Step Into My Office.

I have a place I go sometimes, a place where I can shut my eyes and relax and ignore the crazy world outside the door. I only go to this place once in a while but when I do I don't want to leave.....Ever.

It is the smallest room in our house and by far the most used..............It is lovingly known as......The Bathroom or as I like to call it....My Office.

It is where I go to think and ponder and write things in my head, it is where the world can stand still for a small amount of time and I can just be........Well.......Just be.

I must point out that this room only becomes this safe haven or hidey hole when I am planning a nice bubble bath, it does not have the same meaning when I'm using the loo or brushing my teeth.

Last night whilst the kids were in their rooms (with the doors shut due to both being older and hating each others choice in music or XBox game noise) I planned my great escape. As I poured myself a glass of wine I turned the taps on and poured my favourite bubble bath under the running water. Little bubbles appeared and that familiar smell of luxury wafted up into the air. I have to be very careful to shut the door whilst doing this in case The Teenager gets a whiff and comes bounding out demanding that "Awwwwwww....I really want that bath....Can I...Can I ?"..........

The next job is to light my little candles all around the bath and shelf and then its just a case of waiting................As I slip into the warm water (to be fair I have to have it so hot it makes you go "OOO..OOO") and lie back to enjoy the soft music playing from my IPad. After a sip of wine and a little smile to myself everything floats away with the music and my body starts to relax...................................................................................Suddenly the door bursts open (we have no lock I must add...Not sure why but we just don't) ...........................And like his name suggests The Whirlwind appears in a burst of cold air. Without even saying anything he blows all my candles out one by one "Muuuummmmm....Can I but some Microsoft points so that I can play this wicked game that all my friends are playing"
"Errrrrrr......Excuse me, but you've just blown all my candles out" I reply
"Oh yeah, sorry.....But can I have the points?" he absently says
I asked him to wait until The Husband gets home and then ask him. He accepts my answer and leaves as quick as he came in. The trouble was I now had to get out of the bath to re-light my candles again.

Then...A knock at the door..."Mummmm can I show you something" The Teenager had rumbled me. "Yes..Yes..Step into my office" I replied
"Your what?" she says with a confused look "Anyway I just have to show you this piece of art I've just done".
And with that..... on go the harsh lights ,out go the candles and she sits down using the loo as a chair. After several minutes when she finally decided to bugger off leave she kindly shuts the door and peace is once more resumed.

Right, I thought....One last attempt to have a moment and then I will have to get out...........

Bang, bang, thump, thump.......I hear the sounds of size 12 feet coming up the stairs..."Hiya kids,Wheres Mum?" comes the familiar booming voice of The Husband.
"In the bath relaxing" a pair of voices in perfect unison shouts back.




Once again the door flys open this time blowing all the candles out with the pure force of the door being opened so quickly......."Sorry love but I am desperate for a wee...Cant you hurry up"

It was at this moment I realised that I should just give up and admit defeat. With a heavy heart and a half empty wine glass in hand I decamped to the bedroom.

I thought about getting back in and telling them that if they came in I was going to drown them one by one in the bloody bath but realised I could hear splashing....Oh yes.....The Teenager was in there.......As if this wasn't insult enough her parting gift to me as she disappeared into the steam was...."Muummm, can you light the candles again for me....Thaaaaannkkksss"....................

I take comfort in the fact that one day they will be all grown up and leaving home and then I will have all the time in the world to lay in my bath................................................................Oh God....What if they never leave home....................Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

Lots of Love
Me
xxxxx