So why is it that if you get a glass of wine in the pub at 10am you are considered borderline alcoholic but in a business class airport it is more than acceptable.
Oh yes you heard me right, business class lounge is where I am starting this blog. Me, beautiful baby, and he who helped create them are off to the big ole U S of A for a wedding in which my (still haven’t lost the baby weight) body has star billing as a bridesmaid.
Now we don’t have lots of money in fact we are slowly becoming a mums gone to iceland family because tesco value is too pricey!
However he who helped create them has come up trumps for once. As a dedicated cricket player, (oh yes he works all week and they plays cricket all day on a saturday, leaving me to play, fight and bicker all day with twin boy and girl) he has made a friend who works for BA and that friend is now my new best friend as I sit blogging in business class.
We have not even got on plane yet and I am ridiculously excited. However we don’t quite fit in, me in my debenhams jeans don’t match the prada and gucci that has slinked past me. Plus the fact that I am surrounded by every empty packets and plates from all the free food and drink on offer is a clear giveaway that I don’t come here very often.
I am also seriously debating ditching baby beautiful’s toys and nappies and filling up the empty bag with biscuits, stella and pastries whilst everyone else politely takes one biscuit.
So I am loving my BA experience enjoying the luxury which is sweetened by the fact that I am not paying for it. But a bit disappointed no one offered to hold my breast when I started to feed baby b or offered to warm the milk!
Ha ha ha, have a wonderful trip and do take some pictures I need to live Business Class vicariously
oh yes, i remember that bizzare (but oddly welcomed) wine in morning thing in business class (i only got upgraded because the plane was empty i was injured) have a fab time !
sounds like a welcome break in time for having handed in your notice 😉 My partner too has a friend in BA and gosh, it certainly does make a difference to the travel experience albeit not free!
As for the job of mother and all the things that go with it, it has taken me a lifetime (of one child that is) to strike a balance that didn’t involve insanity or depression intermittently – sounds a bit dramatic maybe, but I am guessing you know what I mean 🙂
Amelia.x
Ooooo this made me chuckle! Enjoy the upgrade lovely x
Hi Norther Mum,
Love this post! Love all your posts… am trying to get my act together and subscribe via RSS to a few blogs but when I try on yours I’m getting a load of gobbledegook – Am I being a complete southern softy or is something up with the link?
xxx
I have that problem with someone elses RSS – have you tried the email link? I am a northern technophobe am afraid!
It’s all about tactics. The skill is in balancing being nicely sozzled with still being able to remain in control of the kid (and remember that some of the things kids do are more difficult to deal with in a plane… even in bus class projectile vomits are tricky). Enjoy your trip but factor in the dehydrating effect of flying which means that even if you enjoy your free booze, you will feel rank in about 8 hours time! One wine, one fizzy water, one wine, one fizzy water… that has to be the mantra!