-laundry
-cooking
-washing up
-baking
-typing out handouts for support group
-sweeping floors
-vacuuming
-cleaning bathrooms and toilets
-picking up toys
-driving to and from school
-gym
-tuition
-swimming
-madressah
-work
-support group evening
-playgroup
-feeding children
-homework
-playing
-gardening
-reading
-(trying to) sleep
So you see. I don’t have any time to blog. Plus I have little to blog about of late. I am not in a particularly introspective mood. I have too few funny stories to relate (and the funny things usually involve toilet humour. Being the mother of three boys I cannot escape it and I have even succumbed and found myself laughing hysterically at my boys’ spontaneous fart jokes.)
While we are all busy here, it is of little interest to others – we live an extraordinarily ordinary life.
But well, I am here and so are you so you’re going to read about my bloody ordinary life whether you like it or not!
I have started work at a new veterinary clinic (NP). I am only working there 1 Saturday in 3 and the other 2 are at my old place (OP). I do enjoy this new clinic. It’s quieter but since I am the only vet, there is still a reasonably amount of pressure on me. The consultations are booked every 20 minutes so I have more time with the patients and the owners. (The OP has appointments booked every 15 mins.)
MashaAllah we have had some wonderful rain in the past week. Some suburbs in Brisbane were not so lucky – flash flooding, howling winds and hail causing damage to homes and cars. Alhamdulillah no deaths which is surprising considering the destruction.
I have rediscovered my love for the classics. Having been scarred forever by The Kite Runner, I figured I would go back to the English countryside where naught goes wrong but simple misunderstandings and people are always so polite to one another even when they mean to be rude. Wives and Daughters was a wonderful read. I did find Washington Square (not quite the ENGLISH countryside but a classic nonetheless) a little depressing – almost Tess of the d’Urbervilles depressing especially since I read W&D and WS in quick succession. The relationship Molly Gibson has with her father (Wives and Daughters) such a stark contrast to poor Catherine in Washington Square. I have just finished reading “My Cousin Rachel” by Daphne du Maurier. Cliche as it sounds, I could not put this book down. Very good read. I’m on to “The Princess Bride” and have to admit being the spring chicken I am, had no idea the movie was based on a book! For shame! Cult BOOK before it became a cult MOVIE.
INCONCEIVABLE!
My boys are utter delights at the moment. Every little action, expression and exclamation is so endearing. They almost NEVER get ready in the morning in time and so I am having to nag and then as quickly as I become annoyed, they crack a joke and it’s all forgotten. They are treasures mashaAllah.
This weekend was one of spontaneity. Not too much excitement although I was a tad nervous to be a passenger in the car of a LEARNER driver (you know who you are) but was pleasantly surprised with her driving and especially parking skilZ!!!1!!
I promise to update a bit more frequently but for now it’s over and out.
