The Builder - Part 8

well it has been relatively quiet on the Bert front, the anticipated visit from Tuesday never materialised (I was slightly relieved), I was beginning to think that perhaps his attentions were waining...

This morning the builders turned up just before 8am I think, Little D and I carried on getting ready as normal and then I did what I usually do in that I go out and put all the bags, coats, scarves etc in the car, ready to then come back in and get Little D.  I guess the other builders will have seen me putting stuff in the car and worked out that I would shortly be on my way out.

Bert's car was blocking my car in on the drive.....

I had trotted back inside, doing my best impression of a fish wife "WILL YOU JUST GET A MOVE ON"

Then I hear this voice at the door...... Bert.

Waved him in as was in usual morning chaos, loading dishwasher, wrestling Little D into cardigan while she is looking around me trying to watch FiFi.  Bert stands in hall - probably taking it all in, although he should not be surprised at the state of affairs in this house, it all broadly follows the same theme...

Then Little D was like - come and see the rabbit, so she took Bert by the hand and led him into the kitchen where they were looking at and talking to the rabbit.

Bert apologised saying he realises he had missed my birthday and would have bought me flowers, I shrugged this off and muttered something about 32 not being exciting and then....... oh my lord....... then...... (we have progressed to the next step now)......... he put his hand on the back of my shoulder and let it rest there for a moment...  I discreetly as I could manage moved towards Little D under the pretence of sorting her collar out...

Also I should add at this point that for my birthday, one of my hilarious friends (you know who you are) bought me a DIY Vajazzle set - now I must confess, I did not know such things existed, but there you go.  I laughed and laughed when I opened it.  Unfortunately, this "kit" was still in the kitchen from where I had opened it on Tuesday morning...... Bert was in the kitchen.......... eeeeek.  Had to casually scoot it under some cards in the hope that:

a. he would not see it
b. if he did see it he would not know what it was

do not want him thinking it was for him or even better, looking at me and wondering if I had taken the liberty of using it........(I have not and have never used one before, just so we are clear on that)

Now have visions of Little D finding it and getting it mixed up with her arts and crafts and then all of a sudden one day this heart shaped stencil and some sparkles turn up when one of her mates is here....

Vajazzle out of line of sight, mentioned to Bert that my car would not be (inconveniently) up the drive in the morning as am off to Glasgow, Bert very concerned.  Bert feels I would not make it in the BMW in the snow (he has a point), however, pleased to advise am getting the train, Bert has asked me to call him if I get stuck and cannot drive back from York station and he will come and collect me (I think he may have mentioned something like "call me and tell me I need to have my cape ready")........ lets hope I don't get to that point....

In my then distracted state I was driving Little D to school and then she suddenly said "er mummy" and pointed out of the window, she then starts laughing and says "you have done it again, why do you keep doing it, you need to turn round"  - I had driven past school.....again