Boxing Day

It always strikes me as strange over here how there is such a hoo-ha on the run up to Christmas Day and then Boxing Day doesn't exist.  Everything is back to normal 26th December, so you have Dr's appts to get to at 9am, banks are opening, and late Christmas cards etc are arriving in the mail.

So this morning, with hubby being off work he had booked in his car at the garage along with every other Audi driver in the area it seems.  I don't quite understand why an Audi Q7 less than a year old needs new tires but I wasn't involved as he had a loaner. We arranged to meet later so that I could swap cars with him so Bee and I could go to her Drs appt and he could take the boys home for me.

Carpark, 2 hrs later - he turns up in an Audi A4 (?) saying 'It is brand new, only has 15 miles on it so watch yourself on these roads - no pressure though.'  Consider that it was below freezing all day, most of the main roads had been plouged after yesterday's snow but the minor roads were all icy I drove very very carefully - that would be one thing I'd never have heard the end of.  It was a nice little car and it is still in one piece but it is ages since I have driven a real car (the last was the Mini we had) and it was like driving sat on the road surface itself it felt so low down.  It went really well though but I did feel it skidding a bit round the corners,. We are due a new storm tomorrow so I hope the other car comes back before then.  Needless to say the DB9 is not going to do well in this current weather and is sleeping nicely in the garage.

So Bee saw my friend's husband the dermatologist and despite our 6 weeks of antibiotics no real progress has been made.  Next approach is TB test (ongoing now) and then maybe a new thing which is administered once a week through an injection.  Oh her face was a picture.  But it is worth a try.  He mentioned being concerned that the psoriasis can affect joints and cause arthritis.... not a route we want to go.  We need insurance approval for this as these are expensive drugs.  He said a year's course is in the region of $25 OOO!  We get a different medical plan as of 1/1 so we will see,

Mac has lost his glasses.  He had them on last night when he was getting his PJs on.  In between there and bedtime he took them off 'somewhere.'  I have searched all over today.  The car now has a load more stuff ready for the charity shop after sorting through their room.  I have been through all the obvious places but to no avail.  We didn't leave the house so they have to be here somewhere.  We have offered the kids a reward.  $10 cash which tonight turned into $10 + a toy of their choice at the shop.  We think Mac secretly knows where he put them but he is just waiting until the reward goes up a bit more.  Grrrrr.