Tomorrow, at some unearthly hour, we’re off to Greece. We’re having a holiday alone, sans les enfant, just him and me.
We went away in the summer all six of us and as I mentioned (but it seems to have disappeared from here) we have a 40 year age differential between the lot of us which does not make for the easiest time spent together. However on thinking about it, it’s not so much the age gap as the sex gap. We girls, whilst technically aged 7, 15, 19 and 40 something, are all actually 17. We are mostly happy doing all the same things as long as mine has gin added. The boys (5 and 36) alternate between 5 and 55. They like to jump in swimming pools making big splashes, we like to swim whilst keeping our hair and faces dry. They play crazy golf – we don’t get that. They don’t like shopping, we do. We like to sing in the car and on the street and along to background music, they get embarrassed. We like pink, they like mud and climbing up things, we like taxis. And so it goes on. And on and on…
I keep telling myself, only 13 years till the last one’s in college!
Anyway, I’ve got diverted from the gist of this which is that we’re off for a cultural and romantic break ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!
Bye for now
xx
8 comments:
Ziggi I love the way you tell your stories. Enjoy your vacation though reading about the big group sounds like a lot of fun!
So, tell me, was it the Spartans at Crete or the Cretins at sparta?
Beware of Greeks wearing shifts.
Ziggi, have a great time! Did you pack the thingamabob and extra batteries?
Ziggi:
Athens, is it? Don't get all wild on Ouzo on the first night and make sure you try the raw octopus!
See if you can calm down that stuff in the Middle East too...you won't be too far away.
Oh, romantic it's supposed to be?
How do you think those plans are going to come off when he fluctuates between 5 and 55?
You are an absolute hoot. Have a fantastic time and thank god for the 5- and 55-year-old males in your life...they'll keep you sane by making you insane.
Kalo taxidi. Tell the Greek waiters I am thinking of them x
And tell them that Mark Foley once went on a rafting trip with a rather promiscuous congressional page a year ago and it devolved into a situation where it was up the paddle without a Greek.
I know, it's a stretch . . . .
You need to go to Ionia - I'll bet they take 'charge' cards there
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