For a while back then my Next Big Thing was going to be both girls starting school and getting some of my life back, but alas that didn't happen.
Since then my Next Big Thing has pretty much amounted to managing a shower once every 24 hours, not drowning anyone in the lake, not developing a real alcohol problem and losing a couple of kilograms. Not totally riveting stuff really.
But! Now I'm on to something! Now I think I've found the Thing and boy is it going to be Big! Finally I can complete the task Katherine set me all those months ago.
May I present, what I predict will be the NEXT BIG THING ... drum roll ...
The Toenail Fairy!
Yup, you read it here first.
She lost it today after an incident a number of weeks ago involving a falling dining room chair and an ill-timed dash across the room - the intersection of big toe and chair was one of those bizarrely unfortunate quirks of fate.
The nail has slowly been saying its goodbyes, loath to leave the feet of such an adventurous young lady I'd guess. In the interim a few teeth have come out, necessitating a couple of visits from the Toenail Fairy's more well-known cousin ....
'There isn't really a Tooth Fairy hey Mum? It's actually you isn't it?'
'What would you like to believe sweetie?'
No answer.
A sly smile and the subject is dropped.
Like the toenail really.
Why shouldn't there be a Toenail Fairy anyway? It's a rarer and more momentous event then most teeth falling out. Usually accompanied by an exciting back story and always the subject of morbid fascination in the weeks it takes to finally fall off, why shouldn't the lose of a toenail be marked? Celebrated even?
But what does the Toenail Fairy bring is still a question.
Well, Hot Pink nail polish for one. Of course. Some chocolate money and a small plastic ballerina. To vouch that one day she'll be up on her toes again, even if it's a bit painful right now.
So what do you think? The Next Big Thing or setting a dangerous precedent? Time will tell ...
