Love You Since Long Time
Wow over four months since I could be bothered to write anything. That's not a very good effort is it? I've been meaning to write a lot and have been thinking about what I would write but not actually had the time or motivation to get something out.
Since I had the whole month of January off (and didn't write anything) I guess I should see what I can remember. Holidays were good, we drove to Melbourne and stayed with Uncle Peter and Aunty Josie. Caught up with Grandma, Uncle David and Amanda. The drive was OK apart from the last 2 hours each direction at which time Annie was truly 'over it' and had had enough travelling. Managed to lose a few more kilos and was quite happy with my weight over the holidays. I was especially good at Christmas.
Back to work it seemed like everything was exactly where I had left it, not that I would have expected anything different but one can only hope. At least I didn't get called when I was on holidays, which meant I completely let work fall out of my mind.
I turned 31 in March and did manage to bring cakes in to work but didn't do a party, other than the communal dinner out for March birthdays. I got $100 Kmart vouchers of which I spend $60 on a swanky new pillow made out of foam. I also got and A&R voucher which I bought 'The Long Way Round' DVDs and have been watching over the last week. I might do a party for 2^5.
Annie goats started day-care in Jan and Callum started school in Feb. Annie seems to have settled in well and there are nowhere near as many tears from her as there were when Callum started there. I'm told she loves to dance and sing (as she does at home). I can already tell that she's going to be a lover of the arts. She is a clever little cookie too and is picking up her ABCs and 123s, though more from the tunes used to sing them than from the letters and numbers themselves.
Callum has also settled in well to school and has quickly shown himself to be among the best readers and counters in his class. Quite surprising considering he is also one of the youngest. It makes you realise how many millions of taxpayers dollars are wasted because parents couldn't be bothered spending time with their kids before they start school. There seems to be an attitude that it is the education system's responsibility to teach kids to read and write instead of the parent. Anyway we will continue to give Callum the best start he can and help him learn as much as he wants.
Recently my grown up boy had his 5th birthday. I'm so proud of the way he (mostly) handles life and it was nice to see him have a good time with all his friends. He is generous and loving but does have a short temper which he gets from his parents. It's hard not to have high expectations of him because most of the times he meets or exceeds them, but when he doesn't he has real trouble coping. 5 is a cool age because you can hold up all the fingers on one hand at once and proudly display your age. I wish I could do 5 over again.
Had seriously bad food escape on Sat so lost a fair bit of weight over the weekend. The past 3 days chocolate bender that I've been on (leftovers from Easter) should fix that :D
Baby brother's wedding next week. Better think about writing out a speech.
