I survived camping!

Hurray! I'm back. After surviving four days of living in abject poverty, I can now say that I have 'done' camping. I won't go into the details now because I am totally exhausted, but suffice to say I got so close to nature that a ladybird plopped on my hand. And the plop was yellow in case you were thinking I was faking it.

After arriving home two hours ago, I fell to my knees and rejoiced when I pressed the lightswitch and a light came on. I blew kisses to the little flashing modem in the corner of my living room. I positively sprinted up the stairs and threw myself onto the bed to sample my long lost Egyptian cotton sheets and pocket-sprung mattress. And finally, I ran into the bathroom and flushed the toilet, just to check that mud pits and dock leaves were a thing of the past.

The journey home was long and arduous. It took 3 hours and Izzy was sitting in the back of the car playing a new computer game called Fly Control. The whole time the game was emitting random buzzing sounds and then Izzy would burst into fits of laughter.

So I asked her; "Iz darling, what game are you playing?"

She replied, "It's called Fly Control."

"What do you have to do to win?" I said.

"I've got to guide the flies to the roadkill to feed them," she replied.

WTF?

"Are you telling fibs?" I asked.

"No," she said, adding, "but I've won that one, so now I have to direct the flies to the dog poo."

Pic.No.1. Fly Control - directing the flies to the roadkill

Pic.No.2. Fly Control - directing the flies to the dog crap

Bloody nora! The whole premise of the game was making sure that flies could land on their given target and feast before moving up the next level! Games have changed since I was a girl, when the most complicated thing I had to do was flick a marble into a hole. 

Anyway, I am dead on my feet now, so I am going to spend a few minutes seeing what Brahm and Ron have been up to whilst I was away (I bet you have done a lovely job dahlinks!), and then I am off to bed.

I will report on the camping experience soon..... Au revoir!