This week is always bound to be fairly busy at the best of times. People are finishing work for Christmas, there's last minute shopping to be done, schools are closing and everyone's getting excited for Chrimble! Most people like to get away from the rabble and the crowds, some settle into a nice little time with the family, others just like to get a moments peace with a nice book.
But not in our house.
Oh no...
Open scene: A calm weekday, you're outside a secondary school, children can be heard laughing over the rustling of the last autumn leaves being swept away by the winter wind... Suddenly, the calm peace of the afternoon is shattered by the sharp shriek of an ambulance's siren! Dramatic right? Not as dramatic as it was for our daughter who decided that PE + Springboard = Opportunity to make kissy-face with the ground, followed by a quick unexpected nap. That's right ladies and gentlemen, our eldest little person decided she could move the earth with her forehead and was sadly mistaken... who'd of thunk it huh?
Following a few frantic phone calls all was settled and she was at home, safe and sound, not even s'much as a bump! Just feeling a little dizzy. She was even still capable of talking your ear off, which we're all super glad of! You've got to give her an 'A' for ambition though, cause most people would say that the week had received it's fair share of excitement and stop there. But not our little forehead flipping gymnast, she decided that her injury wasn't enough. No, the end of the week comes around and sadly... we're also dealing with a heartbroken tween. A few tears were shed but she took it fairly well and she's just taken it all in her stride.
She's taken all of the different advice from family... don't cry over boys, plenty more fish in the sea, you'll be okay it only sucks now... She's had friends pestering about it at school, the whole shebang. But she's not let it grind her down. Sure she's been a little bit down and perhaps we're missing some of the usual 100mph talking, but I'm proud of her. She's been a real trooper through it and I'm really proud that she's taken it so well!
We all know that over Christmas (the big C-rizzle as the kids say) when stress levels are up and the tension is building... you're going to feel like falling out with people, getting snappy or just locking yourself away. Instead of all that noise, I hope you spare a minute, take a breath and remember how lumpy this week has gone for our little tween, she still managed to keep a smile on her face throughout!
Don't dwell on arguments and stupid details, families are designed to wind you up a little...
...and if you can't deal with it...
Try slamming your head into the ground at full speed!
...If you remember what was wrong then it's probably okay to be grumpy!
As usual, thanks for reading guys! I'd love for you to comment, maybe showing support for our little springboard stumbling tween. If that's "not your bag" maybe share a similar kind of week that you managed to survive, perhaps you know where those autumn leaves go: Do they go south for the winter? Is Antarctica just a huge mass of frozen leaves? Lets suss it out in the comments! Also remember that you can give this post a G+1 and help boost the amount of people who see it.
Cheers guys!
Nat
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