OMG OMG OMG

Right. Um, I don't know where to begin.

You know how X is always late? Well, today he wasn't. Today is DD2's 8th birthday.

I got up late, ate lesirely breakfast, and then proceeded to have a relaxing shower and shower DD4.

Half way through washing DD4's hair - whilst, I hasten to add, I was still naked, there was a knock at the door. I just knew it was him.

I jumped out the shower and gave DD4 a towel.

X shouted
'Hey Jo, it's me!'

I said
'Just a minute, I'm not dressed!'

I put on the old clothes I'd been wearing before and answered the door, my hair all over the place etc, and DD4 was just standing there without a stitch on.

I let him in, saying
'You're early!'

He grinned at me and said never rely on him to be late. I rushed off, rather embarrassed, to get DD4's clothes and then gave them to him so he could dress her, then I went in search of a cardigan.

When I came back, he'd put DD4's dress on back to front so I said, Andy, that's back to front, so he had to take her clothes off and put them back on again.

He asked what I'd got DD2 for her birthday, so I fetched the bag with her present and card in. I've got her a recorder with a little book that teaches you how to play simple tunes.
We talked about the present and X asked me what I'd been doing lately. I told him about going out for dinner with my friend and getting drunk, and that we are going to Sherwood Forest next week.

He told me that he'd been at Tescos (supermarket) in my town till 1am, buying party food and he was exhausted. Apparently he'd done it on the way back from his religious meeting and now he's got to go and put all these gazebo's up in the garden.

I told him he was crazy and he took hold of my hand and just stayed like that, holding my hand for a couple of minutes. He was kinda rubbing his fingers in circles round my hand. I thought, shite, this is not supposed to happen now, so I let go of his hand, but believe me, that nearly killed me because underneath it all, I liked it.

It was SO difficult to pull away.

We talked about his grandparents and the times I need him to watch DD4 while I go to the fertility clinic and then they left and he said he wouldn't be back till late evening. I said to him that I wanted to hear from DD2 how the party went and what she thought of her present.

He said okay, then I said goodbye.

I think I just loused everything up and am now preparing for the firing squad!

Jo.