“And what did you do today Darling?”
“Oh nothing special - when you left I got the children up
Fed, washed and dressed them, put them on the bus
Did the washing - Hung it out to dry Did the ironing
Baked a cake - Made chocolate buns
Took the car to the Shopping Centre
Delivered my dry cleaning and collected yours
Did the supermarket shopping
Long delay at the check-out
Ran to the Coffee Shop
Late for coffee with a friend
put the shopping in the car Drove home
Brought the shopping in - put it away
Baked more cake
Got things ready for the party - set the table
blew up the balloons
I met them off the school bus
seven including our two
She got nice presents
blew out the candles.
We played Pass the Parcel
and they left after two and a half hours
We cleaned up the mess
No permanent damage
Did the dishes
Cooked dinner - Roasted chicken.
Nothing special

And what did you do today Darling?”

“Oh just the usual - I left here - Traffic bumper to bumper all the way to the Airport - meeting in Cork - expanding again. Car into car park - Check in - Board - paperwork - Disembark Taxi - Some calls on the mobile - Traffic heavy met Mr. Builder - Chaired the meeting - Worked thru’ lunch - Tea and sandwiches - Walked to the site - Sorted the problems. Taxi back to the Airport - Traffic not bad - Someone had lost their ticket at the check-in - Board - Paperwork and a drink - Some guy tried to use his mobile on the plane! - Disembark - Found my car - Traffic not bad - Back to the office early - Mountain of paperwork - Telephone kept ringing - finally finished Not the last to leave the office - Quick walk to the car park - Back into traffic - Bumper to bumper and here I am - Just the usual

“And what did you do today Darling?”