Ken is my version of the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz. When Dorothy starts to leave Oz she says to Scarecrow, ‘I think I’ll miss you most of all’. This is the type of friendship I have with Ken.
We lazed around Sunday morning and forced ourselves to leave the house around 11:30 am to go see How To Train Your Dragon 3. It was such a good film. Jack and I cried at the end. It was a tear jerker. We had popcorn, illegal sodas and chocolate, and all was well. We did a bit of shopping to finish off Millie’s costume for Tuesday. Once we were back home we finished off the writing portion of her project. Jack claimed he was too sore to go to rugby training. I think he just wanted to play his PS4 since we are technically on holiday. I told him the best way to work our sore muscles, from snowboarding he claimed, was to have a run around. So I forced him to go to training.
Cathy went with us. Once back at the house, the kids showered, ate and chilled for the rest of the evening. Cathy and I had a frozen, gluten free pizza, which wasn’t too bad. We listened to music until around 9 pm. Cathy went home as she had to go to work on Monday. I stayed up to watch television. I have a difficult time going to bed when Stuart isn’t here. I ended up sleeping in the sofa, which was terrible sleep as anyone knows.
I woke up just after 6 am and Jack came downstairs. He said the dogs had jumped on his bed. Dang dogs! He started in on his PS4 around 8 am. He came downstairs when he got hungry. In the meantime Millie and I played a card game and she finished her written project for Nikola Tesla.
When Jack came down he asked if he could have a fried egg. I told him he could if he made it. He’s never done that before. So I helped him a bit, but really his dad needs to help him because he’s the cook, not me. At any rate, he did a great job and was very pleased with himself.
After the kids ate, there was more electronics and Millie ended up going to bed. She wasn’t feeling well at all. She was complaining of her head and neck hurting. I gave her Tylenol and she pepped up a bit. We finished her Nikola Tesla project and she was set for her Wax Museum day on Tuesday.
Millie fell asleep on the sofa at 5 pm. I put her in her bed, thinking she might sleep through the night.
I made chicken nuggets, green beans and mashed potatoes for dinner. I was pleased with myself for boiling and mashing the potatoes. Lara came over after Jack and I ate dinner. She had made chicken lettuce wraps for her family. I am such a crap cook.
Millie woke up around 7 pm and decided she wanted to eat something. So I warmed up the dinner and she ate a bit. Then she was back in bed at 8 pm, as was Jack. Lara stayed until about 9:30 pm and then I was off to bed as well.
Meanwhile, Stuart was having a cookout with our friends Vicki and Ryan.
At about 5 am, Millie crawled in my bed, crying, saying ‘my neck hurts’. I knew the day would be long and most likely it would mean a visit to the doctor. She was determined to go to school, though. She was so excited for the Wax Museum. I pumped her full of meds and off we went to school. Jack moaned about going to swim squad, but I forced him to go anyway.
These three days this week is our STEAM week (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). Our year group decided to use recycled materials to make a Bedouin tent. We wanted to link it to living in the UAE before the oil. We also were planning to make clay pots and build a marble run off a model if the Burj Khalifa. In the afternoon we invited the rest of the junior school to come and see our Wax Museum. The children were so adorable. They did a wonderful job and the parents were totally impressed. The Head of the Junior school asked me whose idea the Wax Museum was and of course I had to tell him it was me. It was a hit!
Nikola Tesla was the cutest wax figure. The most interesting fact Millie shared was that Nikola was in love with his pet pigeon. It’s true. Look it up!
After school, we found out that rugby was canceled. Millie wasn’t well enough to go to dance, which made me know she really didn’t feel well. So we headed to the doctor. As I thought about it, I wondered if her neck and headache had anything to do with the finder binder we had the previous week. Then I felt horrible for not taking her to the doctor the previous week. She was diagnosed with whiplash, upper respiratory infection, and was tested for flu, which came back positive. Mother of the Year for several years in a row now. The doctor also said she needed to stay home on Wednesday. Of course Jack decided he needed to stay home as well. Needless to say, he didn’t win that argument.
When we got home, the kids showered and I made dinner. Millie decided she just wanted cereal. Jack had left over mashed potatoes, green beans and sausage rolls. Millie was in bed at 6:45 pm, having been given her many meds. Jack stayed up and watched television for another hour and then was off to bed. I watched the lastest episode of the Bachelor, or as I like to call it ‘soft porn’.
I was up and got Jack ready for school. Joan picked him up just before 7 am. When I came back inside from putting him in her car, Millie Moo was laying on the sofa. She said she still had a headache and her neck was hurting. So I gave her more pain medicine. I’m hoping the muscular pain goes away soon. I really think her allergies are acting up again. Back to the nose spray we go.
We headed to the grocery store because the Princess said she wanted bacon. Unfortunately, we were disappointed because there was no bacon. We had to settle for donuts and strawberries. I was just glad she wanted to eat. Once we were back home and she had eaten, she settled back on the sofa and rested for the remainder of the day. At 3:30 pm she told me she was bored. So she’s recovering and it is back to school tomorrow.
Jack got home just before 4 pm and immediately headed to Ian’s. I had told him to be home at 5:30 pm. Time dragged on, and around 6 pm I went to Ian’s and asked if Jack was there. Ian said he wasn’t. Then I got in my car to drive around the compound. When I did find him I informed him he would be grounded from his PS4 for the weekend. When I explained his responsibility to me in what he had said to me, he didn’t like it, but u think he understood a bit.
I had made white bean chicken chili during the day so Cathy came over for dinner. I have decided I might have been a decent stay at home mom. Too late for that now. I’m only motivated to cook when Stuart is out of town, sadly. Stuart arrived home just after 2 am and did a bit of unpacking. Then we were both off to bed. Needless to say the night’s sleep was way too short.
Thursday it was business as usual. I have been given a local college student who is getting her teaching degree. She is doing a practicum with me and so far she is late to every lesson, left on Wednesday when she found out I was absent, and hasn’t gotten terribly involved with the children. She’s only with me another three weeks, so I suppose I can endure anything. We had an awards assembly for our sport’s day. The upper school received individual awards. Jack won two awards.
After school we headed home. Jack immediately changed and went outside to play. Some friends that used to live in the Village were visiting another family. He played with his friend Louis, Kennedy and Tua. We then headed to Sean’s for dinner. Jack played with some kids he knew in that compound. He continued to bug me to go to Ian’s, but I told him it was too late. Sometimes you would think he’s lost his best friend when I deny him what he wants. I can’t wait for the teenage years.
Friday morning we got up and went to church. Stuart slept in and I decided not to bother him. His travels aren’t always terribly kind to him. We picked Cathy up on our way. This was the Evangelical Church in town that we had visited several years ago. At the time, the kids didn’t really like the amount of kids there. But on this day they loved it and all day they sang one of the songs they had learned. It was nice. Both said they wanted to go back the next week. So there you have it.
When we got home from church I assumed we would be greeted with breakfast. However, it seems Sleeping Beauty needed to sleep until noon. Bless him! Once he was awake, we had a late lunch and then went to the club for a rugby match. Stuart ended up playing for the other team. He wasn’t meant to play for the conference team, and the other team needed players, so Stuart suited up in green.
After the match we sat around for a while and then decided we would go home and socialize there. The kids showered and Jack fixes himself a chocolate roll up.
Saturday morning I got up to take my car to be assessed for the damage that had been done in the second rear end accident. When I got home Stuart was still asleep. We have reversed rolls this weekend for sure.
Once he was awake, we simply sat around and watched television, waiting for the time to pass. We left for Dubai at 3 pm. We headed to Ski Dubai. This week Millie had her Discovery lesson for skiing. She decided she would rather ski than snowboard. So Jack’s lesson for level 1 started at 5:30 and Millie’s started at 6. We decided we would let her have the 6 lessons if she decided she liked it. And as you would guess, she decided she liked it. So it looked like we have a ski slope lover and a snowboarder.
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