Showing posts with label stairs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label stairs. Show all posts

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

As I was Going Up the Stair

Every time I go up and down stairs a little rhyme comes into my head.

As I was going up the stair
I met a man who wasn't there,
He wasn't there again today
I wish that man would go away

The reason for that particular rhyme is because Robbie has managed to make his presence felt even if he is not physically present. As most of his friends know he has passion for Dr Marten boots and he has far too many pairs (in my opinion). For a while they took over the bedroom until I banished them to the hall, but even in the hall they seemed to have a secret life and they would creep out and trip whoever passed by. Robbie decided that the stairs would be the ideal display / storage space for his boots. Ever since Christmas we have had a pair of Dr Martens on left hand side of each step (next to the wall) with just two empty steps at the bottom. Every time he goes up and down stairs he admires his boots and thinks about the how he will fill the last two empty spaces. He has his eye on a grey pair with a different sort of surface, they are dimpled, he likes them but I think they look like DMs with acne. I guess they are a lot better than the tartan pair that he lusts after. When I go up and down stairs I don't admire the boots, I just think what a pain it is to move them every time the stairs are hoovered and I make a mental note to make sure that he doesn't try to display his New Rock boots on the stairs, if I fell over those I could end up in hospital!

Friday, 10 July 2009

Conclusive Evidence

Robbie still says that his behaviour provides no evidence of aspie traits, so he has challenged me to make a list.

He counts the stairs, he used to do it out loud until I teased him about it, now he does it quietly but I can still see his lips moving as he counts.

He acts as if he is the 'fridge police' if I shop and put new food away in the fridge he has to empty the whole thing and pack it again when he gets home.
Robbie's Random Ramblings: The Fridge Police

He has a full scale tantrum if I buy the wrong size or shape tomato sauce bottle because it doesn't fit his plan for where things go in the fridge.
Robbie's Random Ramblings: Fitting In

Even more irritating is his habit of leaving post it notes on items in the fridge, it makes me furious.
Robbie's Random Ramblings: King of the Fridge

When we go shopping he he is a total control freak, he has to be the one to push the trolley, he has to pack the trolley and when we get to the checkout the food has to be packed his way (which as far as I'm concerned is not the best way). Usually by the time we get to the checkout I am too exhausted to argue and I just let him get on with it.
Robbie's Random Ramblings: Survival - Against The Odds! 14.06.07

Robbie is very possessive about 'his seat' at home and he even gets upset if someone sits on 'his seat' on the train. I fact he will run and force his way to the front to make sure that he gets on the train in time to get 'his seat'.

The clothes he wears are a bit like him, loud, startling and a bit crazy - need I say more!
Robbie's" Random Ramblings: Human Rights

Robbie is very lovable, but he has a complete lack of awareness of the way that his actions impact on those around him - mostly me!
Robbie's Random Ramblings: Tiredness Can Kill 19.04.07
Robbie's Random Ramblings: Give Him an Inch and He Takes a Mile!

I could talk forever about his obsession with trains and all things related to the railways, but I think everyone already knows that he lives, breathes and sleeps railways.
Robbie's Random Ramblings: Withdrawal Symptoms
Robbie's Random Ramblings: Obsessions 24.01.08

When it comes to saying the wrong thing at the wrong time Robbie is in a class of his own!
Robbie's Random Ramblings: The Moment Was Lost 07.01.01

In the end, it doesn't matter, I love Robbie just the way he is.