My new car. As mentioned in the previous blog I offloaded the Audi on Thursday and I've replaced it with the above model today - a Toyota Yaris. 3 years old so we'll hopefully see this one behave better than the last. And yes, my 6ft2 frame does indeed fold sufficiently to squeeze inside!
Yes, your eyes don't deceive you - this is Carole posing for a photograph. Admittedly I had to dose her with copious amounts of ketamine, liberally apply superglue on the sofa and place a coathanger in her mouth before utilising the 3 second window this allowed (she is quite feisty as you know) to quickly take the photo. That said it's come out rather well I feel. She is beautiful, I'd like her say cheese more often.
Did you notice Luca's eyes in the photograph with his Mum? Do you notice his eyes are facing in the exact same direction in this one too? I'll give you three guesses as to what is distracting him so.
Bingo, you go it - the television. Does anybody want to buy our TV? We miss our son, he last spoke to us in February.
Yes I jest (arf arf) but he's tantrumming (is that a word?) with increasing regularity as we limit his access. C'est la vie, the punishment is worth the crime as he becomes ever more amusing to converse with. "Hello buddy" I greeted him as I came home the other day. "I'm not buddy" he growled in response "I'm Luca". The depth to which his eyebrows had dropped gave credence to the idea that any kind of response from me would be utterly fruitless.
He chats at such a rate to make his Aunt Jane appear almost mute (OK, impossible, I know). I came home from the car showroom today to be greeted with "Hello Daddy, did you have a nice morning?". Before I could even open my mouth in response he continued "Did you go out for a drive in the white van? Did you go over the bridge to Aberdeen?". I'm not sure what impresses me more, his levels of observation or his ability to correctly convey his thoughts vocally.
If only he would do the same on the phone. He loves listening to his Gran's, Granda's (anyone!) as they chat to him, but perversely clams up somewhat. He's getting better though so keep phoning!
And for Aunts Lucy and Kelly - Skype is now reinstalled so he'll have a video chat with you anytime you like now.
I'm still a little sore today after a busy weekend. On Friday I was at a works quiz night, where my team came 2nd out of 18 teams. Not bad I guess, but was expecting a win. Did I mention I'm the master of completely unhelpful and useless information?
On Saturday (after accompanying Carole and a grumpily tired Luca to Carole's fitness class) I went to Dundee with a friend from work to watch the mighty (cough) Partick Thistle take on big spending (in Scottish terms) Dundee in a top of the table clash. As usual I jinxed the team as we somehow attained a defeat from the jaws of victory. The life of a Thistle fan.
At least I got to see Dad at the game, as he was there too - albeit a brief half time hello. And he was already eating a pie so I never got to treat him! Still, I'll make a trip through with Luca for a slightly more extended hello at some point this week in the new car. Advance warning though, it may be quite a late visit as I'm unsure as to how fast my new cars one litre engine can achieve. "Faster Daddy faster" Luca will likely call out as we gently cruise toward Banchory.
**Useless fact of the day - Respected car bible, the "Parkers" guide rates the Yaris with an overall rating of 4 stars (out of 5)**
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