Cicak Cicak Kita Yang Mulia

Translated: Our Noble House Geckos

Sarah says the strangest things these days. Actually, the title above comes from her favourite line from the national anthem, which they've been singing in school. It just comes out of her mouth like that.

Also, according to Sarah, Daddy (that's me) has a space giraffe that he keeps outside the house. (Because he's too tall?) and Grandpa has an elephant in his room.

She also talks like a gangster on the phone. "Hello?!" she demands of the person on the other side.

Working Dad / Stay-At-Home Dad

With the expected arrival of baby boy, things have gotten pretty hectic around here.

The Mrs is effectively immobilized - simply walking to the bus stop leaves her breathless, and takes her a good 1/2 hour. (It's a 5 min walk for me)

That means I've got to take a over a whole lot of responsibilities that were mostly taken care of the Mrs.

Here's what I've been doing the past couple of weeks:
0700-0800: Get up and get ready for the day
0800-0830: Send Sarah to school
0830-1200: Go to office and work
1200-1300: Journey back to Sarah's school to fetch her home
1300-1400: Journey back to office
1400-1830: Work
1830-2030: Home / Dinner / husbanding / fathering / son-ing
2030-2200: Shower Sarah / wind down / Sarah's bedtime

If I'm lucky, I'm still awake at 2200hrs to do my own things. Else I usually fall asleep beside Sarah.

This past week though, contractions have started.

So, after fetching Sarah home, I wind her down for her nap.

I feel like my days are really full and occupied. And tiring too! Bleargh.

So, as a compromise, Sarah's gonna start on full-day child care starting May. I can't, in good conscience, carry on taking half-days off from work even though the peeps there are so nice and understanding.

And last Wednesday was the Mrs' birthday too!

Went to Sakae Sushi. No pics yet though. It's somewhere in our phones.