Chinwag

I have been put on a diet… not the food kind more the talking kind…‘It’s good to talk’ is most certainly not one of the popular phrases in our house at the mo.

High phone bill’s are a occupational hazard for me. When I was part of the workforce I never had the time for a good chinwag - always had plenty of things to catch up on but not the hours in the day. Now I find that there is very little for me to catch up on but sooo much more time to do it!

Unsurprisingly when this months phone bill dropped through the door I knew that I might not have the word’s to explain.

I watch The Man open the bill, toe’s and fingers crossed that by some act of God the phone bill company would have let a few of those marathon calls slip. By the furrowing on brow this clearly was not to be. I want to phone a friend, but by The Man’s expression I decide against it…. I revert back to my teens and wait to hear the terms of my punishment.

The Man knows me too well. He use’s the punish thy self tactic. He say‘s little, just uses disappointed expression on his face a look that tells me I could have flown across croydon for cheaper. Oh dear.
Furthermore now I would have to wait another month for some sneaky new boots.

I have to curb the aimless hour long calls to fellow chatterbox pals and focus on the job in hand. I vow to remove phone from sight to prevent temptation. Shamefully this just makes me feel like a mad women, I can feel withdrawal symptoms after five minutes. I finally crack & retrieve the phone to look at it. Is this what it has come to? Me looking at my house phone like it be a family member?

I grab my coat and head to school as I have parents evening in five minutes. Daughter darling’s teacher offers me a seat and proceeds to inform me on my daughters behaviour.

‘ I only have one concern about this Little Lady’ say’s Mrs Teacher,

‘She seems to have a bit of a chatting problem’

I cannot keep a straight face. Mrs Teacher looks at me as though I am mad. I excuse myself as quick as I can.

‘Like mother like daughter’