A day in the life...

... of a Bluppet

In chronological order:

- The bluppet has landed! The incredibly well wrapped package is torn to shreds and searched for edible contents. All kids will in turn chew on the Styrofoam flakes to assess their gustative properties.
- Quick shower. It is going to be a long day...
- First railway bridge of the day. The bluppet gets to appreciate the stench of stale urine first thing in the morning. Niiiice!
- On the Dart! What an experience. Bluppet is thrilled to ride in this vintage carriage, at no extra cost. Most railway museums charge more than the return fare to Dún Laoghaire.
- Second railway bridge This one has little holes for aeration. It is possible to breath while transiting there.
- Raheny Eye lets the bluppet fire up the Work Computer. The bluppet is already tempted to press on Ctrl + Alt + Puke but his little arms while not allow him that combination.
- The bluppet is seriously impressed by Raheny Eye's collection of dried fruits Last year's purple apple is down to a seventh of its original size and the lemon is coming along nicely.
- The stress is getting all too much for the bluppet. Quick! A little squeeze on the corporate novelty item (Raheny Eye in the mean time is gulping down the real thing but this is not blippable)
- Boring work stuff
- Lunch at last! Off to the Granny Aisle The competition is fierce today but a few karate chops later and Raheny Eye and the bluppet have gathered the ingredients for a cheap and cheerful lunch al frostbito.
- Raheny Eye kicks a few pigeons away, to the bluppet's delight.
- Off to the marina for a spot of lunch, Raheny and the bluppet feast on the plunders from the Granny aisle. Raheny is often described as avaricious or tight by his colleagues, he prefers to call himself thrifty (he is in fact so tight that when he passes wind, only the dogs can hear him)
- Raheny Eye and the bluppet share a postprandial joke These two already get on like a house on fire
- More boring work stuff
- Kick stop by the vending machine. Footsteps and distant conversations can be heard. Quick quick! Escape before being forced into interacting with a colleague!
- More boring work stuff, even with the colours in the spreadsheet. Boring boring boring (but remunerated)
- Coffee machine. Big dilemna for the bluppet... More footsteps. Shite, too late [switching to work coffee machine conversation mode]
- Looking with growing envy and longing at the world on the outside...
- ah ah ah! Escape from the mistake factory, "you won't get me suckers!" Till tomorrow morning that is...
- Quick quick Blip while running to the Dart station. Can't stop to check the horizontality of the horizon... David77 will be giving out.
- Ahhhh, back on the Dart. "I swear to you, I saw him take a photo of a puppet, that muppet" No one sits next to Raheny and the bluppet, it is going to be a comfortable ride.
- Nice light on Dublin Bay this evening. "I'm telling you, he is still taking photos of that puppet!" The train is filling up but there is still a lot of free seats around Raheny and his little friend.
- The home station at last.
- The last railway bridge of the day. I can hear the distant calls of marital fights and I can smell scooters burning gently in the evening breeze, I'm getting closer.
- Who will be there when I ring the bell? Aww, here are Luca and Mimi [awww moment]
- The door opens and the noise starts [end of awww moment] They start to fight amongst themselves to hold the Bluppet. Return to default speech mode (imperative negative). From now on, 80% of sentences will begin with "[insert child name] don't [action that should not be done] or I will [threat deemed to be most effective at that particular moment in time]"
- Quick kiss to Mrs Raheny. "Hey Bluppet, get lost, she's my wife"
- "Daddy! Daddy! Get the chasing ball!!!" "But, I am sort of hungry..." "Daddy! Daddy! Daddy! Get the chasing ball, NOW!!!" "All right..."
- The quiet moment after the chasing ball game. Finn has not quite grasped yet the end of the chasing ball part...
- That's it, the Finnz has crashed. 1 down, 2 to go...
- Rush hour in the bathroom. It never seems to be in any other mode than rush hour mode. The bickering reaches its paroxysm.
- Story time? In 10 minutes a very unusual and very temporary silence is going to descend on the Raheny household
- At last, time for a bite to eat. Mrs Raheny is declining fast
- Mrs Raheny has crashed. Hey, bluppet! Hands off my wife!
- Picking, copying, pasting... It is taking a lot longer than originally planed... I now seem to recall swearing never ever to do a collage of more than 3 photos.
- Curtain folks! That?'s life. I'm not saying it's particularly thrilling but there are enough nice bits thrown in here and there. You do that until you are 68. Then you retire. Then you die shortly after.

This blip is dedicated to Fiori