Pupil Free Day

Woke up at 4.30am again this morning. Maybe I should stop going to bed so early. I couldn't keep my eyes open after House.. 2 hours of season finale. Maybe this is what happens to people who goes on leave, who works night shifts.
Caitlyn has 2 days off school, so she has a very looooooooong weekend. Will take her shopping after dropping Bryan off to Speech/Kindy. Will spend some quality mother-and-daughter time with her. She's been lovely, very patient with Bryan. She's doing very well in school as well.

Day one of loooooooooong leave

And I woke up at 4.40am! Can't fall asleep anymore... didn't help when Bryan came over at 2am to hop into bed with us. Watching FRIENDS season 10 now, having my cuppa decaf. I look around my office and suddenly I wanna panic cos I really don't know where to start packing! Maybe wrap the china first... Will probably drive around rental properties to have a look at the neighbourhood too... Bryan only has school for less than 2 hrs so there isn't much time to do.
And oh yes, we got word yesterday that the buyer's finances have been approved .. but you know me, talk is cheap... show me the money first!!!

Dearly Beloved

Marlin died. I discovered its body at the bottom of the tank yesterday afternoon while the kids were at the park. So it's just Robin and Dizzy left in the tank now. Maybe 3 WAS a crowd after all. I conducted a simple burial and Caitlyn said the prayer... of course, it was hard for me to explain why God will not "bring Marlin back to life" nor will Marlin resurrect from death. So I told her that the reason why Marlin died was because he was really really old. Anyway, I burried it at the bottom of the chilli plant. I hope Angie doesn't buy another fish over to replace Marlin... for one, Marlin is irreplaceable and second of all.... I am tired of being the only one washing the tank all the time.

What the hell is happening

I have been having some trouble uploading pics. Maybe it's the time of the day...
Doing my 2nd last 2am - 7am today. One more tomorrow morning and I am on looooooooong leave... but knowing myself, I will still jump on board when the company asks for extra help during night duties. I'm still on tenterhooks... at least till the 4/6, I hope, if the buyers don't ask for an extension. After that, it will be days of packing, boxing up, throwing stuff away and GASP! Looking for a rental house to move in. Will probably have a little "going away" party to let the kids have a little closure. There will definitely be tears... MINE!

Self taught!

Caitlyn learnt how to play Elementary Level piano pieces on her own. The piano has been there for years, the books have been there for a year too but she just didn't seem to be interested so I didn't broach the subject anymore... and just suddenly one day she just decided she wanted to learn how to play the piano and I only taught her the Cmajor scale and how her fingers are supposed to be placed on the ivories and she just took it from there! I'll see how long this itch last.