G's comment on stress.

I had a bit of a busy eve trying to co-ordinate 3 boys and cubs & scouts and the cubs had to take bicycles with them.

So I left the older 2 at home and G and I cycled the few km to cubs. I then cycled the long way home, then dropped the 2 older boys off by car, came home parked and cycled back in time to fetch G and cycle him home again - before dark.

On the way back G says 'I am so glad I got to cycle like this tonight because it's good to get a bit of exercise and also it helps me to de-stress.' LOL. Shame didn't realise he was 'stressed' at the end of the week!  :lol:

U2 - It was a Beautiful Day

My sister and I went to the concert on Friday and had a total BLAST.

We caught a train from Rondebosch and then walked the fan walk while sipping beer.

Corny 'U2' pic outside the stadium.


Posing in our seats.


There were some few people there! (somewhere around 72 000)


It looked amazing!




Afterwards we popped into Beulah Bar where we danced up a storm and had such fun - including a brief lesbian-sisters play acting to get rid of a scaley dude who was bugging us!   - until we had to literally run to the station and JUST made it in time to cram onto the very last train at about 2am.

Wow. LOVED every minute of it!

Heartbreaking - something I found in G's school book

Last night after bedtime I noticed one of G's school books lying out in the lounge where he'd done his homework. So I paged through it before I took it back to his bag.

There was a page of sentances where they had obviously been given words to make senatances from. These words were in red.

One of the words was 'hopeful'

His sentance read: 'I was hopeful that my dad would come back, but he never did. (Troo story)'
    
My poor baby. I know he carries such hurt and sadness from this. It tears me up.

Fitness Ass(essment) again...

Today I had another Fitness assessment. I missed the second one last year due to the deathly flu I had in October. So the last assessment was a full year ago.

My measurements were as follows (last 2 year's results in brackets so from newest to oldest results consecutively):
Weight: 56kgs (55kg, 57.5kgs)
Height: 166cm
BMI: 20.3 (19.7, 21)
Waist Circumference: 69cm (67cm, 70cm)
Body Fat percentage: 22.5% (23.5%, 21.1%)
BP Systolic: 100 (110, 110)
BP Diastolic: 65 (70, 60)

My Maximum Functional Capacity - Done as a (25cm) step test with 4x 2-minute stepping intervals with increasing tempo, and 1-minute rest breaks between them:

Max Functional Capacity: 43,5 (56.8, 46.1)
Max HR (bpm) - 135 (132, 130)
Avg HR (bpm) - 91 (110, 89)
Duration (min) - 12

Considering I broke my ankle 3 months ago and have not been exercising as much as before I think I did pretty well.

RIP Wally

I have just been informed that my ex Father In Law passed away a short while ago.

So sad. He was a lovely lovely man, who succumbed to both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's in the end.

I had not seen him since mid 2006.

You were a good man and will be missed.

Quinn disappeared the other night....

2 Nights ago the boys went to bed as usual. I was in the lounge covering school books. A while later Q came back saying he wasn't ready to sleep. I got him to help with the books and sure enough within 5 monutes he decided maybe he could sleep after all.  and off he went.

A couple of hours later I popped into their room, which is not something I always do, but I thuoght Roxy was in there... only to find Quinn not in his bed... I couldn't find him anywhere. I checked his bed, Griffin's bed, under the bed, the spare room, bathroom, MY room... all to no avail. I was a tad worried because he was just GONE!  

Then I spotted 2 clues. 
1 - His glasses. SO I knew he was somewhere close by... and 
2 - All the j-boards and skateboards were unpacked, which lead me to open the credenza.... 


WTF knows why, but he decided that looked like a fun place to spend the night! 

He is a nut case!  

I am glad I checked though because he was drenched with sweat when I opened it.

Quinn's 'CONTRACT'

I found this at home... Quinn Wrote up a contract and made Griffin sign it.

It says:

Contract:
- Not hurt Quinn Fraser
- Not take his stuff without asking
- Ask if can use head phones
- Flush toilet after use, 
and spray if you crap 
(    HAHAHHAHAAA!!!)
- Get R10

So Griffin GOT R10 for signing the contract. He of course willingly signed up. I mean it sounds like a sweet deal right? Right?? Except he stuck some small print up at the top (where it has now been crossed out) that read 'Be Quinn's Slave'   
I think he is going to be a lawyer... 

Been MIA

I've been BUSY!


Our nanny has been off ill for nearly a week and is now apparently in hospital (not sure what's up or how serious, I am struggling to get hold of her, but she had a terrible headache and was dizzy. So I am quite worried.). So I have had to bring the boys into work for several days, great fun trying to concentrate and keep them entertained, still and quiet!


So although I'd planned to outsource all the back to school prep to Tiny, and left it a bit late too, I have had to do it all (ARGH). Was up till after 12 last night covering books, doing laundry, defrosting the freezer after leaving the door ajar when it was last opened, mopping floors and all that fun stuff. I know some single moms work full time and survive without domestic help all the time. I have no idea how, really. I would not want to do this on a permanent basis thanks! 


Boys are here at work AGAIN today and the novelty has completely worn off now.... at least school starts tomorrow, but then I'll have to sort out school uniforms and kak. Luverly! Send get well vibes to Tiny please! 


Update on my ankle: 
I can now walk normally and can even run (carefully) again - it's a little bruised and sensitive still but otherwise it feels okay, which I am thrilled about. When the cast came off I was pretty despondent as it was still bruised, swollen and SORE. Also my calf was puny and weak and had NO strength. But some intensive power plate sessions, leg presses and lots and lots and lots of walking has got it back on track and the more I use it the better it gets. So it seems to be getting steadily better which is great news. I am even wearing a bit of a heel to work, something I couldn't do a week ago. So I a definitely on the mend now. YIPEE!


Update in my job:
I am still here and have been to a few interviews now, but nothing seems to be happening. I am hanging in here though and our Network Eng has resigned, so that will be a cost saving and increase the work load for me (further) so I might be able to stay on potentially, but I am still looking. I am staying hopeful that something good will happen at some point. I am not going to get too stressed about it. I am just dealing with stuff as it happens and looking out for opportunities wherever I can. Working hard in the mean time and not able to browse much during the day.


In other news I seem to have met someone in the past few weeks and things are going pretty well on that front too. I don't really want to say or think too much about it, for now, but so far so good.


Funnily enough when I was up in Pretoria my dad said, 'When you least expect it it will just happen, and it will end up being someone quite unlike anything you'd imagined.' and blow me down with a feather if that's isn't what has seemed to have happened. 


The boys have been great, very helpful and co-operative. Quinn helped me to cover his school books yesterday - he did 12 in paper. I was impressed. Q also made dinner for him and G yesterday while I was doing the plastic coverings and while G hung the laundry. Today they walked down to McD's to get themselves lunch. We seem to be working well as a team and muck in to work and play together which I am loving. They really are special guys who add a LOT to my life.


Hope everyone is well and sorry I have been scarce.