House-less

Oh and btw, I'm starting a campaign to try to get hubby interested in buying a house for us. We live in a great flat at the moment, love it here...but we really do need more space, sad to say. I don't consider it too freaky, my desire to live in a house, but hubby seems to think I suffer from delusions of grandeur, like a house is too FANCY for us regular folk or something. But really, if we spent three years slugging it out in Korea and we're NOT buying a house, then I will be very put out, to put it mildly. In my head, all the cr@p we went through there was almost bearable because I kept my focus on the fact that when we got back home, we would have saved up enough money to buy a decent house. Am I nuts? I don't think so!!!

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Feeling slightly better today!

Sorry about dragging you all down with me the last few posts...I am really, really good at feeling sorry for myself when the kids and I are sick. I can't help it, since it feels like we are never well - we don't get to enjoy any good health before we're down with the next bug, you know? Ah the joys of young children...

They should have been in nursery today but I kept them home. We were up half the night coughing, or G and I were, so this morning when A asked if we could just stay in I caved pdq. But since I'm not working it's just as well :) If we're lucky we'll have avoided a germ today, you never know!

As for my housewife status it's still there, at least partway. I'm working at the deli counter still, and I enjoy it...more as a hobby than as a job, I must admit, but still I'm getting out of the house and actually making some money. The boss likes me and wants to hire me for a few days a week, either 2x8h or 3x6h...I'm kindof hoping for the 3x6h solution, that would suit me wonderfully. But we'll see. No more news from the Pathology lab as yet unfortunately, but still - they know I'm here, right? :)

Any other news? Nah. I better go while A is watching Curious George and G is having a little nap - try to do something useful!!!

:)

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Oink oink

...and since then, we've been sick. Getting over what MUST be the swine flu at the moment...feeling like this should be a medical blog, all I write about is our germbag existence! Getting really really really tired of it. I was considering a third kid, but I am seriously rethinking it because I cannot stand all the sickness...

:(

Sad silly depressed old me.

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Bigger fish to fry

Well the kitchen got sorted out in the end, and it looks fantastic - we can never move now! A few little things remain - the built-in spots aren't working properly, and the Quooker isn't installed yet; but all in all it's great!

But bigger things are happening here at Reluctance Residence.

It started earlier this week - G got sick on Tuesday evening, some super-virulent stomach bug that has knocked out half the nursery school (adults and kids alike); I mean a really bad, get-the-exorcist stomach bug. So since Wednesday was my first day at work (YUP!), hubby had to stay home that day with her. He was not happy, let me tell ya.

(Work update part 1: Got a job helping out at the deli counter at a store I used to work at a loooooong time ago!

part 2: Met the head of Neuropathology, who wants to hire me for some project work, fingers crooosssseeeedddd!!!

But for now it's the deli counter, and I'm having fun with that.)

And since Thursday was my second day, and hubby refused to stay home, we called in my mom. She stayed with the kids in the morning, and I left work early (how embarrassing is that on day 2!). And when I got home A was doing a great impersonation of Linda Blair too! Poor kid :(

And when hubby FINALLY got home and I was looking forward to a little help, he started puking his guts out as well, so I had more work instead. I mean I feel bad for him and all, but dammitt! It is so unfair!

So since it really doesn't feel right to go to work in a deli counter when 3/4 of the family is throwing up (plus I don't like my odds either, ugh!), I talked to my boss and said I'd see him Monday.

Very embarrassing to miss work on the first week, ugh...but then again, this is beyond my control! I think he gets it, thank goodness...

I'm glad we don't really celebrate Thanksgiving here, or this one would probably be the worst one ever!

Still - I'm thankful that it'll be over soon.

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Kitchen crisis

OOOooooh boy. You would not BELIEVE what my kitchen looks like.

See, a few years back we put an addition on our house, in cooperation with the people in the apartment upstairs. We ended up trading our microscopic kitchen for a HUGE fancy wonderful whole new room that I just love....and which incidentally makes me very reluctant to move out of the apartment.

No matter where we move now, the kitchen is going to be a giant let-down.

Anyway as we moved to Korea a few years ago, we never actually finished furnishing the kitchen with all the cabinets I wanted (and need!). Until now. As soon as I got back from Korea I went straight to the lovely lady who helped me back then, and ordered more kitchen cabinets, to "fill up" the rest so to speak.

And the cabinets were to be delivered and installed on Friday.

Delivered - yup. 730 AM thank you very much.

Installed? No.

The guy called and said he had a stomach bug. Which of course stinks for him, but

AAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRHGGGGGHGHHHH!

It stinks for me too!

On Thursday evening we took everything out of the two sideboards we had in the kitchen temporarily, stacked it all on the table and the counters and anywhere else it would fit - and then got rid of both pieces of furniture. So now we basically have no kitchen...it's buried under a ton of crap which was supposed to go in the new cupboards! My inner OCD'er is dying a slow and agonizing death...

And the worst? I haven't even gotten to that yet, hahaha!

The worst part is that our daughter will be a year old tomorrow, and the whole family is coming over to celebrate - eat cake, exchange gifts, etc etc...and I don't even know where my coffee machine is. Plus they'll be disappointed when they expect to see the "finished kitchen", and see something resembling Oscar the Grouch's trash can...

'Course they're used to our house being messy, but this goes beyond messy into a whole new group of adjectives more related to health issues and disgust.

At least the grandmas are bringing a cake each - one crisis averted

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Nooooooooo......!!!

I don't know...

I don't feel like I'm old enough to be a Mercedes-stationwagon-driving hausfrau. Am I?!

Yikes.

For now the old minirustbucketpieceofcrap is still working. I'll stick to that for a while longer.

As long as the kids aren't along I guess. Safety first :)

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Monday, monday...

...can't trust that day!

That's fer damn sure.

The plan was to go get robbed by the dentist again today, but after the weekend we've had I called in sick. Which isn't a total lie, I've had sinusitis all week with a killer headache to go with it; and it seems the germs are finally winning - I've used up a whole roll of T.P. this morning (on my nose, that is), and it's only eleven! There's more but I won't bore those of you who are NOT hypochondriacs with all the gory, phlegmy details...

G (almost a year old now!) had a fever both Friday and Saturday, pretty high too, but was OK on Sunday. Apparently her biorhythm was damaged though, since she decided that 330 AM was a fitting time to get up.

If I run into Milla Jovovich today I am so dead.

(Zombie-reference, in case you didn't catch that.)

On the up side we finally bought a car, the weather is gorgeous - even some decorative snow here and there - and we've started looking for a bigger place. The one house we have looked at so far was far too shabby for the price they were asking - but we'll see how we go. We're not really in a rush.

Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to veg out on the sofa.

ZzzzZzZZZzzzzZZZZzzzzzzzZZzzzZzzzz....

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