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
 – even 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?”

 

 

 

©
Limited Edition Print
1/100
1997
Signed & Numbered by the artist
The words are also written on the back of the picture

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