Nervy

[poliphilo]

A carton of cream jumps out of the fridge and spreads itself across the floor.

I clean up the cream.

Ailz catches her foot in a cable and my laptop hits the deck.

Ailz says something and I say, "Don't speak to me right now because I don't think I can answer coherently".

I leave her to check that the laptop isn't bust and take a turn round the front garden. I find an apple tree I didn't know was there. I eat an apple.

I hadn't realized I was so close to the edge...

Comments

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

Well, you are very lucky to live in a lovely house in Kent, but nobody is lucky to live with a parent beyond the age of 18!

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

On the one hand, this, on the other hand, that.

Living with my mother is like living with a small child- only without the joy of seeing it learn and develop.

[veronica-milvus.livejournal.com]

I completely understand that. Mine was also bigoted, small minded and hypercritical...

[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

My mother's a nice person- but we have very little in common. And she's besotted with racing-which leaves me cold.