L sent me this picture of fulgurite, which looks amazingly like a dragon about to eat someone. It's made when lightning strikes sand and fuses parts of it together.
Quite a lot happened yesterday. Today. Depending on how you look at it. Mycroft's parents' evening went pretty well. All of his teachers had nice things to say about him. I tried to pay attention and ask useful questions, although how useful anything I had to say would really be is debatable. I mean, it's different at Sherlock's school, but I don't really think Harrow takes anything any of the parents say all too seriously.
L claimed to be nervous, but looked suave and cool, if slightly damp from the ride. He made it extremely difficult to focus on what everyone was saying. Mrs H looked like she was trying not to scare anyone, which I must say is not her usual look and does not come naturally to her. She's very charming when she wants to be though.
Afterward, we got to take Mycroft home...into the sugar-fueled disaster zone of hurricanes Sherlock and Harry. They made a batch of cupcakes with edible glitter. Mrs Hudson got two. Mycroft got one. L and I got none. The entire batch of cupcakes was gone before dinner. I don't know how Sherlock and Harry didn't explode, but a walk afterwards was necessary.
Things happened. Harry is now apparently planning L's stag do. I am sensibly terrified.
Woke up around three and had a chat with Harry, who was sleeping on our couch. It was...good. We'll probably never be close the way L and Nicky are, but maybe we can do better than we have been.
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Glad you two are getting on a little better.
I have just had an enormous amount of fun inflicting Sherlock on Harry at 6am, complete with yelling and a flying leap. That'll teach her ;)
Well, as the best auntie in the world, I'm sure Harry was just really happy to see him ;-)
Did you manage a long lie in while the children played?
I'm glad mycroft's parents evening went well. :-)
Not long, no. But Harry moans just the same as John when she doesn't want to get up.
Why are grown ups so BORING in the morning I helped make her tea and everything and she drinks almost as much tea as John and we went out and in the park there was an insect hotel and it was the best and I want one.
Sounds like everyone had an "interesting" day yesterday...
Sherlock - not everyone likes getting up early - I hate it - some of us naturally get more awake as the day goes on, rather than starting off full of energy and getting more tired later. Mind you, I was just the same when I was your age, I didn't change as I got older...
What's an insect hotel? It sounds fascinating.
I'm certain Sherlock wouldn't sleep at all, if he could get away with it.
The insect hotel seemed to be lots of 'holes' filled up with different wood/materials. We got a picture, which will convey it far better than me describing it.
Mycroft just showed me a page with someone 'livetweeting' about getting a vibrator stuck up their bum. He's looking at me as if to say 'let this be a warning'....as if I'd ever be so silly.
I want to know what an insect hotel is too.
Sherlock, when I get up in the morning and have something fun to do, I wake up pretty fast, but when it's only work, I don't want to wake up till I get there. But I think most grownups don't like to wake up in the morning because they didn't go to bed until late and they're not done dreaming.
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I'm merely suggesting some agreement with the statement 'it is better to learn from someone else's mistakes than your own' (In certain circumstances).
Don't worry, I learnt that you shouldn't put things where the sun don't shine when I was in uniform and a guy called 999 because he'd got a pint glass stuck... he was remarkably calm about it too.
It's definitely useful to learn from other peoples' mistakes when the opportunity arises, Mycroft - and the young man in question has definitely provided an opportunity :-p
Having read his tweets, he seemed remarkably calm about the experience - although he could have saved himself so much trouble with just a tiny bit more research. Still, at least he doesn't seem too traumatised by it.
Lestrade - A pint glass? *ouch*
Ph, I meant to add: younger and overseas readers/commenters may find this interesting - it's a comparison between the results of British lifestyle surveys carried out in 1971 and 2011 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-21698533. (Older UK commenters/readers may find it interesting too, but are probably already familiar with what it says).
Yeah. Made my eyes water just thinking about it, Nameless. Plus, you know, the obvious danger of breakage...
It only takes one person to put in a lightbulb.
Taking it out requires the entire staff of the ER.
Kestrel!!!
Okay, I admit it, I laughed like a loon. But good heavens, what an image. Yikes! That is NOT the way to bring light to dark places.
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Ha. Never saw that one, thank goodness. I think I've talked about the man with the broken jam jar though.
The guy who was live tweeting posted his x-ray... 0_o
Anon - yeah. I have been forced to promise certain people around here I'll post the link later.
All talk of jars should cease, though. my eyes are watering just thinking about it.
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