Dear Hubby

Well, I didn't get to play Yahtzee with Will because Matt wouldn't go to bed. Perhaps this new bedtime behaviour is as a result of you going, since that was when it started. I hope he settles down sometime in the near future because I am not getting any home stuff done while he is awake.

The house has gone to Hades as far as housework is concerned, except for when Amanda comes around and does some of it for me, lol. The bathroom stopped leaking for awhile and I was all ready to point the finger at you and say that it must have been you doing something (although I couldn't imagine what besides taking a cup of water and spilling it on the floor, lol), but then it got all wet again last night. Stuffed if I know where it is coming from. Back to putting towels down again.

Had an easy trip to mum's yesterday, there wasn't much traffic going up but the rain got pretty heavy sometimes. Got a bit lost finding her new place but sorted it out pretty quick. Her new house is ALOT smaller than her old one and they are all finding it taking a bit of getting used to. Even Bert had something to say about, lol. He said to say 'Hi'.

The traffic was pretty heavy coming back. We left at 3pm and so did everyone else, lol, or so it seemed. Still only took just over a couple of hours. The house is awfully quiet without the big boys, and so much less cooking and cleaning! I'd forgotten what it was like with just one small person around.

I must say that I really enjoyed spending time with Will. He is a different kid when Scott is not around, almost no whinging and easy to entertain. I didn't realise what an effect Scott was having on him till he was out of the house. I think I'll need to sit them down and write up some house rules when they get back.

I bought Matt a pair of Wiggle pj's at Coles last night and let him hold them while I finished getting bits and pieces. He loved them so much that I had to fight to get them off him so the checkout girl could scan them!

My friend Kylie is doing a rush visit to Sydney this week, I am hoping to catch up with her for a couple of hours at some stage, but not sure when. I'll be getting the boys on Friday before Brenda and co. arrive. Really looking forward to their visit. It is only 7 weeks till bub arrives!

We have a customer who is a bit challenging sometimes. He mainly requests song lyrics - at least 4 per week, but will phone up with apparently random requests. For example, tonight he called and asked for two song lyrics, then lists of the NSW locations of Hoyts, Greater Union Cinemas, Westfield and Stockland Shopping Centres. None of us have any idea what he uses this stuff for, but it takes up at least an hour of my desk shift finding it all and putting it into a format he can read. Needless to say this kind of stuff really gets up some of the staff's nose, but there is three of us who just deal with it and shake our heads at the oddness of it.

You also get the oddballs who come in wanting to personally email the head guy of AC/DC, for example, who can't comprehend when you say that that is just not possible. And you get people who come in, regularly, to use the computers, but who play the 'I am computer illiterate' line every single time, so who ever is on the desk spends time helping them (doing our job), but having to do it all so slowly that it disadvantages other patrons. Ahh, the joys of being an info librarian and believing in assisting the customer. We now have a policy that says we can only give them time as long as no-one else needs our assistance.

I had a lady come in with her twins on Friday who had forgotten that there is no Rhymetime during holidays. She begged me to at least sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to the boys, so there I sat at the Info Desk singing, lol. But I was rewarded with beautiful smiles from both of them, so didn't mind embarrassing myself just a little (oh, hang on, don't I do that every time I get up and sing, lol).

Well, have a nice evening, hope they aren't working you too hard.
your wife.