anyone (at that point!) so nope nope nope, I was not going to delete it!  And I’m still not going to name names, but I will say that when I got the real story, he had been covering for a workmate who hadn’t followed procedure and was already on a warning!  Now, I’m all for supporting your mates, but when their actions put you in hospital and possibly could have killed you, I think you need to stop defending them and start defending yourself!😡  Cue a huge argument between us!

This continued later at home and we can both be as stubborn as each other and both believe we’re right.  Stand-off!😠  After another round of “I will not be censored!” GH changed his privacy settings from public to private! (Which he should have done in the first place!)  The blog is another story, but being 6 months behind real time is handy for situations like this!

Friday:

Had one of those mornings.  The heavens decided to spontaneously open just in time for the school run and of course I had no umbrella or hood so looked like a drowned rat by the time I got back to the car!😫

I had a nail appointment and then dashed to the Warrior Women network meeting still soaked and running approximately half an hour late!  I then had to apologise and introduce myself, so went with “Hi!  I’m Emma and I write a blog about the daily fuck-ups in my life.  Running in late to a meeting looking like a drowned rat is one such example of this!”🙈  Thankfully everyone was really nice and saw the humour in the situation.  I had missed the food but got to have a good little chat with some of the ladies there, who were all really inspirational, with actual businesses, rather than just an aspiring little writer, so felt a little like a fraud, but hey ho!  Fake it until you make it!😅  Left feeling positive and with a cute little candle to boot!

Little Miss Mia came out of school with a Best Worker sticker and thought she was the Bee’s Knees, so we were both walking with a little spring in our step!🙃

And then GH came home!🙄  We were now living in Bicker Central where we managed to argue about anything and everything (because we both still thought we were right!).  It wass draining.  I told him he was nicer when he was in hospital!  He said that’s because he needed me to bring him things then!😒  Back to stomping off to different rooms.

Saturday:

When GH is overly GH, he likes to grow a beard.  I hate beards.  He knows this.  He wants to piss me off and he knows that I won’t go near him while he has one so it acts as a barrier!😐

On the way to Mia’s swimming lesson, I decided to bring up my hatred of the beard.  I knew this would end badly, but sometimes I just can’t help myself.  When I’m really annoyed with him I pick on things, as he does with me, and, stubborn sods that we both are, neither of us will give in!😬

So, I sat down at one end of the pool viewing room and Ian sat at the opposite, which must have looked ridiculous to an outsider.  We then proceeded to angrily text each other, as you do!🙈

Neither of us conceded, so we avoided each other for the rest of the day and ate dinner in silence.  Oh what a happy household!😑

Sunday:

I was still trying the silent approach, because ultimately it drives Ian wild, which I thought might secure my victory and banish the damn beard.  I’m a talker though and can only stay quiet for so long, so I had made some sarcastic remark while I was filling the water jug up at the sink.  Ian bounded over to me and was standing over me trying to talk so I couldn’t vacate the area.  I don’t know if it’s a me thing, or a woman thing, but I can’t take feeling penned in.  I’m bad with feeling controlled or intimidated, whether intentionally or not, so I did the first thing I could think of to get him to move…and poured the entire jug of water over his head!😬

As soon as I did it, I thought “Oh shit!” and then I heard a little voice say “Mummy!  Why did you just pour the water over Daddy?!” and I looked up to see Mia’s shocked little face and felt terrible.  Ian didn’t say anything and just walked off and I gave her a hug and told her everything would be okay…😔

I would say that was rock bottom for our relationship.  I decided right there and then that we couldn’t continue like this.  Something had to change.  Neither of us were setting a good example for Mia when we lashed out at each other, verbally or with water!  We made a joint decision to give couple’s counselling a go…but I’ll tell you about that another day!