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We went to my mum and dad's for lunch yesterday. We were served up the legendary, at least in their household, Murray's pies and Heinz spaghetti. I have to admit the scotch pies were quite nice. Not the sort of thing that we usually eat, but nice anyway. I have to admit to being a bit of a snob when it comes to the food that my family eat. It is all traditional stuff containing the three of the five main Scottish food groups, fat, sugar and salt. The other two are tobacco and alcohol. The day went quite well, with poor Babycake being poked and prodded within an inch of his life. It came as a bit of a surprise to me to find that my three nephews were beside themselves with excitment over having a new cousin. Mrs McMuffin and I did notice something very interesting about my family. There didn't seem to be the slightest hint of disapproval about anything we said that we did for the baby. It was as if they had an understanding that whatever the baby needed was okay. It is a strange thing, but we have often encountered a slight disapproval of what we are doing with him. There is nothing overt, but more a slight, "oh, I didn't do that..." It just hangs in the air.
Spending time with my family was surprisingly unstressful, or at least not as stressful as it usually is for us. I think the main difference was that we hardly seemed to exist. Everyone's attention was focused on the baby.
We can't bear the idea of travelling home today. It seems as if we have only just got here, which is true really. I have decided to cancel my very full work day on Friday. I'm sure there will be some fallout because of this, but how can we travel when the baby isn't well...(he's fine, by the way.) I have debated just telling the truth, but really people want to be lied to. They really do not want to know that I have decided to stay another couple of days in Scotland rather than fulfil my obligations to them. Or do they?
We're off to do some proper exploring of the town today. I'll let you know what we find tomorrow.
Oh, by the way, we have been inspired by the interior design of a Costa Coffee shop, and idea that may very well be seeing it's way into our home in the very near future. I might go and take a picture of it today.
mr mcmuffin on 5 Apr 2006 @ 09:51 AM ✲ Permalink
Comments
Good for you! Babycakes won't be a baby forever; you are making wonderful memories for your family.
Posted by: Donna | 5 Apr 2006 19:57:42
Interior decorations inspired by a coffee shop? That'll costa packet.
:-)
Posted by: Em³ | 5 Apr 2006 20:13:33
Lucky you. I'm so glad everyone is happy for you instead of being know-it-alls. My parents are quite relaxed too as they claim to forgotten everything about child-raising and as mine are better behaved than my sister's, there is no problem at all.
Posted by: David | 6 Apr 2006 07:46:29
Very glad to hear you're having a successful and surprisingly stress-free trip! :-) Enjoy the rest of it!
Posted by: David (TEFL Smiler) | 6 Apr 2006 22:35:09
I used to love Scotch pies, though even as a meat eater I think I'd rather not know what actually went into them. Thes edays we get a vegetarian variety that's filled with macaroni cheese! It's the pastry that I really go for, no other pie has pastry quite like it.
Posted by: Steve | 7 Apr 2006 13:47:54
