Who would of thought! Chris has 3 weeks off from his fulltime job which means I get a bit of a break from the shop. YEAH!
I'm already into week 2 of his break and already I feel so much better. Today is the 2nd, that's right SECOND, day I have decided not to get changed out of my PJs, ahhh bliss. Note: I have put on a bra though. lol.
Apart from catching up on much needed sleep, I have been trying to do things I wouldn't normally be able to or fit in my days. Not only have I caught up on washing, I have been baking new/different things for Riley.
Today I plan on making some cookie dough, of course gluten and dairy free. I also made carbonara from scratch for lunch, but my eyes were too big for my stomach, so Chris has some lunch tomorrow now.
Last week, I had lunch with the girls from the cafe near work. We went to the sports club, meanwhile I left Chris at the shop with Riley. It was great. We took our time eating lunch and enjoyed chatting about various things, followed by a little flutter on the pokies. Time flew, before we knew it we had been there for 4hrs, :o and only 1 phonecall from Chris, and that was just asking if I could bring him back some lunch.
I tried to organise a meet with the mother's group I was active with before we opened up the shop, they still meet weekly and so many new little siblings, however couldn't attend because Ri had a stomach bug. Bugger! Maybe another week.
We have done quite a bit of colouring in, with actual textas. Yeah for Riley! and we have also done painting. Wow did we make a mess. So glad we have a large tiled area because about 2sq metres was covered in paint. But I did manage to get some lovely hand and foot prints I would like to frame and hang with the ones I did when he was 2 months old.
This week I would love to catch up with one of my closest mates. She has been very supportive of me, with the shop and Riley and just life in general. She has spent many hours keeping me company up at the shop and also taking Riley for many walks to give me a break. So I would love to get out and up the coast on her day off and enjoy spending a day with her, just the 2 of us.
One thing I wont be able to do this break is take a road trip to visit my mate. I was really looking forward to being able to catch up with her but unfortunately I wont be able to make the 9hr drive. :( However she might be this way in the next couple of weeks so hopefully we can get a chance to catch up still.
So far my break has been relaxing, I'm not looking forward to it ending and having to slog it out again till the next lot of holidays. . .
