Day 278

Sunday morning I got up early, got my hair washed, and went down for breakfast. When I finished, my Aunt and I walked to the store to pick up the paper, and then back to my Nan's. When we got to her house, she was on her way to my Aunt's. She put her paper inside, and the 3 of us walked to my Aunt's for a cup of coffee.

Charlie arrived to pick up a lawn mower, and left again. When we finished our drinks, we drove up to his place. He and I took the girls to the sweet shop, and then I spent the next couple of hours reading countless books to them. I've finally read "The Gruffalo" and know what all the hype is about. It's a cute book. Auntie Linda, and Nan helped Charlie with some gardening, and Uncle John sat and watched "Garfield" and "Tom and Jerry" while I read. All of a sudden, as Nan does...she came in and told us it was time to go. She interrupted the story, and kept calling my name. Apparently she wasn't waiting. It didn't matter that I was the driver, she was ready to go. Charlie offered to take them so that I could stay, but that wasn't going over well so I decided it would be just as easy for me to go back with them.

We had lunch at Auntie Linda's, - My 3rd mistake. I was only going to have raisins, as I normally do...but she told me to have some pain de chocolat. Well...so much for my diet. It was out the window this weekend, and it didn't stop there. After lunch we went back to Charlie's where Anna gave me a delicious fairy cake (cupcake), I read some more books, and watched some TV. Tom came over, and I realized I was the only adult inside, so I got the girls to follow me, and we went to sit with everyone else on the patio. Tom had brought Trivial Pursuit with him, so we spent the next little while playing that. - Oh family times! I love them! - I got 2 or 3 questions right, but no one would listen to me, so we ended up getting them wrong. I believe the girls were still in the lead however, when the game ended.

Tom and Charlie had gone to the store, and Layla brought up Polly Pocket. I started talking about how little Polly used to be, and the next thing I knew...I was playing with vintage Polly Pockets!!!!!!!! I was in 7th heaven! It was so cool!!!!! So many memories came flooding back as I looked at the little houses and remembered having some of the same figurines. It was awesome. From Polly Pocket, we moved on to Sylvanian Family. WICKED! Once the guys were back, I was sitting at the table with Tom, reading the news paper, when suddenly I realized, the guys had all gone inside. Damn. Auntie Linda went to the grass to have a tea party with some stuffed animals, and I went inside to see what was happening. My Uncle John, Charlie and Tom were watching "Mr. Bean". WHAT A WEEKEND!!! It really felt like family :D - As it normally does down there - It was my favourite episode, one that reminds me of Tara and Stephen, and the 4 of us were having a good laugh. Eventually the curry came, and we all ate. It was really nice.

After our meal we sat inside for a few minutes, and shortly after the girls went up for their bath, we decided I should begin my journey back. We said our goodbyes, and Auntie Linda drove us back to her place where I gathered my things, and then went to say bye to my Nan.

About half an hour later, I was on the road. I got stuck in traffic, but still made it back in pretty good time. I didn't spend much time downstairs at all. I had seen my Uncle and Aunt in the driveway as they were leaving, then said hi to Heloise while I made a cup of tea...ran upstairs to plug my phone in, and then came back down to gulp my tea, have another quick conversation with Heloise, and then headed to bed. I spent about an hour trying to fix my msn, but my eyes were in so much pain I gave up on that, and in to falling asleep. xx