Mini people/semi mini person/larger people visit (Blog 392)

Today my brother’s family visited me and my dad! How much of the family? It’s pretty big… Turning up were my brother, my sister in law, two mini nieces, mini nephew AND my teenage niece! The group just seems to keep growing. Not like a cancer, that sounds awful. More like a benign tumour? Not as bad, but still not flattering. Like a flower? That sounds patronising. How about a tree? Still weird. It really is very difficult for me to give compliments as I find it complicated so maybe I should abandon the idea of being creative and say something normal. Like ‘great guys’. Perhaps my favourite conversation of the get together was when my sister in law asked me if I like rides. What kind of rides? Rollercoasters? Yes, that’s what she meant! She asked me if I wanted to go with her and her children to a Halloween event in Thorpe Park. A theme park and Halloween too? In the evening?? That was perhaps the most perfect thing anyone could ever say to me as I love all three. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always thought darkness heightens the feeling of enjoyment for me, no matter what happens and I haven’t grown out of that. I don’t think I ever will. So if you’re reading this sister in law, you’re not a cancer, you are kindhearted and thoughtful. Very much so!

I explained how I couldn’t go on the 16th of October as I have a dentist appointment at 10. (I wasn’t thinking properly and seemed to think such appointments last all day). Nope, actually having checked, I’m going at 2 PM so again, if you’re reading this sister in law and you decide you want to go on that day and I say I may not be able to make it or at least some of it, I’m not trying to get out of going, again, what you’re suggesting is quite literally my idea of perfection. I mean… OMG OMG OMG! You’d think most people would assume the dental visit would be in the morning when I said 10, but my brother did check with me. I’m just saying I’ve never heard of a 10 PM dentist appointment. Still, it could be worse, if I said my checkup was at 2 and he asked if that was the morning, I would be starting to doubt his intellectual abilities and wonder why his boss hired him. Other highlights include when my sister in law asked my dad if he had a leaf in his back pocket. That would be random. Why in the world would he put it there? Would it bring him luck or something even more crazy? Sadly it was a dog poo bag. Darn. My curious mini niece wanted to see what her dad was like as a child, so MY dad set up some stuff so we could all watch old family videos on TV. Also shown were me, my dad and my mum. It was said that I looked more or less the same as a child as I do now. Have I grown as a person? No one said.

A couple of months ago, my brother said he bought a CD for me for my birthday but it was ‘at work’. He still hasn’t given me it, so I’m assuming there is no CD. As mentioned a while ago, I did gets lots of chocolate though, which is something. It’s just I got a little too much, and as I keep saying, that really has only contributed to my addiction. Maybe he was being super kind and was thinking I’d get bored of the stuff, but in the know addicts always say your cravings never go away. Indeed, they don’t even go away immediately after eating the stuff, that’s the cruelty of sugar. But dammit I love it. However, my gym addiction does stop me from getting diabetes though, I’m sure. I don’t think there’s a way gym equipment can clean your teeth after a chocolate session so I’m stuck there. I’m guessing if I tried to find a way, the personal trainers would ask me what I’m doing and may even ask me to leave, which would be sad. In my defence, the act of chewing the weights, etc. isn't banned in the list of rules you get. Right, that was basically the whole visit summed up, so it’s back to music reviewing for me! More observant people would have spotted how this blog was rather cheerful. Yes, the clouds are back and it’s raining! Bye!