My humblest apologies for being so lax in my commitment to 'The Blog'. It has been a busy week.
It is a little difficult to blog for the week in one go as that involves recalling events and considering I have a memory like a rusty sieve that has been peppered with a twelve bore shotgun, I am having problems! I have finally realised why my Dad always carries a pen with him but the truth is I would probably forget why I had the pen so I would have to tie a knot in my handkerchief which I had forgotten to buy in the first place! Doh!
Thankfully I had the good sense to get married in 2005 so now have a proxy memory. Thank you Rachel.
Tuesday - Ho Ho Ho
To try and really get into the Aussie spirit I had decided to grow my hair in to surf dude waves and sport some facial hair. So three days in and the hair on my chin is longer than my head, not a good start. And then....AND THEN... I see white whiskers on my chin. It appears that I am moprhing in to Father Christmas or more likely Uncle Albert from 'Only Fools and Horses'. I gave up and shaved head and chin much to Rachel's relief.
Tom had a great time at his Kindy yesterday but Lucy was absolutely distraught that she couldn't stay with him. She sobbed for nearly an hour, proper tears and sadness. I'm sure it will get easier for her.
Wednesday - damn that Isaac Newton!
Last night whilst we were deep in slumber there was a piercing scream from the kids room. On rushing in we found Tom on the flood ensnared in his quilt with blood running down his cheek. The poor little monkey had fallen out of bed and caught his cheek in the corner of the chest of drawers. We cleaned it up and put a long plaster on it and he went back to bed. Daddy's brave little soldier. It just goes to show that gravity is not always your friend!
Thursday - one whole hour to myself.
This Thursday they both had an hour trial at a joint childcare/kindy. Tom ran in barely looking over his shoulder and Lucy took two steps in and then clamped on to my leg like a frisky Jack Russel and wouldn't let go. I eventually prised her off and two of the staff engaged with her and it seemed to settle her a little. However I left to the sound of her crying. Not very nice. I waited at the fence where I could hear her but she couldn't see me and it lasted only two minutes or so. There is a coffee bar in the Post Office (???) opposite so I bought a paper, drank a coffee and waited to pick them up again. It was lovely to be properly kid free for an hour, the first time in over three weeks. Do I feel guilty saying that, do I 'eck!
When I picked them up Tom didn't want to leave but Lucy didn't want to stay despite finding 'Brown Bear' one of her favourite books. We jumped in the car and went to collect the keys for our new house.
Exciting. We went there as we had been told to ensure the mains electricity was off so we could pay a man $150 to come and switch it back on again. I did offer to switch it back on for them as a favour to save them the petrol but they insisted the man would come out. He did and it took him approximately 10 seconds to complete his task. I make that an hourly rate of $54,000. Nice job if you can get it!
Friday - Moving in day and 007
Today the Kids had a two hour trial session at the same Kindy as yesterday and by the end of the session Lucy was her usual self, was happy and had a great time. When I arrived to collect them she wanted to show me what she had been playing with which was nice. Rachel was due to finish work at 2.30 ish but didn't get away until gone 6pm so the move was postponed. However in that time we got the TV connected at the new house and the kids and I had a dip in the pool. I have to say it was a tad chilly as the previous two days had been cloudy but we braved it. I'm glad we have a pool just before winter begins so I can spend the next five months telling them they can't go in the pool that they will be longingly staring at fixed to the window like a 'stick on Garfield'.
Bought a car today, we bought an Aston Martin DB9 to live the dream, oh no we didn't sorry I was dreaming, we bought a Proton Gen2. Not my usual choice of car but it was a very good price for a very low mileage, beautifully kept, nice car which we should be able to sell for much the same when we leave.
Saturday - IKEA
Time to move in, so a car load of stuff, a trip to the supermarket and a fleeting visit to IKEA and job done. Quite a lot of sorting and moving furniture round, a trip to Seaford Rise to our friends for another single bed, back to put it together, more sorting, kids to bed, take-away and bed.
Sunday - house warming
We went through our huge list of friends that consists of Wes 'n' Allie avec kids and that is it. So we invited all our friends over for lunch. All the kids made Pizza which was very messy but good fun.
This weekend has been a 'long weekend' here in Adelaide, something about horses and a cup so it doesn't interest me but it does mean that Rachel gets Monday off. Well when I say off, I mean she only has to go in for and hour and a half but should be back by 10.30 - fingers crossed. This has been her sixteenth day on the trot at work. Not so good
I promise to be more on the ball this week.
Good night my friends. sleep tight.
Disciplina, fide, perseverentia
