2018-09-11
Great day at work. Everything came together. Deployment issues from yesterday
were fixed by our provider, sprint planning meeting went well, fixed a few
issues and released to production.
Had a fright driving the kids home from school; saw a hideous creature in a car
stopped at the traffic lights. Looked like something from The Dark Crystal, with
its misshapen head bobbing around independently of its body, and no nose, mouth
or ears to be seen; just a blank face. Turned out it was a bald guy with his
sunglasses on his head looking down at his phone in his lap.
Dzung out, so made tuna mornay for me and the kids. Quite delicious. Jack and
Eliza busy decorating the cake box for tomorrow’s sports carnival, and baking
cookie-and-cream cupcakes from a packet mix. Did it all themselves, even the
cleaning up.
2018-09-10
Rained overnight; awoke to find the day bed awash. Set the tone for the day;
motivation to work was low. The fact that everything was broken didn’t help.
Banned Twitter and Reddit, as they are far to depressing and distracting.
Visited mum and dad at noon to fix their internet (properly, this time). Began
re-reading “Godel, Escher, Bach”. Toying with the idea of entering NaNoGenMo
this year. Warmed up bad meatballs for dinner; Dzung won’t be buying those
again. Watched The West Wing and read Ball Lightning.
2018-09-09
Beatutiful spring day. Lazy morning while Dzung took the kids to tennis and
North Shore. To Van and Kiet’s for brunch; cold meat and spaghetti vongole. Set
up the daybed once home and read books with Jack while Dzung napped and Eliza
played with her new dot diary and textas. Leftovers for dinner, and watched the
first episode of Blue Planet 2 with the kids while Dzung studied. Finished the
night listening to podcasts.
2018-09-08
Work and chores in the morning while Dzung took kids to karate. Seafood chowder
and crusty baguette for lunch. Lilian over to rehearse performance with Eliza;
Zoe arrived while I was doing laundry. Cruisy afternoon, then Philae over to
babysit while we took Van and Kiet to Andly’s private kitchen for dinner.
Delicious, but sad they didn’t have the spicy pork mince snack, and the raw
scallops weren’t too popular.
2018-09-07
Missed a couple of days again :(
Busy day at work. Missed Jack singing at music assembly, but Crystal sent a
video on WhatsApp. Dzung home after work to study, I picked up Eliza from Ice
Skating and went to mum and dad’s for dinner; they had collected Jack from
school already. Delicious hearty meal of tender corned beef with mashed
potatoes, carrots and cabbage. Fixed their internet; looks like the wifi router
broke after a recent power surge.
2018-09-06
Kids very tired and cranky. Still eating breakfast when Zophia arrived to be
taken to school. Jack was late to choir practice. Busy, productive day at work.
Prepared bo luc lac while Dzung took the kids to piano after school. Then to
Jack’s open night for an hour. Nice seeing his work, but really want him to make
some improvements; some of his other classmate’s are writing really great
stories (Josh, Emma, Brooke) but he’s just doing the minimum, although his scary
story had a great line: “Goosbumps marched up his arm like ants scurring home”.
Feels like he stole that from somewhere, it’s that good. Jack got a bit upset
that we weren’t playing with a robot with him; we wanted to look at his work.
Blame lack of sleep. Home to shaking beef, then got the kids to bed. Ended the
night with Better Call Saul.
2018-09-05
Mum and Dad over to go to the concert. Eliza dressed and ready, looking very
grown up. Dropped her at the Perth Concert Hall early (she was the first of
about 450 performers) so we could grab dinner at Long Chim. Got there for happy
hour; ordered cocktails and beers. Roast duck noodles for Jack, sausage for me,
orange fish curry, rice, veges and a mixed grill with various dipping sauces to
share. Absolutely delicious. Walked back to the concert hall to find it packed;
we were about the last to take our seats. Performances were great; Eliza’s
string orchestra sounded amazing, although we couldn’t see her, as she was
seated at the back. Later, the years 7, 8 and 9 choir gathered above the stage,
with Eliza positioned right in the middle, with a large gap on either side of
her. She looked like a star up there, singing with gusto and smiling broadly. So
proud of her; she looked to be having the time of her life. The show culminated
will all performers taking the stage for a massive double orchestra and massed
choir finale. Great night.