Hello to those of my friends who wondered where I disappeared to this week.

I have been settling into work and it was actually a good thing to work 3 of the 4 days until 1:00 instead of 5 days until 12:00. Gave me a chance to keep a train of thought going a little longer with so much new stuff to take in. I think I'm ready for next week's challenges when I'll take over mail and banking duties. I just hope R who will be training me is patient.

Meanwhile, my cold is still lingering and Warren was home Wednesday to Friday, sneezing and coughing. Of course he hogged the computer. So I had a quick look at Minti a couple of mornings while he and MIchael were in the shower, but didn't have time for much.

Yesterday we had to pull ourselves together to go shopping. The bother of it is that we couldn't get half of what we went for and will probably have to go shopping again today - we'll try a different shopping centre this time.

We got a birthday present for Z - important since he and Michael are having their party in a week. And we got water pistols so Michael can take one to the day camp he's going on in January (there's a day when they're asking for this). We also got a magnetic reward chart which hopefully will help us get to the point of getting Michael out of night nappies and going to the loo in the night when he needs to. Also putting on his own clothes, putting sunscreen on without a fuss and a few other things we're thinking about.

Warren and I spent about 3/4 hour working out which days to ask which of our parents to look after Michael during the holidays. Thankfully they've all agreed to everything, so I don't have to worry about childcare during the holidays. He only has two days of school to go. I can't believe my baby is finishing pre-primary! I'm going to miss his teacher and teaching assistant.

I hope Warren and Michael are back from visiting Warren's parents soon. I'm craving a Wendy's citrus sensation smoothie!