In her continuing efforts to brighten my life and/or make her brother cringe, Nicky sent me this:
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In other news, I've been looking into the FME training course. The next one in London isn't for quite a while yet. The ones coming up are all far enough away that I'd have to stay there for the week. Not sure how Mrs H would feel about me being away from the boys for that long...or for that matter how L and Mrs Hudson would feel about it, since they'd be the ones making up for my absence. The course summary looks interesting though.
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Sorry, when are you going on that course? Now? Better start running...
that hair is just amazing!!
If you want to do it ask Mrs H John, it sounds like it would be good for you and I'm sure time off could be arranged so that L and Mrs Hudson would cope for a week :-)
:)
But you look so...curly...
Anonybob - it is amazing, isn't it? I am amazed. And I think L would be quite happy if I left immediately...
It was actually coming out at that point. So to speak. It didn't last long. My hair's too uncontrollable.
Seriously, I wouldn't mind working it out with Mrs H if you want to go. I can get some time off, or at least work short days and things. If Sherlock didn't mind.
I think it might be safer for you that's for sure ;-)
Lestrade- you look very intense. Sort of Heathcliffe-y...
It used to be MORE curly?? Good god...
Are you sure? It'd be a lot of work on top of your actual work, even with Mrs Hudson helping out.
briefly... I was hoping I could sweep it all forward and look very cool when playing my guitar. Actually small birds and other wildlife just tried to nest in it.
Well...I'm as sure as I can be without trying it?
You're lovely, even with bird's nest hair. Thank you. :)
Of course, I can't promise the flat will still be standing when you get back.
And I may not survive if it's not during term-time. I can't keep up with Sherlock all day, I'm pretty sure. Need to be able to pack him off to school.
Definitely have to be when he's in school, yeah. I have faith in your ability to not let him burn the flat down.
Ah, well, there were a number of years when everyone with enough hair had a perm, I don't think we can be held responsible. It was like the law.
If you like the sound of the course, John, it can't do any harm to talk to both Mrses H (and Sherlock), see what they have to say. Might be they'd all be as okay with it as L, or at least okay enough. :)
Good. excellent. (I read that as 'bum the flat down') ... Um...have you talked to him about it at all?
Sherlock? No, I didn't really see it as a possibility until you said you'd be okay with it. I will though.
He'll miss you. I mean, I'll miss you... but he's never been apart form you since you arrived...I think he'll be surprised about how much he misses you.
... Yeah. I'll miss him too. And you.
it'll be good for him and for you John if you want to do it.
Its easy for him to take your presence for granted and that means he doesn't totally appreciate what you do when you're with him which is perfectly normal but a few days apart can shed a whole new light on the relationship between you and from your point of view there is something to be said for seeing what doesn't go totally to plan because you're not there to do it. Being the one at home can mess with your head sometimes and a few days of being yourself can do you a lot of good :-)
(not sure that made any sense sorry)
I get you, AnonyBob. And you're right - we will all undoubtedly have a whole new appreciation for everything John does!
And I hope Sherlock won't think I'm too horrible...
Sherlock'll think its great for a few days and then he'll miss John and then he'll get upset on the last day because he's over excited about John coming home and then you'll have a lovely few days all together before you go back to work and everyone has a new outlook on things.
If John wants to do it it'll be good for all of you I'm sure :-)
I think you have it all down quite correctly, Anony! :)
And of course we'll all be here to provide helpful suggestions when you need them.
The hair is truly lovely, even if it does appear to have a mind of its own.
AnonyBob - I'm glad that your plan assumes everyone survives the week :)
I have total confidence in your ability to look after Sherlock, work and look after the flat Greg you are a very capable man and if anyone can do it you can :-D
I will be keeping work to a minimum, don't worry! And I know plenty of places to hide dirty laundry.. ;)
Mrs Hudson will help with the cleaning too. You won't be able to stop her.
I think if you do it somewhere besides London Sherlock will be disappointed that he can't help you with your homework.
But yes, I think it might be a good thing if you take a few days to exercise your brain in a different way than usual. And I'm sure you'll come home to all kinds of questions if you go!
rsf
Hah, well...at least we won't starve. And I'm sure it'll be very educational for me.
RSF - John not getting help with his homework is an excellent reason to go somewhere else to do the course!
Danger - whereabouts might it be? I'll warn the local forces about possible camel-rustling or strip poker dens springing up...
Yeah, I was thinking something similar, L. Although one of the kids who used to bug me for books with pictures of the kind of things that make most people blanch is now a surgeon, so there's that. (Oh, gawd, I really have been a librarian that long...)
Nicky, if you read this, I do love it when you share pictures with us. I hope you reaped some benefits from having such a gorgeous brother!
rsf
I'm fairly sure most sisters don't think there are any benefits from having a brother. Or most brothers, come to think of it.
I've no problem with Sherlock seeing surgery and things - he can see that on TV - but I don't think we need him going to school telling everyone about photos of decomposing corpses or bodies that have been pulled out of the Thames after a few months.
I hear that. Had a friend in high school who wanted to be an EMT. He would bring books to the lunch room with pictures I REALLY would rather have never seen. At All. Ever. I can only imagine the younger set hearing all about such things.
Heh! Mrs N will undoubtedly be grateful. (After all that would surely cause more consternation than a slug. :))
Is it snowing at all?
Yeah, a very light dusting.
If I stamp my feet and say very loudly "I don't want to go to work today" will either nanny!John or the DI with the wonderful hair say I can stay home?
It's not snowing here yet.
There's a bit of snow here, too. Looks like sugar on a cake. Might be boring for Sherlock, but better for traffic!
Yeah, we've had a tiny dusting of snow too. It's settled on roofs and bins, but not on the roads at all. Bah.
Well, anon, you can have some of our snow then. It still doesn't look like much, but it also doesn't look like stopping. And it's definetely on the roads. Again, not much, but it'll soon outstripe most drivers ability to drive rationally. If it does stop, we'll just have something nice to look at, which is ok.
A light dusting sounds pretty, but I don't guess Sherlock finds it adequate. Well, of course it can't be accurate this far out, but as of now, the Weather Channel is predicting snow for London for Saturday, so maybe...
I've been sent out on a job. It's chucking it sown with snow here.
I hope it's not the wet, heavy kind that's a misery to be out in, then.
(Just the pretty fun kind, so Sherlock and his classmates can have some to play in. :))
Out in the snow is not good :-(
I've cheated and found someone to pick up shorty for me so I don't have to go out in it :-)
Try not to freeze too much Greg wherever you're going out to.
Well, I know L's schedule can be a right pain to manage and isn't all that flexible with pickups and whatnot, but hubs and I have managed to raise an almost 7yo (Friday!) and both work, even when he's had to be gone a while, or I've been gone a while. I guess it does all depend on Mrs. H as to her comfort with alternative care for a week, though considering what they had when they were younger (pre-you), I'd say L and Mrs. Hudson is a big improvement. Also agree with Anonybob - sounds like it could be good for all of you. :)
Hope you do it, John, if you can figure it out.
How come England gets all the snow while New England (which is where the snow is SUPPOSED to go) has only like, half a millimeter or something
Hope you guys have fun anyway.
Don't freeze.
Also, on the earlier conversation, I was one of the weird third graders who was fascinated by dead things. Also, this year at camp there were two dead frogs on the street and instead of backing away disgusted like every other person I spent about ten minutes staring at it, looking for it's brain.
I know there is no relevance but I thought that you might find that anecdote amusing.
Early congratulations to your soon-to-be seven year old, Maz!
I hope your job is going well enough that you can get in out of the cold soon, L. Did it stay snow, or turn to rain?
rsf
Pretty wet. Hope I can get back to town okay...
Ride safe, L.
I sent that comment hours ago!
It's now stopped snowing, very cold. I'm hoping to get out of here soon before it gets dark and freezes.
Yikes! I hope you had a chance to dry off at some point. (And "ride safe" seems even more appropriate for potentially icy roads, I hope it's not needed!)
Does that mean you're coming home early?
A good question, Sherlock.
Did you get to be outside in the snow at all today?
Should be back in about 45 mins, Sherlock.
What do you think about John doing this course and letting me look after you?
Would you stay home and do fun things with me?
http://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/lovelace-the-origin-2/
Well. I'd stay home when you weren't at school. But when you were at school, I'd have to go to work some of the time at least.
Couldn't you stay home from work and I'd stay home from school and then we could do lots of things or even go on a trip!
You need to go to school!
I'll be home in ten mins, just needed petrol in the bike.
Fiiiiiine. You would come and pick me up like John does though?
Mycroft, that's brilliant! I can't believe no one has made the film. I particularly liked 'Hey, look we're present for the invention of the geek.'
Lancs. Anon
(Ha, Mycroft, that cartoon is great!)
yeah, I'll absolutely do my best to pick you up. Probably on the bike some days. Do not throw yourself at me when I get in the door, I'm wet and cold.
Wet, cold, and covered in... I hope it's slush.
slush, snow, mud, salt. My back's quite clean! My front....mmm. At least I had my winter trousers with me. :)
I'm glad too. You look frozen as it is.
Tina - I would have loved to have borrowed some of your snow, it started raining here just as I'd typed that comment :-)
Nice one, Mycroft :-)
John - I'm hoping a medical man would know the difference between slush and... any of the alternatives (eeewwww); so hopefully, for all of your sakes but most especially Lestrade's, I hope it's slush too.
Nameless - it is a worrying shade of brown!
Danger - but now I'm HOME for two days! And I shouldn't have had to go today, but certain sections of society just need to hear the magic words 'Scotland Yard'. Anyway, hopefully they're all on the right track now and an arrest will be imminent.
I hope so, and I'm very happy you're home. Do you have anything in mind for your two days of freedom?
errr..sleep. And...well, I'll whisper that bit in your ear. And dragging you out shopping and drinking coffee and hoping for snow for Sherlock...
Sounds lovely. :)
Brown slush is never a good thing. I hope you're warm and dry and clean now!
Mycroft, your comic made me laugh -- and now I want to read Babbage's autobiography!
Sherlock, are there any parks in London with snowmaking machines for cross country skiers? And did you know that some people have or build their own snowmaking machines? If you have enough cold days, maybe your school could be talked into having some snow made if the weather cooperates. But you'd need to find someone like a plumber or electrician or engineer who could build the machine, and I don't know if there's enough space at the school to make it work, so it's a big MAYBE. And that's on top of needing the weather to be just right!
rsf
I am now warm, clean and dry.
Nowhere here makes snow. There are a few indoor ski slopes, and a few dry ski slopes, or Scotland gets a bit of a ski season.
As for snow machines...I think the only days last year when it said we could make snow we probably had real snow!
Well, Nameless, I can't offer snow right now - how about some freezing temperature? And the promise of "light snowfall tomorrow and on Wed." :-)
I'd just like to know if I can open my car tomorrow. It's not the key, its the whole door that's kind of stuck (aka frozen). Not that it's actually cold enough for it, I'm just lucky this way...
I am now warm, clean and dry.
That sounds MUCH more comfortable! (Your plans for your days off sound very nice, too. ;))
maybe drag Danger out for a bike ride and a run...kicking and screaming ;)
There's a golf course I go past sometimes that makes snow once the weather is cold enough, and they've got a nice layer built up, even though there's pretty much nothing on the ground enywhere else. Snowmaking doesn't have to be on a day when it actually snows, it just has to be cold and dry enough. I think it's actually humidity rather than temperature that may make it impracticable for London. But the website has a neat page about the science of snowmaking, so Sherlock might like that part anyway.
I hope the weather is good enough for a bike ride or a run, since you have the time for one.
John, have you made up your mind about the FME course yet?
will you tell us what photos you thought John might have yesterday?
good question anon I'd forgotten about the other photos
Greg??? ;-)
Hah... I suppose I asked for that?
There was a time...when I was young, (more) foolish - and not as grey, when I thought it would be...God, I don't know the word. Romantic? Attractive? Fun?...to shave my body hair into heart shapes.
I'm sure you can all use your imaginations to now make that story far more interesting than it really was!
(I can assure you it's hard shaving heart shapes looking in a mirror! I drew the shapes on with eyeliner in the end.)
Heh. Was it for Valentine's Day?
Anon - I haven't talked to Mrs H about it yet, but I plan to do it - when they have one in London if not before.
I drew the shapes on with eyeliner in the end
Well of course you did :-p
(Did it have the desired romantic/fun effect?)
you have the best stories Greg :-)
Um...it might have been Valentines? Or his birthday or something?
Nameless - I think he sort of appreciated it as a silly gesture. But bloody hell, didn't half itch growing back! I don't think I'll be doing it again!
I really can't, and don't want to, imagine how uncomfortable that would be Greg!!
Can we deduce you were heartily fed up with the itching then?
AnonyBob - it was, at least, only a few days!
SH - GROAN.
RR - I was assured by both male and female experts at the time that waxing would have been better in the growing-back stage. But I wasn't prepared to go through the pain of that!!
Since I have no urge to run a comparison test, I bow to the expert opinions. ;)
I imagine, as with most things, different things work for different people.
Bry used to shave, didn't seem to bother him. Mind you, he had enough gear to set up a chemist's shop...so maybe it's about the aftercare?
if you do it all the time it doesn't ever grow back and get uncomfortable does it?
I hope you found something to help your discomfort as it all grew back :-)
Or maybe just getting used to it. (Doesn't matter, I'm still not going to run a comparison test!)
AnonyBob - and there you go, showing how little thought I've put into it! SOunds a bit high-maintenance to me. I've stabbed myself in the eye with my toothbrush before, never mind threatening my fundamentals with a razor...
I wasn't suggesting you did it all the time in fact I would seriously suggest you never did it again for the sharp thing near important things reason I just thought it might explain why people can get away with doing it all the time.
I'm not sure if I believe the toothbrush in the eye thing, I think you might be telling porky pies ;-)
Oh, no, I know. I just meant that if I did I'd feel like either I'd have to keep it well in check or suffer the consequences! I'm entirely happy to be au naturel, don't worry :)
I don't know why I'm protesting, but I've been tired enough coming off shift to poke myself in the eye with my toothbrush before. Know when you're mid-brush and it just...escapes your mouth? Probably not...hmm.
It doesn't usually go for my eye when it escapes my mouth. More my ear.
they are very cute ears...
I've fallen asleep on the toilet after work too...woke up ages later, cricked neck, numb legs, cold arse. It's a glamorous life! :)
leave my ears aloneeeeee,t hat tickles!
but they're so cuuuuuuuuuuuute I can't
gnah
Lestrade - exfoliation is key to avoiding itchy regrowth :-)
I must admit, I've never poked myself in the eye with a toothbrush, but I've managed to scratch my face and poke myself in the eye with my finger when washing my face when very tired (or tipsy)
nomnomnom
c'mon, bed. I've got all day tomorrow to nibble your ears i suppose.
I shall wear my protective yellow hat, and you will refuse to be seen in public with me.
you are making a wild assumption that I intend to be out in public at all tomorrow. I would be more than happy not getting out of bed.
I could live with that.
although at least one of us needs to take the Boy Wonder to school, or my planned activities will be severely injeopardy.
Heh. Sleep in if you can manage it. I'll try to keep him relatively quiet in the morning.
i don't mind him waking me up, or taking him to school. As long as I get to go back to bed after :)
Definitely.
On a completely unrelated topic - The San Diego Zoo has made it possible to watch real pandas (including a new baby!) live from wherever you are.
http://www.sandiegozoo.org/pandacam/index.html
I've entered some sort of paradise. Sherlock agreed, given the lack of snow, to just sit in our bed with a laptop and give us a lie in.
What a star you are Sherlock :-)
That sounds like the perfect start to a day off Greg, have a good one.
What a lovely way to start the day. Enjoy your day off :-)
He was such a good boy this morning. We took him to school on the bikes. He was so proud to show Mrs N and Mrs T, and put all his bike gear away neatly on his peg in the cloakroom.
Now out is Chiswick getting a lazy breakfast and buying John some serious crap weather bike trousers.
The idea of Sherlock all proud of himself for being good and grown up is so lovely :-)
I hope the shopping is done by now and you and John are making good use of your time together ;-)
Serious trousers and a silly hoodie?
Hope you're having a good time together. I suspect you may not be aware of the weather.
You don't have to answer this now as you're doubtless otherwise engaged! But if you were free tomorrow for a coffee we're finalising a few wedding plans and it would be great to talk to you.
I hope the rest of your day, L and John, only improved on the lovely start!
(Good for you, Sherlock! That was very well done. :))
Jo, I'll have to see if Danger will untie me from this bed
He isn't in bed he's in the kitchen.
Chained to the kitchen sink...
Thank you, Sherlock. :) Did you do something nice on the way home from school today?
*whew* for a second there I was afraid you were typing with your nose or something.
typing with your nose or something.
oh yeah what kind of something were you imagining kestrel?
I can assure you, I have enough trouble hitting the right keys with my fingers, let alone any other body parts!
The best thing about today was we went into assembly in the hall at school and then when our headteacher started talking there was a bat and it woke up and it was flying around and some stupid people were screaming and then everyone had to open up windows and doors and in the end it flew out but I wish we could have kept it but I don't expect it would have liked it and maybe been scared.
A bat? That IS a cool thing, Sherlock!
I think you're right that the bat wouldn't like being kept, and it probably would have been quite scared--especially with all the screaming, considering how sensitive their hearing is. That's very thoughtful of you, to take that into account.
(Did the headteacher have anything interesting to say after?)
Bats are my worst fear ever but I would never have shouted and screamed because that wouldn't have helped the poor little thing.
I am really glad for you though Sherlock because I know you really wanted to see one :-)
Sherlock, did you know that sometimes the best way to get a bat to go out a window is to crumple up balls of aluminum foil and toss them out the window for the bat to chase? But the rest of the room has to be pretty quiet.
rsf
It went out of the door anyway. You're not allowed to catch bats in England it's against the law and you can be arrested but if you've got one inside sometimes it's best to catch it just a little bit and keep it safe until it's getting dark again. But we wouldn't have been allowed to look at it or disturb it anyway.
Those are very good laws for protecting bats, and since they eat all kinds of agricultural pests that's good for farmers and gardeners as well as bats! Thank you, Sherlock, that was interesting.
Very, very shy anon peeking my head in to say hello :) I've read both your blogs and enjoyed them ever so much. You guys--and how much you love each other and your family--have gone a long way to help me believe, again, in happiness and hope.
Hi, Anon, and welcome. And thank you - it makes me very happy to hear anything we've written here has helped. I hope you stick around. :)
Hi Anon,
Believe me, John and the boys did the same for me. Nice to have you around. I hope you're not so shy you don't peek in more often now you've done it once :)
Thanks for the kind words :) I'll surely try to pop in again.
Shy Anon
Mycroft, thanks so much for the link to the web comic! My dad worked at the computer lab in Cambridge, Mass. right out of college (this would have been in the late 40s,early 50s) so I know he would have gotten a kick out of it too.
S
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