Surprises..

I've been living in blissful ignorance of the fact it's winter, and I should be having a cold or two.
I am now feeling pretty sorry for myself. I think it is a case of me feeling rundown, and my body trying to get me to calm down and de-stress. I have my trial shift for Wagamama today, and have one of the solos on Sunday- very bad timing!!!
I am sure I can woman up and do the wagamama shift fine.
The thing I am most pleasantly surprised about is my brother. I was feeling very weak last night, and went to bed about 6 (I haven't been sleeping well, so trying to catch up on sleep!). The cat came to join me- I still think they have a sixth sense to tell who is ill- and then dad went out. Dan gave me his blanket, and spent most of his time giving me cuddles. Eventually I didn't have the energy, and he wandered off to bed.
This morning, when I came down the stairs, I asked if Dan could give me a hand with breakfast. He firstly gave me a big hug, sorted my breakfast out, and got me a cup of tea.
It's not that I don't think he is lovely, I know he is, it's more so the fact he never made a fuss, he thought of things himself that might help, and was so thoughtful.
He may test my patience to the limit, but when it comes down to it, to me, he is the best brother in the world :)

Oh Brother....

My little brother is away on frosty camp this weekend with the scouts.
My first thought was I won't be disturbed in the morning for two whole days! I was definitely very excited to not see him for a couple of days.
I had my lie-in which I took full advantage of. Dan didn't pester the cat at every opportunity. Dad and I (mostly dad) were able to sort out the kitchen and rid it of the crap that you obtain over the years, but without Daniel, the house feels weird. I'm in this weird state of being happy the house is quieter, but kinda bummed that there is less life in the house.
We also went to the quiz tonight. Yes, it was nice not to have Dan muck about for most of the evening, and not eating all the food we brought, but I get so much more frustrated at things at the quiz (people saying the answers loudly, people taking the game waaay too seriously, etc) that I found I didn't enjoy it as much, and normally I love quizzes!
I might change my mind yet again tomorrow morning, as I get to have the chance to talk to people properly rather than my brother winding me up the wrong way. Who knows?

The poor cat.

Brothers. They may wind you up silly, torture the snobby cat, and embarrass you, but frankly you do miss them a little when they leave. x