Time is flying by.

The last few weeks have just simply flown past. Diane and I have been busy on the computers – me getting all the office work as up-to-date as possible and next month’s returns sorted and Di has been busy with her latest website for Irwin Animal Rescue. In between we have had days of no computer access with all the thunder and lightning around. Most frustrating but at least we are on track and Di’s site is up and running. We had another trip through to Pretoria to collect Diane’s passport stopping to visit Pauline on the way back as she was at home that day. We had a great lunch and chat together before making our way home about half three to avoid the afternoon traffic rush. Lucky we left when we did as it started pouring shortly after and some highways were impassable. Since then we have had overcast, rainy conditions with some good days in between. We had Travis and Josh again last week as Ali needed a few nights of sleep as Josh is not sleeping much at night at the moment. They were here from when we fetched them on Thursday afternoon until Ali picked them up on Saturday afternoon. When we got back home we let them have plenty of fresh air and exercise to tire them out and once supper was over they both fell asleep fairly quickly. Travis was with me and Diane said she would have Josh with her. Travis was out until the next morning but Josh woke after about an hour. We kept him awake until about half nine and all followed not long after. When my alarm went off at six I got up and found a very tired Diane who had been kept awake with Josh’s coughing all night. She went back to bed while I took over and made breakfast for Hubby and Travis. Josh slept a couple of hours during the morning as did Travis. During the afternoon we went up to visit Margie and sat in her garden as it was such a lovely day. Travis and Josh played together under a tree for about an hour. It was quite funny as they actually had a bit of a fight with Josh pulling his hair and Travis smacking him back. Josh has already learnt to turn on the tears for sympathy even though he starts the fight. After our visit we came home for our much needed glass of wine before supper. Both boys were tired after all the fresh air and were asleep early. We were all in bed early but poor Diane had a very sleepless night again. Josh had woken in the early hours and just wanted to play. She ended up sitting watching TV with him to try and get him to sleep again.
When I got up at six she had a cup of tea before going back to bed. I don’t know if looking after the boys has been a good idea for Diane as the last thing she wants or needs is her own kids. She says anytime she wants she will look after them and then give them back – best of both worlds – only occasional sleepless nights. Saturday was spent amusing the boys in between their naps. This is much easier now with Josh crawling around. We put him in the cottage lounge with lots of toys for amusement. Hubby thoroughly enjoyed his playtime with both boys. Ali arrived mid-afternoon and not long after I went to see why Dude wouldn’t stop barking. He had found a rinkhals and it was a huge one. Hubby and Ali came to deal with it and got rid of it. Travis screamed to stay with Ali so I had to stay with him in the background. He was thrilled with all the carry-on and was jumping around shrieking with excitement when the two of them killed it. Typical boy! Ali left not long after and peace reigned once more. I quickly did some clearing away of all the toys lying around before Hubby and I got ready for a night out at a party. We had a really great time and were home in time to be in bed just before two. All the partying couldn’t have been good for us as both Hubby and I didn’t feel well all day Sunday. We just took things easy and spent most of the day reading. The last couple of days has been spent doing more computer work and going in to Alberton to get the license for the mobi-jack. We were so busy all morning we didn’t even eat and stopped to have a meal at Alberton City just before four. I got Hubby a take-away so that at least it saved making the kitchen dirty. The evening was spent watching TV and relaxing.

It is now only three weeks until our trip. We really need to find the time to go through things to see what we must still get. Luckily as we have thought of something needed we have got and put all in a box so it is just a matter of going through it. We are both starting to feel excited now and can’t wait.