The week is, at last, over. Carla made it through her birthday unscathed. She also made it through her first week of work semi-unscathed. The only thing that was an adjustment was getting up earlier and the initial tiredness. We have been living past each other this week. She has been exhausted, I have been exhausted and yet we are still going strong.
I think it is expected that there will be those weeks where you just don't have the energy to make convrsation or be interactive. I think that will be forced to an end with the arrival of my mum. It goes without saying that we tend to enjoy games such as Scrabble, Rumikub, Jenga and possibly a few others and we will likely be occupying ourselves with some of those in the evenings.
For those of you who haven't looked out of the window yet - Winter is here in the UK. It has literally changed overnight and it is raining, the temperature has dropped and the sky has become rather bleak. This is not to mention that the sun is only coming up at about 6am. This is the run up to a cold winter. For those in sunnier climates, your runup to summer is on its way.
Friday, 21 September 2007
Monday, 17 September 2007
A full working week
To let you all know - Carla has a job. I left for work on Friday morning and wished her luck for an interview. I came home and congratulated her on getting the job. So, one day before her birthday, she has joined the working world. Not a moment too soon either, she really was going to rip out her hair from all the domestic duties I loaded onto her. I guess that means my holiday is over and I will have to start doing washing, cleaning and cooking.
My boss has returned from a trip to Australia and although he walked into the office at 9.30am his sense of time says that it is actually 12am - so he looks a wreck. A trying week lies ahead and the amount of work that has to be dealt with is immense. I love the challenge.
Tomorrow will be a "Happy Birthday" to Carla and then on Saturday a big "Welcome" to my mum who will be visiting for two weeks. Her trip is well planned and timed. It can be coincided as a scouting trip too, in order to see where their next abode will be.
For the die hard South Africans out there, you must be so impressed with the outcome of the SA vs. England rugby game on Friday night. I had a colleague lay down the challenge early on when he said, "may the best team, England, win". By half time I responded with, "did England arrive, or is SA playing on their own?" his come-back to that was, "just warming up". I enjoyed watching him eat his words at the end when I said that they should maybe try warming up before the game, as opposed to during it. Another colleague of mine wasn't too perturbed - he feels that England didn't do too badly, "they came second".
My boss has returned from a trip to Australia and although he walked into the office at 9.30am his sense of time says that it is actually 12am - so he looks a wreck. A trying week lies ahead and the amount of work that has to be dealt with is immense. I love the challenge.
Tomorrow will be a "Happy Birthday" to Carla and then on Saturday a big "Welcome" to my mum who will be visiting for two weeks. Her trip is well planned and timed. It can be coincided as a scouting trip too, in order to see where their next abode will be.
For the die hard South Africans out there, you must be so impressed with the outcome of the SA vs. England rugby game on Friday night. I had a colleague lay down the challenge early on when he said, "may the best team, England, win". By half time I responded with, "did England arrive, or is SA playing on their own?" his come-back to that was, "just warming up". I enjoyed watching him eat his words at the end when I said that they should maybe try warming up before the game, as opposed to during it. Another colleague of mine wasn't too perturbed - he feels that England didn't do too badly, "they came second".
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