Tuesday

Up to let the spoilt ones out. Made sure Ali was awake as Travis was going to Creche for the first time and needed to be there by 7.30am. Had my coffee in my chill spot. Had my second cup and let the peace wash over me and soak in.
Fed the dogs and Hubby. Ali wanted me to go with so got ready and off we went. Arrived and took Travis in. Ali put him down with the other babies. He immediately grabbed a toy and started playing so we left him there. Felt rather bad but the Clinic Sister recommended putting him in once a week as he is so clingy at the moment.
Returned home and said goodbye to Hubby who left for the workshop. He took the Sunbeam in as the exhaust was rather noisy when we drove home on Sunday. I got on with some office work. Statements are due on Monday and I needed to start with my cashbook and do September’s petty cash.
Worked until eleven and then went into town to see if Ali’s driving license was ready to be picked up. Her original was stolen when she was a victim of a smash and grab. She had applied but when she went to collect the replacement she was told her application had gone missing and she had to pay again to re-apply. When she went back after the six weeks wait the license was still not there and they told her they would sms her when it arrived. This was about a month ago. Ali went in to see if anything was there. They told her “sorry, it’s not here yet” and she threw her toys out the cot telling them she was not going to pay for a second temporary license. They must do it for nothing as they were the problem not her. Then she told them she would tell the police to come to them to pay any fines for not having a valid license. She also told them she was going to the newspaper. The guy then went through all the files to show her it was not there and then wandered off to other offices to look for it. He came back after about ten minutes with it saying it had arrived but nobody had entered the fact onto the computer system. Can you believe it! The efficiency of the staff these days must be seen to be believed.
A very pleased Ali and I then went to fetch Travis. He had enjoyed his morning, eaten well and had a sleep but was very nervous whenever the other babies went close to him and had cried. The woman in charge said once a week would not be enough for him to get used to being with other babies and at least twice a week was better for him. So we decided to take him tomorrow again. He was pleased to see us and hung on to Ali.
We quickly went across the road and got ourselves some Chinese fried rice with prawns for lunch and vegetarian hand roll for Diane. The little Chinese food place makes great food and is very reasonable. We enjoyed our lunch after which I decided to have a quick nap. It did me good as I didn’t fall asleep while watching TV tonight.
When I surfaced I carried on with office work. Ali fed Travis early as he was very tired and getting miserable. She then bathed him and got his bottle ready as we had decided to get some exercise by going for a walk. We wanted to go pay our neighbourhood watch fees. Travis enjoyed the walk and had fallen asleep before we got there. We paid Joanne our fees and informed her of our holiday dates so that we are not put on the patrol lists for that period.
When we got back I chilled with my glass of wine while Ali put Travis in his cot. Her weekend away Really Was Good For Her. She made supper again. After supper we watched CSI and then I cleaned the kitchen. Time for Milo now while Diane posts the blog.
Cheers