Eliza off for rehearsal for tomorrow’s concert. Took Jack swimming for a double makeup lesson. Dzung and Eliza stayed home to do homework and piano and prepare dinner. Home in the wet and the dark to have pasta with chorizo, pine nuts and ricotta. Delicious. Drank the leftover wine and tried to get the kids to bed early.
Quiet day at work; Labor Day in the USA. Took Jack to Piney Lakes to muck about after school, before collecting Eliza from quiz club. Leftover curry for dinner. Taking things easy. Angry at Eliza for leaving a group project to the last minute. But I hold her to a high standard; need to be aware she’s doing this all for the first time.
Slow morning; a bit hungover. Dzung collected the kids while I made brunch for her side of the family. Kingfish carpaccio, Japanese eggplant, katsu pork curry. Sat outside in the spring sunshine and drank some good wine. Packed up and then started cooking the roast lamb for dinner, with my side of the family over. Was delicious, and everyone had a great time. Mum a bit emotional talking about her three boys. Eliza and Jack had lots of fun playing outside with Fin and Eva, then Mario Kart after it got dark.
Took the kids to karate. As a treat for father’s day tomorrow I had to do the lesson with them. So ninety minutes of working out. Not as cruisy as I would have hoped; had to do pushups with Jack sitting on my back!
Dropped off kids for a sleepover, then took an Uber out to Tsunami for a Japanese whiskey tasting with April and Aaron before a Teppanyaki dinner with the whole group of Uni friends. Then back to A&As for dessert and more whiskey.
Wow. Haven’t written anything for a week. Playing catch-up here. Enjoy reading back over my day-to-day, so need to get back into the habit, and resurrect HackTile too. Sigh.
Dzung out for dinner with Mary and Minh. Mum and Dad over, I cooked a BBQ and we ate hot dogs and sliders with salad and snacks.
Busy day debugging Android issues. Out for a nice Thai lunch with Dzung, and grabbed new bio bags from the Melville civic centre. Leftover curry, roti, rice and soup for dinner. Listening to music with the kids afterwards, lots of singing and dancing. Jack loves Josh Pyke and Superorganism. Fun!
Busy day. Rainy squall when I picked up Jack and Eliza. Hot milo and raisin toast and a warm house were welcome afterwards. Ventured into the city to meet Jack, Rob and Tris for drinks and dinner. Beer, whisky, sake and ramen, and lots of chatting. Great night!