Single Mums

Wow. I’ve made it to half way in the NaBloPoMo - which has really surprised me, I didn’t think I’d make it this far with a post a day - okay yes, some of those posts aren’t real good,but at least I was able to put finger to keyboard on a daily basis, so that’s gotta mean something.

At the moment it’s just me and one child home, my son is at work and my other daughter is with her dad, though she will be home shortly. He just rang to let me know he’s gotta bring her home because she has a migraine (all three of my kids suffer from them. One gets them quite regularly the others only every now and then, but when they do get them it means vomiting, pain and a not pleasant experience)

Today has been pretty much the usual stuff, running kids around etc but today there was something a little different.

While I was heading down to pick my daughter up from her grandparents to take her to basketball I nearly had a car accident while trying to avoid a flock of ducks. Okay I have to go and double check what a group of ducks is called  Hmm well not sure that really helped…from http://www.ducks.ca/resource/general/faq/faq2.html#group

There are several different terms used to refer to a group of ducks. Mostly, it depends on what species of ducks are in the group. Paddling, skiff, raft, team and dopping are just some of the terms used.

It also depends on whether the group is on the ground or in flight. For example, a group of mallard ducks on the ground is call a “sord”, but when in flight, it is called a “flock” (as are all ducks in flight).

Whatever they’re called I’m betting they now wish they hadn’t tried to cross the road in front of me.

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