Tuesday 15 July 2008

I'm So Excited...


Lise

My daughter arrives today. Yippee!

She lives in Norway and has been back and forth – through choice – between her father and me since she was twelve. She’s now 22 and seems to have settled out there for good. It’s where she was born, where she spent the first eleven years of her life, and where half of her family are. She is, without a doubt, more Norwegian than English.

I miss her, there’s no denying that, but I’m also glad that she’s living out there because the lifestyle is so much better than what we have here. Maybe it wouldn’t be so marked if we were living elsewhere in the UK, but right here there’s not much to compare to what she has. Clean air, miles upon miles of open spaces that aren’t farmed so can be used for recreational purposes, lakes galore, beautiful mountains, breathtaking fjords... it’s such an unspoilt country in so many ways, unlike our densely (overpopulated?) island. And the people are generally nice, too.

But still I’m a mum and mums miss their daughters so you can imagine how excited I am to be seeing her later. She doesn’t land until nearly half past eleven tonight though, so I have a whole day to get through first. Richard and I have already made my bedroom look half decent for her, as much as it can with the state of the decor anyway, but I'll put some fresh flowers in there to brighten it up. I've been relegated to Paul's temporarily vacated room. Then I'll try to find some other stuff to do to help pass the time away. I can’t be too energetic though of I’ll flag later and won’t be able to drive all the way to Birmingham and back. I must keep reminding myself to slow down. I have the top of the fridge to declutter and clean though, so at least that's something to do.

Lise’s bringing her new boyfriend with her too, hence me moving out of my bedroom for a fortnight. Apparently he’s very nervous about meeting 'the mother' and knowing his reasons, I can understand. But I don’t bite and I don’t judge people by their skin, clothes, hair or anything else superficial. It’s what’s inside him that will matter and from what Lise has said, he’s pretty good to her.

I’ll still be blogging while she’s here because I generally do that early in the morning anyway, but I’m sure you’ll understand if I don’t visit other blogs as often as I usually do. I'll try to pop in now and then though.

Have a lovely day.

Sharon J x

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8 comments:

Catz said...

Have a lovely time with Lise! Quality time with our grown up children - you can't beat it! enjoy!

Sharon J said...

Thanks, Catz. I'm with you on the quality time :)

Lala!! said...

Hi!

Hope you have a fantastic time Sharon!

If you have the time there is an entry about RADAR on my blog...you might know somebody to nominate........I do but just need to work on the entry form as the wording is critical and I need to wake up a bit first!!

Have a great time!

Chris

Sharon J said...

Thanks, Chris. I'm sure we will. Lise's boyfriend seems really nice - definitely up for a laugh so my kind of guy :)

I'll have a look at the RADAR thing as soon as I get the time.

Sharon x

Debi said...

*waves at Lise*

Anonymous said...

Oh Sharon how wonderful! Is the visit going well?

Anonymous said...

I hope you're having a wonderful time Sharon :)

Sharon J said...

@ Debi. Lise hasn't seen your comment yet but I'm sure she'd be waving back with a big smile plastered all over her pretty face :)

@ Frugal Trenches. It's going great. The boyfriend fits right into our family (we're all as mad as hatters and he laughed at our antics all the way from the airport) so that's good. Last night we girls all sat up until 2am just chatting and laughting about old times. Life's good :)

@ Move to Portugal. Thank you. We are indeed :)