Day 154

It was a relatively good today. I had a few minor upsets...actually, just one really...but I won't go into that too much.

I was woken up a few times by the voices coming from downstairs, but was able to go back to sleep. I had been up pretty late, so I really wanted to get a good rest. Well somewhere close to 10 o'clock I heard Zach walking around the house saying "Mummy???" He couldn't find her, and no one was answering him. He knocked on my door, and started having a conversation with me through the door. I told him he could come in. He asked if I knew where his mom was. I told him she was probably still in bed if he hadn't seen her yet. He didn't seem to agree. I asked if he wanted to come cuddle on my bed. He said no it was ok, but he looked lost. I asked if he wanted to play DS, and I picked his up from my bed side table. He said he did, and then said oh but it's out of battery. I told him there was a charger beside my mirror. He picked it up and asked if it was plugged in. I said nope, expecting him to want to take it downstairs. He just stood there. I said do you want to take it downstairs or plug it in and play it up here? He asked to stay up here. I piled the pillows up for him to sit against, and plugged the charger in for him. He came over to the bed and got up beside me. I laid back down and closed my eyes. He started to play, but then would tell me about the game, or ask me questions. I opened my eyes and answered the questions, or helped him through the levels. In the end he told me I could play if I wanted, and he'd just watch. I picked up the DS, and we played a couple of games. I then heard some arguing downstairs between Heloise and Josh. They were clearly looking for Zach. I heard them call his name, so I told him to run out and tell them he was with me. I expected him to stay with Heloise, but he didn't. He told them where he was, and came right back in. Not caring at all that they were worried about him. I felt privileged. He sat back down next to me, and played some more. Josh came in a few minutes later, and told him it was time to go to soccer. The two of them left together and I laid back down. I contemplated going back to sleep. I wondered what the chances were of me returning to the great dream I was having when he had come in. I tried to fall back to sleep, but fearing I would lose that dream, and drift onto something else...I decided to stay in my happy mood, and stay awake. I rolled over, and got my laptop. I spoke to my brother for a bit, and then when I remembered no one was in the house, I wandered down to get some fruit and some juice. I came back up to eat and watch "LOST". Finally! What a great episode!

When that finished, I jumped in the shower and got ready before anyone came home. That way no one would know how long I lazed around for. I heard them come in as I was watching "The Office", and after doing my make up, I went down for some tea. I said hi and bye to my Uncle and Aunt, and came back upstairs. I went down again a little later to get another cup of tea, and asked Heloise if she had made plans for the boys already, or was it ok that I was planning on taking them bowling. She told me that would be fine as long as I had Josh back in time to leave for swimming at 4:30. I got all ready, and was getting their shoes on, and realized it would not just be me taking them. Tim was coming as well. You may not think it's very nice of me to say...but I was really disappointed. I had been looking forward to having a day of fun with the 3 of them, and now I wasn't going to be able to. We got ready and walked out to the car. I was told I was getting in the wrong one. We were now taking Tim's car, and instead of going to Braintree's Bowling Alley, we were going to one in Whitham...which also meant I couldn't take the boys for a hot chocolate at Starbucks. Sigh. I was no longer in a happy mood.

We got to the bowling alley and Tim paid for one game. He asked the lady how long it would take, and thought 40 minutes would be plenty. We had a pretty boring game, whizzed through it, and got back in the car. Heloise had mentioned stopping at Costa, so when we pulled into the parking lot, I wasn't shocked. However, Tim then got out and told the rest of us to wait there. We sat in the car for about 10 minutes while he got some groceries. He returned to the car, and we drove home. No coffee then? Guess not.

I had been texting Toni while I was out, which the boys probably didn't understand and it's not really fair that I wasn't as into bowling with them as I would have been had it of been just the 4 of us, but I was upset. Anyway, Toni was at Freeport and asked if I wanted to meet her for a Starbucks. I made sure no one was using the car, jumped in and drove to meet her. We got our drinks, and then went into a couple of stores. I picked up a pair of jeans, but when I found out you weren't allowed to try them on in the store...I put them back. The employee said there were no change rooms, but I could take them home and if they didn't fit, I could bring them back to any Next. I turned to Toni and said "Or, I could go shop at a Next with a change room". She bought a couple of tops she needed for work, and we left the store. She asked if I wanted to go anywhere specific, and silly me, not expecting to buy anything, said BENCH. Well...we both came out with purchases. Toni hadn't planned on buying anything either. I tried on 2 hoodies, and in the end convinced myself I should only REALLY buy 1 if any. I picked the one without a price tag. Oops! I was a little worried when I got to the cash, but I put it on the counter anyway. That's when the cashier told me it was 15 pound! My God, I should have picked up another one!

Toni had some stuff she had to get done before she went out tonight, so we said bye, and I drove home. When I got back, no one was home! I walked into the peaceful house, grabbed my laptop
and went down to the family room. There was a fire and the room was warm! BEAUTIFUL! I sat down and began watching American Idol. I also got a Valentine's text that made my day :D I text back and forth with that person for a bit, and when Nathaniel got home he asked if he could watch American Idol with me. I said yes, and we sat there, but he wouldn't stop talking. I paused it to get up and return a text (my phone was charging so I had to walk to the plug), and when I was up, Zach turned the TV on. I said "I guess I'm not watching the rest of my show down here". To which Nathaniel said, "No I guess you're not". And he found something they wanted to watch. I brought everything upstairs and finished watching the show. I was called for dinner so I unfortunately had to end the conversation I was having.

I went down and ate with everyone, then sat down to watch some of Land Before Time 5 with the boys. When they went up to bed, I did as well. I've been sitting up here on Skype with my Mom and my Sister ever since. Now that it's almost 10:30, I should be getting to bed. I need a good night's sleep before tomorrow begins. Good Night xx