We left yesterday morning (Spain, as I think most of you probably guess) and got back to London yesterday afternoon. Mycroft's leaving for school this evening, so not much happened yesterday apart from travel, tantrums about leaving, laundry, un/packing, and consolation brownies. They didn't really make up for not being in Spain anymore, but they helped.
Today: more laundry, more un/packing, the realisation that there are more laundry labels to sew into Mycroft's new shirts, acquiring food one way or another, etc etc.
Sherlock brought Mrs Hudson home a stone he found that has a hole through the centre of it. He's been fascinated this trip with the way water smooths things out and wears them down. He would've brought home every piece of beach glass he found if he'd had his way.
We'll probably do another pan of brownies so Mycroft can take them to school for his friends, or, as he insists they be referred to, the people he knows there. I suppose he has a point. My mum would refer to anyone I knew from school as my friend, even people I considered my mortal enemies. Drove me mad.
I'm using my how to infuriate monkeys tag retroactively for the Gibraltar incident.
Today: more laundry, more un/packing, the realisation that there are more laundry labels to sew into Mycroft's new shirts, acquiring food one way or another, etc etc.
Sherlock brought Mrs Hudson home a stone he found that has a hole through the centre of it. He's been fascinated this trip with the way water smooths things out and wears them down. He would've brought home every piece of beach glass he found if he'd had his way.
We'll probably do another pan of brownies so Mycroft can take them to school for his friends, or, as he insists they be referred to, the people he knows there. I suppose he has a point. My mum would refer to anyone I knew from school as my friend, even people I considered my mortal enemies. Drove me mad.
I'm using my how to infuriate monkeys tag retroactively for the Gibraltar incident.
26 comments:
I'm glad you all had a good break, I'm back at school albeit on the other side of the desk myself this morning and the weather is doing its best pathetic fallacy of drizzling rain.
I hope that Sherlock has a good first day back, he'll have lots to talk about at least!
Mycroft, I hope the new term treats you well.
Lancs. Anon
Hope you all have a good day today: Sherlock with your new teacher, Mycroft with a new room, Lestrade with lots of new paperwork and John with new laundry. I must admit some of it sounds more exciting than other bits ;)
Sounds like a lovely trip. I'm glad you guys had such a good/adventurous time. Consolation brownies sound wonderful, too.
Miss you three already. Don't work too hard. Thanks for my surprise consolation brownie in my bag. I have no idea how you managed to get it to survive intact for long enough to give to me.
Back home and straight back to business ;-)
Did Sherlock go off to school all excited about the stories he had to tell? I hope he has fun sharing them with the people he knows there and enjoys listening to their stories as well.
Mycroft - Enjoy your new room and the private space it will give you :-)
Enjoy the day with Mycroft John even if its got to be full of sorting out and thanks for the reminder about labels in clothes I better go find my sewing kit :-(
Brownies always help!
When I was a child my family used to go to the beach for the summer, and beach glass was my favorite thing ever. (If there's some to spare, you can make a sun catcher with some beach glass, Sherlock, it's like a little summer sunshine all year--at least, that's how it felt to me.)
I hope your new term goes well, Mycroft--having a private place to retreat to sounds so much better than having to share a room.
Good luck with the un/packing, and I hope everyone manages the shift from dream vacation to everyday world with a minimum of the (mental/emotional) bends!
Mrs N says we can have a barbecue in the evening at school and look for frogs because they hide in the day but come out in the evening sometimes and she says everyone's invited so she can get to know parents and it's going to be soon if it stays sunny like it is right now.
What a wonderful idea of Mrs N's :-)
I hope you're having fun in her class Sherlock she sounds lovely :-)
A barbecue one evening is a great idea--it sounds like a lot of fun, and an excellent way toshook for frogs! Did you bring any of your beach finds to show Mrs N and your classmates, Sherlock?
... to look for frogs...!
I've only got a dark blue bit of glass because if I had more things then I have to let John throw away something else because otherwise Lestrade said my room would be full in a week.
Which reminds me, I think we need to get you another bookcase. Soon.
Ah.
My mother had a similar rule for me when I was younger-- I shared a room with my sister, so space was really tight. (Dark blue glass is the prettiest!)
I always got around the "too many things" rule by picking the smallest prettiest pebbles and bits of glass and then keeping them all in a big jar with water and a lid on it to keep bugs and stuff out.
Mrs N's idea of a barbecue is a good one. How are the frogs and the newts in the pond at school, or are they hiding?
Mycroft, do you get to decorate your room at school? Because there are some neat ideas over here.
Good luck at work, L! And John, good luck finding everything which has escaped from Sherlock's pockets into the rest of the laundry!
rsf
I reckon a week if we said only mineral. Two days if we allowed animal and vegetable.
My solution to the "too many things" problem was to become extremely neat and organized, so I could fit more into the allotted space. (My siblings, however, ended up on the other end of that spectrum--their homes still tend to look like all the closets just exploded. :D)
John, clear plastic bins on bookshelves are a great way to store things away while still letting you see where everything is, which, of course, is very important. :)
I think Sherlock requires all bookshelves for books, actually. 'Stuff' has to go elsewhere. And be strictly controlled.
He's getting taller, so the bookshelves can be taller too, though, right? Or you can give up and install a wall unit on one side of the bedroom with a ladder.
rsf
Give up, give him our room as a cupboard and sleep on the sofa, more like.
Mrs N said the frog evening would be on Friday if it was still nice so don't work nightshift or anything silly please and John said I can't really have your room as a cupboard.
Or Mycroft's room either.
Thumbs up on the please Sherlock :-)
Do you think it will stay nice? it's been lovely here today but british weather can rarely be trusted!!
Looking good so far on the five-day forecast, Sherlock!
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/public/weather/forecast/london
Lancs. Anon
I won't be working unless something very serious happens. And I shall try not to do anything silly.
Maybe ask Mrs H to sleep on her couch to let you continue hoarding....
(joking. Dont.)
It isn't hoarding, it's having the materials ayt hand for the next experiment.
I think Sherlock requires all bookshelves for books, actually.
Excellent! Books are paramount. (I managed to schlep and store over 1000 books in a very tiny studio apartment when I was in grad school, because I HAD to have my books with me. :))
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