Week 337: Motherland

February 15, 2025

Last week at the PTA quiz a drunk mum got on the mic and sung 99 Luft Baloons like something out of Motherland.
Last week my 1 year old neice came to visit. She mostly lives in Shanghai so though she can speak a bit most of it is mandarin. E played with her a lot, showing her lots of games and even getting a little “chin chin” [kiss] for her efforts. Everyone said how patient e was with her cousin but I’ve watched her deal with having a younger brother for 5 years so I wasn’t suprised ^_^
Half term this week. I might need to make a sticker chart for myself.
I drove to B&Q on Sunday and bought some soil. I still feel so stressed about driving, which I know I need to do more of to get over, but there aren’t many reasons to drive when you hate doing it and live in a city.
I’m trying to get the kids passports. Step one was getting the most miserable looking passport photos in the world for my usually cheerful looking children.
Might plant some broad beans (under cover) this week.