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Trivial Persuits
By dulwichmum | November 5, 2009
I have been so very busy over the last week (sigh), my grooming routine is both relentless and exhausting… (ha!).
No, seriously, I have been melancholy, reflecting, on how we fill our lives with unnecessary frippery, detail and deadlines here in Dulwich, making ourselves so very stressed, losing focus of what is important…
I long for a simpler life (sigh).
My babies chant their times tables in bed at night, wearing the sweet little earphones from their MP3 players even while they sleep. James has loaded their Grade 2 violin pieces onto R4 chips so that even their Nintendos are helping them to cram for impending music exams and the study is strewn with Kumon work books.
I myself have obsessed unnecessarily about various issues, from my being cruelly manipulated into posing for a charity calendar by the PTA (YIKES) to the ageing process (sob). I noticed an increased proliferation of fine downy hair under my chin (OHMYGOD!), and panicked that I was careering towards the menopause, so I picked up some facial wax strips in Boots. I have been left with red abrasions all over my chin (wail). My super soft skin is sooo sensitive (dabs tear from eye).
This morning, when I dropped my perfect son to school, it became clear to me that several of the older boys have procured copies of the new PTA calendar. One very tall, (no more than 12 year old) chap strode over to me with a broad smile and a wink. “You have carpet burns on your chin,” he announced (gasp) “You’re Smoking”.
“You don’t think he meant you have the fine lines and wrinkles of a smoker?” chirped evil Francesca, handing me her compact and grinning like a Cheshire cat.
“No, sweetie, he means I am fabulous in the PTA calendar, it is an expression that young people use” (smirk).
I really shouldn’t stress about trivia you know, everything is fabulous here in Dulwich. I am off to the garden annex to fire the au pair, I intend to replace her with an ex-Gurkha, graduate, Mandarin speaking manny (perfectly equipped to complete the various Duke of Edinburgh Award tasks and expeditions to provide the poppets an edge on their UCAS forms when they apply for medical school). Well, after the comments that Prince Edward made in Australia, I am not taking any chances with my progeny… avoiding the stress of trivia is a top priority!
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