Grounds For Divorce!

Robbie scares me sometimes. On Tuesday evening he was watching How to Look Good Naked, he and Sam love watching it, I can perhaps understand why a 13 year old boy would be interested in women taking their clothes off, but judging by the giggles and the school boy banter, Robbie is still very much in touch with his 'inner child'. On the program the woman's photograph was put on one of those huge advertising posters on the side of a building. I was just thinking that I couldn't imagine anything more embarrassing, when Robbie announced that he would love to have a photo of him naked turned into a huge poster like that. As far as I am concerned that would be grounds for divorce! Can you imagine walking out of the station at New Street or Euston to encounter Robbie larger than life grinning down at you in his birthday suit. It would cause mass hysteria with people fleeing in all directions.

Talking of hysteria, there was a fair bit of that going on yesterday evening. Robbie went for his MRI scan, he was very anxious about it and he got himself in to quite a state before the appointment. Afterwards he was very pleased with himself, to hear him talk you would think he had survived torture. I listened for a while, then I reminded him that it didn't involve any pain, nothing was poked, prodded or pressed. I suggested that if he'd survived a mammogram or certain other intimate procedures I would be much more impressed. At least it is done now and he doesn't need to worry about it anymore. We will not get the results for a while as we have to wait for his consultant to contact him.

Distraction 07.11.07

I don't get many comments left on the blog (except when Richard gets a bee in his bonnet) but I do get a steady flow of verbal feedback. It always surprises me that the trivia of our daily lives interests and amuses my readers. Last week somebody said that reading about Robbie's antics always cheered him up when he was having a bad day, he seemed to think that our lives were uncomplicated. It doesn't always feel like that from my point of view, but I'm not complaining.

I have been struggling to get Robbie's attention this week. On Monday evening the phone rang and Robbie disappeared upstairs with the phone, he emerged a little later to announce that Marion needed him and he may have to go out a little later. I wasn't worried, she only wanted to borrow him for his computer skills! After a couple more phone calls it was decided that Robbie would visit on Wednesday evening instead. He came back to the lounge but I noticed that he was suspiciously quiet and I realised that he was deep in conversation with someone on the internet, apparently it was a woman from work. All these women, perhaps the 'Wild Woman' was right about his harem after all!!

Yesterday he went to see Hadouken and was out until after midnight, tonight he is at Marion's, I wonder what he has planned for tomorrow. I don't mean to moan, I enjoy the peace and quiet and I was rather glad to get rid of him this evening because he was lowering the tone, in fact him and Sam were giggling at the naughty bits on the television like two mischievous little boys. Robbie always enjoys watching Trinny and Susannah, but tonight they were mounting a crusade against ill fitting bras and Robbie was in his element. I finally dragged him away from the TV and delivered him to Marion, but he insisted on recording the programme on the sky box to watch when he gets home. He is challenging at times!