The torrential rain...
Decided to start just as I was about to step out from the gym with wee miss who's hair I had just carefully dried. Murphy's law some would say... Just my luck is more like what I was thinking... but we didn't melt as although my sugar consumption is often high... i'm not made of the stuff.
I get these funny flashbacks when I teach Sienna how to swim. I spend so many years of my adolescent life teaching hundreds of kids how to swim when I worked at the local pool as a swimming instructor and lifeguard. I think I can do it on auto pilot. Flutter board in hand I go through all the same lessons that for some reason I've not forgotten. Luckily she's fearless and hates wearing water wings... combined with her stubbornness surely means she'll be swimming on her own in no time. We were indeed fortunate to have a swimming pool in our backgarden for most of our lives until I turned 12 and we moved to the new house. I guess living 10 minutes from the sea is pretty cool too but not quite the same when you're trying to learn. Good thing the new gym just opened near my house. I swear, nothing melts away the stress of a crazy day faster than seeing wee miss float on her back with arms and legs out like a starfish while singing twinkle twinkle little star. I'm hoping she sleeps well tonight as a result!
18.4.10
As with everything in life...
You´ve got to keep moving... It´s been hard to get past the anger and frustration of being robbed not once but twice in the span of two weeks. My work load these days is not helping in that Im working betweek 10 to 12h a day minimum is not helping... and things just seem to pile up and up and the stress is really opressive. Luckily some suprise arrivals have helped keep me trucking along.
The lovely miss Siobhan is arriving at the begining of may for a visit. Her father is going to be here from Canada for a cruise so he´s helped her with the pennies required to travel from the west coast of France to here. I´ve not seen her in nearly 4 years now which is just silly as her and I spent so many of our summers together when she was living in Portugal. I´m so excited for her to meet sienna and lilli and fredu.
Then a week or so later mum and sis and her brood will arrive for a two week sejour. This is the best as I´ve got the time booked off from work and albeit early it will be my summer holiday. It´s going to be a very tight squeeze getting all of them to fit in our tiny abode but it will be so so nice to have them here we will overcome it.
On our way to a bbq at a friend´s house in poble nou yesterday we spotted these cute little solar powered flowers in the window of one of the chinese shops. They were a bargain at 2euros each so we bought 3. They do help cheer things up. I think I may just bring one into the office.
so cute!
enjoy the full action of the ktich solar dancing flower in this video.
and if that doesn´t lighten things... miss sienna sporting uncle luca´s moto helmet just may...
You´ve got to keep moving... It´s been hard to get past the anger and frustration of being robbed not once but twice in the span of two weeks. My work load these days is not helping in that Im working betweek 10 to 12h a day minimum is not helping... and things just seem to pile up and up and the stress is really opressive. Luckily some suprise arrivals have helped keep me trucking along.
The lovely miss Siobhan is arriving at the begining of may for a visit. Her father is going to be here from Canada for a cruise so he´s helped her with the pennies required to travel from the west coast of France to here. I´ve not seen her in nearly 4 years now which is just silly as her and I spent so many of our summers together when she was living in Portugal. I´m so excited for her to meet sienna and lilli and fredu.
Then a week or so later mum and sis and her brood will arrive for a two week sejour. This is the best as I´ve got the time booked off from work and albeit early it will be my summer holiday. It´s going to be a very tight squeeze getting all of them to fit in our tiny abode but it will be so so nice to have them here we will overcome it.
On our way to a bbq at a friend´s house in poble nou yesterday we spotted these cute little solar powered flowers in the window of one of the chinese shops. They were a bargain at 2euros each so we bought 3. They do help cheer things up. I think I may just bring one into the office.
so cute!
enjoy the full action of the ktich solar dancing flower in this video.
and if that doesn´t lighten things... miss sienna sporting uncle luca´s moto helmet just may...
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