The people here does not have normal lives like those in Estonia. I imagine if my parents never came back from jobs until late in evenings and strange person is seeing if my Cabbage Patch Doll is on right side of bed and then checking to see if I alive, when she remember. But then I suppose my mother not have nice Smeg fridge or emergency holidays in place called Centre Park so she be very depressed person here in UK.
Is early home for Tom and Bella tonight (Bella read Theo story about the Horrid Henry but he say this boy is gay. I not understand this.) It seem as if Tom, who has very big job as lecturer in M.25 Studies at University of Teddington, is going to sleep as is usual, but Bella she shake him.
‘I thought we should do some entertaining,’ she say.
He look up sudden, as if some electricity it been put into his body.
‘I thought that’s what you said. We went to a Neighbourhood Watch meeting earlier this year,’ he reply.
I watch Bella try not to look cross; I tell this is not first time.
‘Oh, don’t worry, no one’s expecting you to do anything. You can just sit there and moan about peer reviewing. But I do occasionally need to meet people when I’m not (a) obviously pre-menopausal and rushing to catch a bus; (b) putting out the rubbish; (c) telling Jehovah’s Witnesses that I’m a Darwinian-Marxist-Buddhist.’
‘Does than mean the Selfs?’
‘If it’s escaped your attention we haven’t seen Cressida and Antony since the PTA Flamenco and Car Boot Sale Evening last July. They are our ex-neighbours.’
‘’I think you’ll find they did a runner to Muswell Hill for a reason.’
‘You know Cressida told us it was nothing personal - they needed to invest the production company money and she was gutted to move away from her old friends.’
Tom makes spluttering noise that sound as if he is too late for the tissue.
‘Just don’t say anything, alright, then we’ll have a perfectly good evening.’
‘I don’t know who’s going to do all the preparations. We haven’t got the time.’
Bella look in my direction and does her smiling.
‘I’m sure Monika will welcome the chance to organise a dinner party. It will be an exciting introduction to the way we English like entertaining.’
Tom make another spluttering noise. I not think that nice.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
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