11.23.05
Holes in the walls
And plenty of them; teen son has a dart board in his room, and from the state of the surrounding wall he doesn’t actually ever hit the thing! As I filled said holes with a ready made filler which I bought in Wickes I wondered if it wouldn’t be better to call in a plasterer. Mind you I am going to put the dart board back, so no real point. However I am going to see if I can find some kind of wall tiles, perhaps made of cork to protect the wall in future; perhaps he might begin to hit the board if he is actually allowed to hit the wall!
I am off soon to buy the red paint, he has chosen a shade called Salsa Red 2, which has to be mixed at the paint mixing counter. I had hoped that when faced with a whole dulux book of paint shades, that he might pick some kind of shade of blue or purple, but no such luck, so Salsa red it is. Having a red room doesn’t seem to have affected his mood in the past as he is pretty laid back for a teenager of nearly 15, much more so than I ever was.
I was a very angry teenager, and in fact still angry in my early to mid twenties; I don’t know why but I think I was a nightmare particularly to my mother. Part of it seems to be that we have very similar personalities, and reacted in the same way, essentially by shouting when we were annoyed. Of course I am a much more chilled human being now, but still have the reputation amongst my family for door slamming. My philosophy is why shut the door quietly if slamming it will make more of a statement!
