Lead Up to Christmas Weekend

Monday Diane went off to visit a friend and I had a chill day to recover from the hectic weekend with grandchildren and the Christmas get-together. Tuesday morning I was woken when the alarm beeped at three to say that the power had gone off. I sorted it out and went back to bed hoping it would be back on by the time the alarm went off. No such luck! I phoned Eskom to be informed that technicians were working on the problem and they had no idea how long it would take to fix. Thank goodness for gas. Hubby and I chilled under the trees with our morning cuppa before having fruit and yoghurt. After Hubby left for work I started some cleaning. By ten the power was still off so Diane and I decided to spend the rest of the day at Eastgate and see a movie. We booked to see ‘Spud’ and then went to the Bread Basket for lunch and a coffee. We both enjoyed the movie which was funny and sad. We did some shopping before returning home, glad, to find the power back on. I did some cleaning before we settled to an evening in front of the TV. Wednesday I got down to doing my statements with Diane’s help to scan and fax as I finished. By lunchtime they were done and we did some cleaning before leaving to fetch Travis and Josh. Their nursery school was closing for the Christmas period and as Ali was still working there was no one to look after them. We were back around five and chilled outside under the tree where they ate their supper. Hubby also ate before getting ready for a meeting he had. On the way to the meeting he dropped Diane off at Donovan’s brother where they were having a farewell for Wayne and Bec. The boys and I chilled outside until just before seven when I bathed them. Travis was asleep soon after and Josh followed fairly quickly. I spent the evening watching TV until Hubby and Diane arrived back from their evening out. Both had had a good time. Once I got to bed my peaceful evening changed. Josh is teething at the moment and he kept waking up miserable. It was fairly easy to soothe him back to sleep but it meant we were both rather exhausted by morning. The boys and I were up before six chilling under the trees having a morning cuppa. Hubby joined us and we ate breakfast together outside. Travis loves being outside and to him the times under the trees are The Best. Hubby has put up the bird feeders again and we have lots of entertainment watching them feed. At one time there were about a dozen Red-headed finches eating above our heads. Even Josh was watching them eat. Once breakfast was over we all got ready to go to the airport to say bye to Wayne and Bec. No sooner were we in the car than Travis and Josh were asleep and only woke up as we parked. We went straight to Capello where we were to meet Donovan and them. We were busy with our milkshakes when they arrived. After saying ‘Hi’ they all went off to book in. Hubby took Travis for a walk around while we waited for them to come back. Donovan joined us shortly after saying he had left them putting their cases through. We all had a great farewell together over lunch with Hubby and Donovan disappearing together periodically to have a smoke outside. Yes. Hubby is still smoking and enjoying it! Men! We left just before one when Bec and Wayne went through to the Departure area.
Once home we spent the rest of the day chilling outside with the boys. Both fell asleep fairly early but it was another very restless night with Josh. Friday morning was up early again chilling outside with the boys. Hubby went in to the workshop for a couple of hours before returning for lunch which we ate outside under the trees. All the fresh air and exercise makes for two tired little boys at night. About three I bathed Travis and got him ready to leave for home. Dane and I loaded the car with all their things. Travis was very tired after all his running around and was asleep before we were even out the yard. I drove slowly to give him time to have a fair sleep. We arrived at Ali just after four and after dropping off the boys and their things we were soon on the way home. Thanks to the Christmas season the roads were very quiet and we were home at five in time to chill with a glass of wine. I quickly vacuumed everywhere ready for the weekend and after supper we chilled in front of the TV. The weekend has been spent chilling and catching up on sleep. We feel almost normal again. Today Hubby has popped into the workshop to see that all is OK and I am cleaning ready for the week ahead.
Hope you all had A Great Christmas. Have a Great Week.