We went to see Slumdog Millionaire on Friday night, and it was excellent.
Intense, and disturbing. But excellent. And very funny, in places. We had thought of going as a family but then realised it had a 15 rating. And I have to say, the rating is justified - I would definitely not have wanted Sophie to see this film. Far too upsetting for children.
Among other things, the film made me grateful that we live in a place where the gap between the haves and the have-nots is not - on the whole - too huge.
It was a very good evening in general; Bobby and I went out to dinner beforehand, just the two of us, at our favourite Indian restaurant. The food's great, and they always give us a free liqueur afterwards, so what's not to like? I'm glad that, even though we've been married for more than half my life, we still look forward to our date nights.
So that was good.
Saturday, though, was not. We discovered that the girls had nits, and practically the whole day was taken up by going through their heads with the proverbial fine-toothed comb. Now I see why all those Victorian workhouses shaved the orphan's heads. It took bloody hours - only someone who truly loved their child would bother. All the websites said that it's not necessary to do anything special to bed linen and so forth but I was so utterly grossed out by the whole thing that I've washed everything on the hottest possible wash. Shudder. I checked their heads again today, and it all seems okay. Touch wood. Yuck.
And today's been blah as well. I had essays to finish for Weybridge, and work to do for tomorrow, and I worked inefficiently (Facebook doesn't help with this sort of thing) so work plus chores (the dreaded ironing) took up pretty much the whole day.
This coming week I'm going to work smarter, so that my weekend is clear.
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oh dear. Good luck. i used conditioner (there's a website someplace about doing it) and had to do it about 5 times (and finally cut S's hair) before we got them all. I definitely washed everything and bagged up pillows and stuffed animals for a month.
I'm going to have to keep an eye out for that at the movies. I know what you mean about the weekend, I sometimes feel the same way when Monday comes around.
Good luck to you.
I need to work smarter too so that our weekend might offer the most mileage for us. It goes much too fast. Which means I better get off my rear and get busy but in a smarter way.
hannah
Hugs about the nits...I still shudder with horror when I think of what we went through!
Definitely keep an eye on them for a week or so. It is really hard to get them all.
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