So its about to start I have been aware it would for about 10 months now but it seems to have come around so quickly, yep Hell Summer is about to start now don’t get me wrong I love the summer. Women in skimpy clothes everyone smiling. playing Frisbee in the park with my girls and picnics.
But this summer is a little different from most you see its simple. its called Family !
To start with we have my sisters 40 birthday party next weekend, now you know the old saying you choose your friends not your family, well its true, I adore my nieces my brother in law is a good guy too but my sister and I well we just don’t see eye to eye and I have already upset her by refusing to wear trousers. now I know that doesn’t sound like a big thing but it is to my sister. you see I am very much a jeans and T-shirt man. In fact the only trousers I own go with my suit and that would mean buying a pair of trousers that I will never wear again, ok lets get this in perspective, its not like the party is in some swanky hotel nope its in her local village hall. I am happy to wear a shirt but it will have to be Jeans with it (black ones of course) she is not happy but as I pointed out to her i wear a suit for Interviews, wedding and funerals and as i would never work for her and she is already married, death is the only way she will make me wear trousers. see I have spent to long in Oz where they wear jeans and shorts even to weddings. So lets face it its going to be hell because my sister could not organise a piss up in a brewery and she arranged her own party DON’T PANIC will be the catch phrase of the day I suspect. To say I am dreading it would be a understatement along the lines of saying the English dislike the French (we hate them).
The Mother in law is coming to stay for a month in fact over a month. what is breaking the deal we made many years ago I said she was welcome to come any time but for never more than a month at a time, she coming for a month and 3 days !!! . You see my wife is Australia (I know we will not hold that against her, she half Scottish too but she lovely really ;) ) but my Mother in Law is the Aussie Half so we don’t actually get to see her much, normally once a year. what enough for any man!!. Now don’t get me wrong, I actually quite like my mother in law (especially when she on the other side of the world) she got a good sense of humour and knows how to drink. but lets face it I already live in a female dominated house hold. with my wife and two daughters so when the mother in law comes I get really out numbered, the only advantage of my Mother in law coming over is my step Father in law is coming to and he is to use an Aussie term Bonzer Bruce and we have a good laugh together normally at the mother in law to be fair.
So a month with the in laws sounds bad but you know it gets worse. The last time I actually went on Holiday with my own folks is when I was 16. so that’s almost 22 years ago well some IDIOT (yep me) had a bright idea that we would all go to Spain for a week, The In Laws My folks and my Family, 8 of us in a villa and why was Spain chosen well simple its cheap lol and I speak a little Spanish from when I lived out there. In Laws have never been to Spain nor have my folks, they are all well travelled but so far they have avoided Spain. so Suddenly I am now in charge of anything and everything, where we are going, what food we are going to eat.what places we are going to visit etc etc all because I have some experience of the country. Oh boy I really hope they like Rock clubs ha ha.
so could it get worse well sadly it can, you see the other thing that stopped when i was 16 was spending my birthday with my folks. 22 years I have done my own thing on my birthday (got drunk with friends and made a fool of myself) and this year as my IN LAWS (should be made outlaws in my book) are here it has been decided that the weekend of my birthday we will all go to my folks for the weekend for drink and BBQ and who came up with this really bright idea yep ME again, the fact it was the only free weekend left before my in laws return to the other side of the world
Ok so Sisters birthday, in law here for a month a holiday with in laws and folks and my birthday with in laws and folks can’t get any worse can it . Initially thought not too oh how wrong I was. Hell Summer is wrapped up with a wedding (yep that means the suit) and worse a Catholic wedding.
I have lots of issue with Religion (for one i think it a load of old crock, what i will be returning to in another blog) but particularly the catholic church winds me up. I have not been to a church service in a catholic church for well must be nearly 14 years now, I did warn my friends not to blame me if the church falls down when I walk in. Of course I am very happy for my friends getting married they are a wonderful couple and perfect for each other but I am dreading 2 hours of sing and preaching all to hear them say I do now lets party.
Am I looking forward to the summer honestly yes I am god think about all the inspiration for blogs i am going to get from this lol
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