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Tweak says, "Does my bum look big in this?"

sam_mm (sam_mm) wrote in morningstar_mnr,
@ 2011-03-12 10:13:00

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anghara, chas, ota, sibyl

Mocha, Mid-morning, Ang and OTA/MW
Ang waddled (literally these days) into the Mocha, grabbing a paper from the rack as she did so, in search of a cup of tea and some light snack-age. Preferably of the muffin or cookie variety, nothing too healthy! She felt in the need of a bit of company, but no way was she going outside, too cold and besides, there were usually more people in here!

She got a pot of tea, and a plate of muffins, and settled down at a table where she could be comfy and still accommodate 'the bump', and started idly browsing through the City News. The japanese earthquake and tsunamis featured heavily of course, and she sighed a little, the world seemed to be in complete flux right now. A thought that made her exclaim out loud as she read the next article, "The north pole is moving to where?"

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	call_me_chas 2011-03-12 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	"Emma," Charlie said. "I've been keeping an eye on her progress and was wondering about offering her an exhibition later in the year. But I didn't want it to disturb her studies." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sam_mm
2011-03-12 08:55 pm UTC (link)

"Oh, well she's doing well with her studies, keeping her GPA up there, and she has quite a few pieces dotted around," Ang paused for a moment, thinking, "not to mention some she could call on for an exhibition, ones she did earlier? I'm guessing not everything might need to be up for sale, some of her earlier things could be 'on loan' from their owners?"

"If you think they're up to standard of course," Ang nodded, "I think she'll wibble like crazy, whine that she can't paint for toffee and then produce you a really nice selection of those and her grey-scale sketches with colour highlights, the ones she likes doing so much?"

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	call_me_chas 2011-03-12 08:56 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, I think you're right," Charlie said. "When are her exams? I'll suggest it to her once they are over." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2011-03-12 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	"I think she's done by the end of May, but, you might be better off asking her about that?" Ang snickered, "I'd say I'm not her mother, but I'm still her guardian and however independent she is, she still comes to Sunday lunch every week." "But I think she'll love the idea, it would really set her up and she'd work like crazy for it." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	call_me_chas 2011-03-13 01:36 pm UTC (link)
	"Okay. I'll do that then. Expect wibbling first week of June." Charlie grinned. "Remind her that we all went through it. I sicked up my boots before my first big exhibit. But that was good because it made me look pale and interesting." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	sam_mm 2011-03-13 04:54 pm UTC (link)
	"Please, don't let either of us tell Emma that, or we'll be having to deal with that as well as wibbly nerves. Besides, she's interesting enough as she is I think." Ang chuckled, "I can just see you doing that though, on her behalf at that!" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

call_me_chas
2011-03-13 06:40 pm UTC (link)

"Only thing more nervy than one's own exhibition is putting on one for someone else," Charlie sighed. "But I'm much more sensible now. I was a silly kid then and certain that nobody would like me. Now I know that you can't please all the folks all the time, but if you invite the right selection of people to the preview you can save a lot of grief and get some good sales right off. There's nothing like a scatter of red 'sold' dots to get people reaching for their wallets."

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sam_mm
2011-03-13 07:01 pm UTC (link)

"Oh yes, and Emma being Emma there will probably be lots of those around. She does some very nice things." Ang smiled, "I think I'll still let you tell her though, I'll just keep encouraging her to do stuff if she quibbles a bit, and of course, I can just about manage to sit still if she wants to do me again."

She chuckled, "Have a muffin, they won't last, I keep nibbling on them and one by one they are vanishing into my ever increasing girth."

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	call_me_chas 2011-03-13 07:14 pm UTC (link)
	"Eating for two?" Charlie said. "Well if you can't manage them all - thanks." He took a cherry muffin and broke it carefully. "How's Alec?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sam_mm
2011-03-13 07:18 pm UTC (link)

"Being Alec, sort of quietly getting everything done and hoping for the best, but, I think we're mostly ready for this one, at least, we've done it before so we sort of know what to expect?" Ang shook her head, "I can't help wondering if he's still a bit dumbfounded at it all, but, he's doing all right."

She grinned, "He's just spent two days making sure we have everything on the midwife's list, even though we have stuff coming out of our ears from Gavin still, it's amazing how good he is with him though, it's a pleasure to see a father enjoying his child so much."

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	call_me_chas 2011-03-13 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Well when the time comes, if you need a sitter ..." Charlie said with a grin. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

sam_mm
2011-03-13 09:59 pm UTC (link)

"I think Emma has that covered, even down to sorting out permission from her tutors in case she has to leave Rutherford in a tearing hurry," Ang grinned, "she's almost as desperate for this baby to arrive as the last one, and I was amazed how much she seemed to want to be around Gavin. She's been a brilliant big sister so far though, no worries there."

"But if she's going to have an exhibition, well, we might need to go to that and babies and toddlers might not make the best impression." She shook her head, "But I wouldn't ask you then either because you'd need to be there to share in her success, it's as much yours as hers given how much you've contributed to her art education."

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