The Weekend

Saturday

Still coughing badly and didn't get a good night's sleep. Had gone to bed @2am+, woke up @4am+ and unable to resume my sleep, I've to read til 7:40am when sleepiness finally began to draw me in... Finally woke up again @8:30am to wait for the 'new' cleaner(but she called to say that she'd be late)...

Why the change of cleaning aunty again? Well, the mommy whom has recommended me the Korean lady had decided to send back her maid when her PIL had gone back to their hometown and because of this, the Korean lady told me that the alternate Fri/Sun arrangement will take effect this week(on last Sunday)! I had agreed to this arrangement earlier as I thought it might be a good idea afterall, since we would occastionally go for our wkeend stay at the club. However, this being the school holiday week, and as most of you would have known, we had initially planned to go for the 'stay-away' on Thursday, so that makes her coming over this Friday impossible. When I told her about it, I had assumed that she'd only begin for that mommy after my confirmation but sadly, it didn't happen this way. How irresponsible for her to leave me with no cleaning done for the week, especially when I tried to accomodate her when she needed, haiz...

On Monday night, I phoned one of my ex cleaners up(a local lady whom Eileen knew and has helped me til she changed her childcare job) and luckily or co-incidentally, she agreed to come help me today since she's taking leave for her Malacca trip from Wednesday onwards. Renee was very happy when she heard this and I'm actually quite surprised that she still remembers aunty Pei Xiang! To re-confirm that she remembered correctly,
I asked : "Renee, does aunty PX speak English?"
Renee : "Yes"
Mommy : "What about aunty Rui and aunty Lee?"
Renee : "No. Only aunty PX"
Ok, this confirmed it lolz

PX said that if I want, she can still help me but might not be able to make it on a 'regular day' basis. I can be flexible as long as the 'in between' days aren't that far apart and I'm available... She'd be coming again next Saturday and thereafter, we'd need to arrange again. I shall contact her in a couple of days' time to re-confirm this arrangment before I decide on what to tell the Korean lady.

PX had spent quite abit of time at our place today and though she claimed it was herself who took her time(about 5 hours, She had done that also in the past but only charged me S$40) but I still paid her S$50 since she cleaned up the place pretty well(she may slacken soon hahaha).

Didn't have enough time for a quick nap and so when daddy came home at 4pm, I quickly prepared Renee's dinner and got both of us ready whilst he napped... Got daddy to drive insteast as I was still feeling abit goggy. Reached my mom's around 5:30pm and I went down with Eileen and Pearlyn after dinner to get a cake for Li :). Forgot to take a pic of the card Renee's given Li but managed one on the cake :

It was pouring when we were all about to leave and after a half hour wait, we decided to proceed home. Daddy drove over and took my BIL, sis to their cars whilst Eileen + her kids, Elsie and Li waited with us. It was sooo cold(the wind was very strong) and good thing Elsie had just given Renee a Puma sweater dress but bcause it's sleeveless, we have to put on the long sleeves top as well hahaha. When they all came back with their vehicles, a police patrol car also arrived but parked in the middle of the sheltered pick up area. Daddy waited for it to clear space for our vehicles but it didn't move so daddy had no choice but to honk at it and it finally moved hahaha. The whole scenario(sheltering from the rain, etc..) was like a mini fun adventure lolz.

Sunday

Don't know why I've been waking up super early lately. Even though I've slept through from 2am+, after I've taken the last pack of my 2nd round of medication(each round 2 pkts), I still woke up voluntarily at 7:30am. Unable to resume my sleep, I went to the freezer and took out a box of fish to defroze. Then I read again til I got alittle sleepy at around 8:30am, switched off my alarm('cos I've assumed that Renee will wake me up at ard 9:30am but she didn't!!!). I woke up at 10:20am and she was still asleep!!! Had she woke up, remembered my request of her not to wake up too early and gone back to sleep? 'Cos when I asked her, she had replied : "because I want you to sleep...".

Waking up late had busted my plans to bring Renee out for breakfast and go look for the 1st book of the earlier 2 activity books I've got for her. Was kinda looking forward to it actually 'cos it is the first Sunday we're both 'free'(with daddy out to golf and no cleaner here)! Ok, if PeiXiang is really coming again this Saturday, then I will get another chance...*crossing finger*- hope I won't miss it again heee.

By the time daddy came home, it was already past 4pm and as usual, I got the 2 of us and Renee's food ready whilst daddy took his nap. No specific place to go to, we ended up at Suntec City for our ribs again. However, there was a bookfair by Popular and I quickly went to look for the book whilst daddy took Renee to the sports shop. Saw many other activity books but the load made me looked like a kiasu mommy, so I put some back and paid for only 5, heeee... A pity these book are only acquired today, else Renee could have a good time doing them during the holiday. Nevermind, we can still do some of them after school.

OH, that reminded me - it's school again tomorrow and so I quickly took out the Student Portfolio for daddy's review since we'd have to return it when school resumes but daddy was only half-way through the file when Renee called out for him from the room and he ended up sleeping inside hahaha.

*Wanted to take photos and show you guys the contents of the portfolio, but there were alot more this time, 'cos she had attended almost the full of the 3rd school term(started late 1 week due to our trip). There're artwork, photos, skills observation checklist/notes based on their 'Theme', 'Kinderfit', 'Twinkleland' activities and I'd already felt my energry draining away just looking at them, let alone to photograph, crop and post them lolz.