To Rent

The Mrs is proposing we rent out our spare (Sarah's) room for some income.

Will be weighing pros vs cons over the next few weeks and will decide by CNY.

Anyone got any input on this?

Day 10,000

2009 January 2nd is my 10,000th day alive.

Rez and myself were having lunch some time back and he was saying how he's ignoring the "New Year" hype as just another typical day by living day to day. And we spent some time calculating leap years and how many days he's been alive and kicking. It was around the figure of 9,000 plus plus, and I told him that he should celebrate his 10,000th day as a landmark number.

The idea bugged me for the next couple of days and I finally relented to it and counted when Day 10,000 was for me. I had assumed that it was already over. Surprise, surprise, I found out that Day 10,000 would be in a week's time, a day after New Year's 2009.

And so I booked my day off on that day. Really undecided on what to do actually and so I asked around. Didn't get any definite answers so I thought I'll just live the day just the way I like it.

And so, here it goes:

0000 to 0300 hours: Did some work at home. Which I really wasn't supposed to. ("You promised!" the Mrs kept reminding me.) But heck, client's servers really pick the worst times to pull a stunt, I technically didn't do any work. I just assigned stuff for a colleague to look into when he came in the office.

Around 0800 - 0900: Awakened by the Dynamic Duo. I was really groggy due to lack of sleep from the last few days. I followed through their request for a glass of milk for Sarah. Then I crawled back into bed and under the sheets. I was vaguely aware of the Mrs saying loudly that Sarah had thrown up, but I was already falling asleep....

1145: Woke up feeling cramped. (Fatherly) Instincts told me it was not wise to roll around in bed. Turned my head to the left to see Sarah sound asleep next to me. House was pretty quiet too. Crept out of bed to discover the time, but no sign of the Mrs. Crept around some more to find her in the kitchen preparing food. Told me she and Sarah had come back from the supermarket and lunch would be ready shortly.

1200 to 1530: Basically did my own thing. Had lunch. Played with Sarah. Lazed on the sofa with the Mrs. Put the final touches on fixing up the niece's PC. Even had time to play some Republic Commando.

Rez arrived. Picked him up from downstairs with Sarah. Got some drinks at the shop. Went up, had lunch. Chit-chatted. Basically hanging out and he got a chance to play with Sarah after she warmed up to him.

1700 to 1930: We left the house together. Rez heading home to deposit his stuff. Me and the family heading out to Novena Velocity. Got the Mrs the promised FitFlops. Sandals that makes you exercise whle you walk. She's really happy about it. I didn't get my FiveFingers though. It turned out to be way over budget. But it's still so cool. I've got a feeling I missed my chance to start a fad. Wandered around Velocity a bit, then to United Square before heading home.

2030: Arrived home just in time to catch the tail-end of Harrison Ford in Air Force One. Starting from the scene where the President takes out Gary Oldman. "Get off my plane," he growls. I also came to a realization that the older one gets, the more familiar faces he sees in the movies.

As the night wore on, caught up on the news. Recalled one of my ATC Instructors, Leslie, is missing and unaccounted for in the Bangkok New Year Fire. Hope he'll turn up fine. He's a nice guy.

We have dinner. Sarah goes to bed. I do the dishes. Caught the Friday night anime on TV. Nibbled on some cheesecake that Rez brought. The Mrs turns in. Cleared some bills. Wrote this blog.

It's now Day 10,001.