I feel like a fraud.
Tomorrow I go to the awards ceremony for Blog Awards Ireland as a finalist and do I have a beautifully written post up on the blog? Nope. Oh I have plans, and dozens of half written drafts. But it's not going to happen. So I'm going to bore you with the reasons why instead...
Today I will...
...Cook, clean and care.
...Work.
...Find out if my bank account has been hacked. Can three problems in one day be a coincidence?
...Sort out the socket that is now hanging off the wall. Is this dangerous? I don't even know.
...Buy some strong painkillers for my back.
...Do one of the supermarket shops.
...Take Smiley for a hospital appointment.
...Meet with my son's service providers.
...Straighten my hair so I don't frighten the public.
...Organise a present for a friend of mine.
...Check out the other posts in the BritMums political round-up.
...Clean out my nice empty bin so those pesky maggots don't come back.
And these are the things that won't get done...
...Write the post that I promised to do in support of the #OneMums charity trip to Ethiopia.
... Apply for rebates on medical and travel expenses.
...Get multiple copies of the private reports I had to get done for my son as only one has been provided by the State. And that was two years ago.
...Do my back exercises.
...Repair the cracks in the firebox so I can light a fire.
...Finish filling in the cracks in the inside window frame upstairs.
...Find out about archery lessons for my son. Narnia and The Hunger Games have a lot to answer for.
...Start organising Smiley's Sweet Sixteen. Well I've done the poster at least.
...Remove the new toilet seat from it's packaging and fit it. A week is too long for it to be sitting in the hall.
...Bleed the radiators and find out how to do it again.
...Order new driving licence.
...Fix the wonky blind in the attic.
And that's just today
PS I'm writing this while eating my breakfast, supervising Smiley, holding for the bank, and speaking calmly to my son. ..
Your to do list is long enough for a week let alone one day. Good luck for tomorrow - I hope you win!xxx
ReplyDeleteJust two more to do.... and thanks for all your support xxx
DeletePS you are not a fraud!!!!
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DeleteBlimey honey......that's some list. No definitely not a fraud!!
ReplyDeleteMost shocking thing on the list is that Smiley is 16 soon - bloomin' heck!!
Good luck tomorrow you totally deserve to be there, and hope you get some of the list ticked off as well. :) xx
Yes those 16 years have flown! Thanks for the good wishes xx
Deletehello my dear, I have just spent the last I don't know how long reading all the way back to january when I got cut off, just me in my jammies with my coffee and toast and vegemite catching up on all your news. Thank you and well done on your job, belated happy birthday, glad Smiley's legs are better, Angel's trip sounded amazing and I too hope Aspie boy gets his passport, much love from your auntie xxxx
ReplyDeleteIt's absolutely lovely to have you back and I cannot believe that you've waded through all those posts!
DeleteAnd a massive massive good luck, you deserve it xxx
ReplyDeleteThank you xxx
DeleteOnly an authentic & talented blogger could have written this post. Prize worthy it is!
ReplyDeleteHa! I think I detect sarcasm :) Lovely to have you back commenting Barbara
DeleteNo, no, no! Sincere compliment intended.
DeleteOOps, sorry! I didn't think that it was one of my best, but I just felt the need to publish it.
DeleteBusy busy! Good luck in the awards- you are a winner in my eyes anyway- your blog is always a great stop off for a good read xx
ReplyDeleteThank you, that means a lot xx
DeleteYou aren't a fraud at all...and I'm really looking forward to meeting you xx
ReplyDeleteMe too xx
DeleteAnd I am looking forward to meeting you.. been hearing great things about you today from a mutual acquaintance ;-)Marie
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for commenting! I loved your post that was up for best post in the blog awards but I didn't know who the writer was. Now I do :) See you tomorrow :)
DeleteBlimey, I'm exhausted just reading your list! Have a brilliant time at the awards and a much deserved break. The other stuff can all wait til another day. x
ReplyDeleteMost of it's done :) And I did have a brilliant time at the awards. It didn't matter at all about the winning, it was all about meeting other bloggers x
DeletePhew, your lists are hectic! So much to do and not enough time. Good luck with the blog awards. It sounds like you are going to have a lovely time meeting up with all the other bloggers. Can't wait to hear about it all. x
ReplyDelete@Bright Side of Life - I did feel particularly under pressure on Friday! And yes there is a little blog post in the planning about the awards, though I'd say it will be late, like everything else :) x
DeleteBlimey O'Reilly.... no wonder you're not going to bother tackling the second list... I'm exhausted just reading it! As long as we girls straighten our hair in the morning, everything else will fall into place... bad hair days are no good for anyone xxx
ReplyDelete@Lottie - can I adopt that title please :) And on the hair, yep the worst of days get a little bit better once the hair is okay xxx
DeleteYou are no fraud. How did the awards go by the way?
ReplyDeleteI honestly can't believe your to-do-list...I'm tired just reading through it.
For what it's worth I didn't straighten my hair today and probably frightened some people at the co-op earlier xx
Hmm, maybe someone should do one of those photos posts sometime of pics of us all with unstraightened hair and a makeover for the scariest. I bet I'd win! I didn't however win a blog award, but it actually didn't matter, I had an amazing time :) xx
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