- Still no tray!
- Will nobody think of Ruth?
- Don’t pick on wee Henry!
- Smiley baby
- Bizarre Helen moments
- Temperature 106
- Berlin, Barcelona and Salzburg (on my)
Still no tray!
I’m starting to agree with Mrs Barrington-Hughes.
Third day of the great Tray request – and David still hasn’t sorted it.
Is it any wonder she’s stressing out and phoning him so often.
[David] “Do you know how much mind numbing trivia I’m holding in my head at the moment. That woman has got an unnerving instinct for phoning me when I’m just about to start a job”
David – give up the wedding. For everyone’s sake.
Will nobody think of Ruth?
Come on – the woman is clearly on the edge of a breakdown. She doesn’t even recognise the value of cold pizza for breakfast.
And as we all know, pizzas are Ruth’s only speciality (the frozen variety).
She’s having to manage Brookfield with only sporadic help from David, Eddie and Brian. And the kids. While she’s also grieving for Nigel.
David’s not only hardly around to do his work at Brookfield, he’s only being utterly dismissive of Ruth’s struggles:
[David] “Ruth, you’ll think of something”
[Ruth] “Well, I’ll have to. I’ll phone Brian”
(Oho! Maybe Brian is due another affair …)
Later on, Ruth has a right go at Pip when she tries to defend David over his calf mistake.
But is there anyone noticing that Ruth is having to cope completely alone?
Even after she’s sorted out David’s calf mistake, after she’s herself had a long day and was supposed to be coo-ing over Henry and as she heads off to help Josh with his homework, it’s still David that gets the tea and sympathy.
This could lead to far, far more.
Don’t pick on wee Henry!
[David] “He’ll be around for a few years, I’m sure I’ll catch up with him by the time he’s 12”
Oh that’s cold David. Very cold.
And you also don’t even have the time to ask Pip about how her exams went. After all the fuss you made about her retaking them. And, she is your daughter.
I think David might be on track to lose grip of more than just his sister’s husband …
Smiley baby
Helen’s round at Brookfield introducing Henry to Ruth and Pip.
Seemingly he’s already talking back and Helen is healing up just fine (even though she does have to have someone else carry Henry up the stairs).
Pip reckons Henry:
“has got such a smiley face”
and that he makes folks happy.
Though of all the people who need that sort of pick-me-up (Elizabeth), Helen seems to be avoiding.
Still, Henry’s Snug suit sounds great!
Bizarre Helen moments
There was a few odd moments today when Helen said:
[Helen] “I’ll never know what his dad did, of course”
[Helen] “I want to socialise him … I make him sound like a puppy!”
Hmmm. How is an anonymous donor ‘dad’ (and is she now having regrets about not knowing the biological father?), and what’s with the puppy?
Still – at least she’s kept her new found ability to laugh at herself.
Temperature 106
Thank goodness indeed for Eddie. He managed to notice the ill calves that David had missed in his haste.
It turns out to be viral pneumonia, which could have spread between the claves if Eddie had spotted it in time.
And it was all because of a draft due to a gap in the shed cladding – which David soon have seen to.
David’s about to collapse from exhaustion, Ruth’s about to go banshee and, to top it all, looks like costly mistakes might be made along the way.
Berlin, Barcelona and Salzburg (on my)
Brenda and Tom are soon off to Berlin in celebration of Brenda’s 30th.
Now Pip’s planning a trip to Barcelona for her 18th (with Gary and Izzy, who must be back together again .. regardless of how ‘boring’ Gary can be at times).
And, Tony and Pat are off to Salzburg for Tony’s birthday.
My word! Ambridge is really jet-setting these days.
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