hello again…charles is off catching up with some old friends so here am i.
friday night was the annual summer ball at the rcyc. i told you that i lugged my new red frock across the pacific, and i have to say, it was probably a mistake. i was one of the more overdressed people at the ball, not that overdressed is a bad thing or my dress was particularly showy. it was just that more people wore cocktail type dresses. i should have worn a chinese top and a long velvet skirt and orchids in my hair. (i now have the “POB” hairdo…looks okay).
i was really tired, so before the ball i took a nap and charles and anne took the kids to the playground. kids had a blast. then there was a bit of a frantic time when keys were lost and something else had been forgotten and needed to be delivered, but we managed!
it was a great evening. charles’ dad is the dancing king and marnie, his companion, is no slouch on the floor herself, so they were out shaking their stuff most of the night, and looking fantastic. charles and i were heroes at our table, because we won a bottle of wine for the table by correctly answering the 8 multiple choice questions.
charles and i danced quite a bit, but were home by midnight, or 1am. i think 1am.
the next day was a family bbq at charles’ cousin bob’s place. one thing i really like about charles’ family is the effort they make to stay in touch. twice a year they have these gettogethers, and everyone comes. it is really impressive.
bob and jay have this super pool and hot tub, and the kids were in there, and later, so were their parents! the food was divine.
as the afternoon waned on, the young kids went upstairs to watch shrek. about 30 minutes into th emovie, charles’ neice, bronwyn came out and said, “there is something wrong with jasper, he keeps scratching”. charles said, “oh that’s just jasper” (which is what i would have normally said), but my mummy siren went off and i went to see jasper, and the sight that greeted me was actually quite shocking.
he had been resting on the sofa, and someone had pulled a blanket overtop him to make him more comfy. unfortunately, it was the cat’s blanket and jasper is allergic to cats.
one eye was swollen shut. the other was red. he had white raised boils along his wrist, neck and behind his knees. his breathing was raspy.
i quickly gave him some ventolin and bricanyl and his other inhaler, and some warm water. kept him outside. took off his shirt. he really looked vile.
about one hour later, we headed home.
the next day, we went to another pool party, this time hosted by charles’ long term friend tim and his divine wife brenda. these are seriously great people. it was a super party and we were very sorry to leave. brenda had the party catered, but she had made all the food herself and it would have been rude of me not to eat it, right? it was just fantastic. fricking fantastic!
so, that was sunday. we came home, again, late, and the kids had their third late night in a row. they had slept through the night saturday evening, but what does that mean when they are getting to bed at 9pm and are used to going to sleep at 7.30? such wickedness.
oh boy, today i was in lulu lemon…a girl has to look good, right? remind me to tell you why when i get back…
xo
