Busy day at work. Dzung out to the movies. Made tortillas with the kids for dinner. Regular Tuesday.
It’s now been a month since I last did anything with HackTile. Well, 28 days at least. That’s bad; I’ve fallen off the wagon completely. Time to get back on.
Up early. Beautiful day; spring has sprung early. Walked Jack to school, then worked for a while before going to donate platelets. Worked through the afternoon, and picked up the kids from school. Eliza had elected to skip her usual Monday Quiz Club to avoid being near her friends, but later messaged me to say she’d go after all, and then called on Zophia’s phone to say it had been cancelled. I was at the IGA with Jack; we ended up going to the high school early to get the girls. Nice to see Eliza has made up with them.
We cooked dinner together. Jack had fun skateboarding out on the driveway and playing with the neighbourhood kids. Strawberries and yoghurt for dessert while watching “The War on Waste”. Worked more once the kids were in bed, then cleaned up the kitchen, and crashed on the sofa with Dzung before bed.
Now, what was this about HackTile?
Beautiful morning. Eliza off to tennis with Lilian, and Dzung took Jack into North Shore. I slept in, then had boiled eggs for breakfast out in the sunshine while reading The Guardian. Off to Kiet and Van’s for roast pork for brunch. I read about the Danish way of life in “The Little Book of Hygge”. Thinking about getting some lamps and a gas fire for the lounge room, and of a courtyard makeover.
Went for a walk / bike ride in the afternoon. Eliza unhappy about going to school tomorrow due to the issues she’s having with her friends, so we walked and talked while Dzung and Jack rode ahead. Ate Bravo apples and explored Bullcreek; I took them by a different route to the river. Back home for tea and Tim Tams; I did my best to maximise the hygge of the situation! Played Captain Toad with Eliza and then with Jack. Kids practised piano and had showers while I made stir fried vegetables with leftovers, which I served with rice and the hasselback potatoes from the other night. Ended the evening watching two episodes from the new season of Better Call Saul with Dzung.
Home with the chores while Dzung took the kids to karate and then piano. Leisurely breakfast, reading The Guardian and New Scientist, and podcasting while doing the laundry and cleaning the house. Dropped the kids to Kiet and Van’s in the afternoon, then to dinner at Andly’s Private Kitchen, near Agworld in West Leederville. It was much better than I expected; every course was delicious, and the lobster in a beer-based stew was a definite highlight!
Picked up the kids on the way back home; they were late to bed. Dzung crashed out, so I watched a couple of episodes of The West Wing before calling it a night.
Jack’s “One Big Voice”. Very exited; packed him a bag with ham and cheese sandwich, banana, pringles, oreos and cheese and crackers. Eliza did fine at school today. I did three reps of the workout and worked focused all day. Mum and dad over, then to Simple Italian before the show. Caught up with Sonny in the audience. Show was good but hard to see the kids. Jack tired and cranky afterwards… it was a long day for him!
Busy day at work. Took the phones in to get batteries replaced. Eliza very upset after school, having problems with her friends, cried in the bathroom for half of her science class, asked Dzung not to pick up her friends as she usually would. Terrible to see her so upset, and hard to know how to deal with it, apart from listening and cuddling.
Regular day at work. Dzung out in the evening so the kids and I got F&C for dinner, after taking Jack swimming. Ended the night watching Akira. Ages since I’ve seen it. So bleak! Amazed to see that the plot circles around the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo! Prescient!