18 years ago today
The kid came into this world. I have vague recollections of the day. The previous day Mam had been complaining saying she was sure the kid was on her way. Sure enough that evening she went in and early enough that morning Sperm Donor came into our room to annouce that Mam had a baby girl. I was confused as Mam had told us the doctors had removed the girl ovaries when she lost the baby a few years beforehand. Not sure what doctors she was talking to or what she was smoking but the kid was a girl. We went up to visit her that morning and I remember when Mam took her out of the small cradle and held her up to us I was enthralled. Little did I know what a handful she was going to be.
At this moment, she is on her way to Cork with the best mate K for a Slayer concert. She was up at 6 getting ready. She has underwear packed to throw at some guy in the band she likes. She was very nervous about going, a typical titch. What if she got lost, what if she wasn’t allowed pick up the tickets. There was an issue with the tickets. The sister K had sent them via registered post. Nearly 2 weeks ago. There was phonecalls to ticketmaster’s customer service, cancellation of tickets, faxs , the whole shebang. Finally, the problem was sorted and everyone was happy. Well, apart from the sister who is still fuming with TNT, understandably so. Muppets. The gig starts at 5, so we told her to check into her hostel first. I’m nervous for her…I’m sure she’ll be grand, sure we can use the old she’s 18 now and well able to stand on her own 2 feet. Someday I’ll believe it.
