What a Swine!

Had an interesting day today.  Started out my going for a cup of tea at a friends, which was exquisite! Then went for a cup of tea at my mums which was also exquisite!  Then I hopped off to Asda to do the weekly shop.

 I love going there, I can get my fix of people watching too – always some great characters in the supermarket. So, as I’m looking around, I realise that I didn’t get the memo, I didn’t see the sign.  Surely this is not normal?  The amount of people of motorised vehicles in Asda today was beyond belief!  Now, I don’t know if they were giving out free test drives near by, but it was ridiculous!  My first encounter was that of  nearly getting mowed down by one that took up the whole aisle.  I froze like a deer in the headlights as she screeched round the corner, and then excellerated  towards me, I dove towards the ketchup and narrowly escaped being flattened.  Turning the corner, I realise  why she was in such a hurry.  Of course! They are obviously holding the weekly neighbourhood watch session blocking the whole of the entrance to the frozen food aisle.  Except as I get closer, I realise, it’s not neighbourhood watch after all, it’s more of a bitch fest about ‘Fat Wendy’ and who she’s got her knickers off to this week.

 Seriously though, I could not believe my eyes. There was at least 6 of them, gossiping away, slagging off this one, and complaining about that one, completely unaware that pedestrians might actually like to get down one of the aisles to you know…..Shop?  I felt like saying “Excuse me ladies, are you actually doing any shopping, or have you just come here to get right on my fucking nerves?  Also, none of you look over 50 , and the only disabilities you seem to have is that you are completely oblivious to everyone else, not to mention your enormous lack of spacial awareness. Oh and one more thing, where can I get one of these top of the range, ferrari-esque, power-steering beauties, cos next time I won’t bother coming in my fucking car!’  

Sorry, I seem to be turning into a grumpy old woman as I have a list as long as my arm of things I could rant about. (Next time-People who stop unnecessarily at roundabouts)

Anyway enough ranting, after this I went to school to pick up the kids, and we got the letter….  

The letter I knew would probably come, but was hoping it didn’t.  

The letter that says that children at the school are being treated for Swine flu.  Shit!.

Swine flu, it’s one of those weird things, everyone panics at first, convinced they have it, or someone they know has it, then you kind of forget about it for awhile, and it’s just one of those things that’s in the news, but doesn’t affect you.  Until, it creeps closer and closer and now it’s at your kids school.  They don’t bother to close schools now – no point, it’s unstoppable.  So I feel slightly, or actually very uneasy about it, but there’s not a lot I can do except teach my kids to keep clean hands, send them to school with hand sanitiser and a packet of tissues, and make sure they take their vitamins.  Anyway maybe it wouldn’t be such a bad thing if they did get it now, it’s supposed to come back a lot worse later in the year!