Day 1 in the quiet house!!

It's early evening in the quiet house - and all is........... quiet!!!!
The boys went off thos morning. Arrived bright and early at the station and waited for the train to be displayed.
Eventually it was - the final destination of the train was................. PENZANCE!!!!!
Now, for those who are not sure of this island we call home - Penzance is so south and so west, you will fall off Britain if you go much further!! And float around in the bit where the atlantic hits the English Channel!!
And to make it even more confusing, the boys are heading to Newcastle - it's in North east England, jsut below Hadrian's Wall and the Scpottish Border. We joke that those who live north of the wall and south of the border are almost scottish anyway!!!.
Me thinks this train travel lark could be confusing - Glasgow to Edinburgh to Newcastle i can get, but to cross back over going south west, thru Bristol onwards to Exeter and almost to Lands End!!!!

I explained to the train manager that they were travelling alone and even tho they are both 18 + it's the first time they have travelled alone - so he made sure they got to the right carriage and got the bags on for them  - nice man!!

Got the boys to the seats and Paul pulls a biggie.
Mmmm - Mum - i'm a bit worried about this.

Like - WHAT????? 5 minutes before the train pulls outta Glasgow Central you land THAT on me. Talk about laying on the guilt with the biggest trowel you can get!!

I quickly told him that things would be fine and he'd have a great time and Peter had been told to behave. I said that i'd need to get off the train soon, else i'd be going with them, but i'd wait on the platform till the train went.

As i waited this guy passed me and looked - i told him i felt a bit like bad mum and told him what Paul had said. He asked where the boys were going and i explained it was a place near Newcastle that was an outdoor adventure place catering for folk with learning/physical disabilities and the people who support them. He told me that the staff were probably well used and well equipped at dealing with people who were doing the caring and a bit nervous of being away.
He made me feel a lot better and he's prob right - they'll go and have a blast.

Off the train went and i waved.  Then went off top loo and promptly texted Paul to say that all would be fine and the staff would be used to helping deal with Peter if he went on a strop!!!!

I went off to buy a bag a Percy Pigs to take to my friend on Wednesday, then to the Disney Shop to buy something for her daughter - i've bought a Tinkerbell doll, which is cute! Sophie is in hospital in Aberdeen just now, so Louise and i are hitting the 9.41 train to Aberdeen on wednesday morning to go and visit. We're coming back home that evening, but we reckon we'll have a few hours to sit and chat.
Mind you - the laptop played up last night and wouldn't let me pay for the ticket. So Louise went off to our friend's house and used her (lou's) LT and she got them done. Will need to pick them up from the station.

Lou stayed at Donna's last night and is staying tonight. She's popping in and out of here as she chooses. She's working tomorrow.

So it's me, Matthew and the cat. And the cat is asleep on the table just now!!! Paul has assured me that all sharp or blunt objects have been removed from the house and the insurance documents hidden, so Matthew and i can just sit and chat - like old fogies should do!!!

Paul did leave a comment on FB to say that he wanted to shout FREEDOM á la Mel Gibson in the station!!! And he phoned to say that they were waiting for the pick up. Heard nothing since, but i'm not too worried. I'm sure the centre would have phoned if anything had gone wrong. The girl said it's a bit hit and miss for the mobile phone signal, but they do have a payphone. I've told the boys just to phone if they have time - i don't want them to miss out on something good cos they are waiting at a phone to phone home.

More adventures as i get wind of them!!!!