23.7.07

Still no baby and just over a week to go. 

The brain cells left me this morning, I think they went for a float above the clouds for a while. On my way home from the garage this morning I decided I'd pop into the shops to pick up a couple of bits. I've got one of these permits that allows me to park in any council car park, and they give you a little cardboard clock to show the time you arrived. Anyway, I swung the car into the car park and noticed I'd driven over a marked parking bay. Brilliant, I thought, and reversed into it. Picked up the purse and the overstuffed handbag, got out of the car, locked the door and walked away not thinking of anything at all. Got to the checkout at Woolworths where I was greeted by the strangest checkout operator who crossed her fingers in the shape of the cross, as though I were the anti-christ. Nice. Then she starts to make polite conversation about the weather and commenting on what I've bought and asking me questions about the baby. Non-plussed I responded politely but was still a bit stunned by the sign of the crossed so I let my mind wonder off whilst talking to her - the cardboard clock, damn, I hadn't changed the time on it, and knowing what the traffic wardens are like here at this time of year I decided I'd go straight back and get it changed. 

I got into the car park and saw the warden looking at other cars. Making my way to the car I spotted the yellow and black plastic attached to the window and my heart sank. Well, he could be reasonable and have pity on me, I thought, so I took it off the screen and shouted "EXCUSE ME" and started waddling towards him looking pathetic and feather-brained. "I'm so sorry, I forgot to change the time on the clock" I said to him, holding out the ticket in front of me. "I didn't give you the ticket for the clock" he said "You've parked in a disabled bay". What? I whizzed around and saw he was quite right, there on the concrete beneath the bumper was written DISABLED. "That's an automatic ticket if you fail to display a disabled badge" he said and then almost vanished amidst a sea of waiting cars. 

Oh well, I'm £30 lighter in the pocket now but have learnt a valuable lesson. 

And the car did said through it's MOT test this morning, so I guess I can't grumble. 

Please let it be born today!!!!!