Tonight, Inigo fell asleep listening to the first chapter of “The Hobbit”. My dad read it to my brother and I when I was about 4, and I figured he was ready to encounter long form stories.
We started with a CD collection of Enid Blyton stories read by Kate Winslet in the car, he was enthralled.
It’s so great to have a kid that appreciates the finer things in life 
After not hearing anything all day, I rang at 4.50pm.
But they knock off at 4.30pm on Fridays.
Not. Happy. Chad.
He sent off an email on Wednesday, but hasn’t heard back yet. The person he needs to follow it up with will be in after 10.30, and he will DEFINITELY call me back today.
I hate waiting, especially when there isn’t much hope of good news.
Some people have Godparents, some have Fairly Odd Parents, and now Aurore and Freya have “Spare Parents” – Mark and I!
Today Bonnie and Zenia asked us if we would accept the position, and I immediately burst into tears. Not only are Frog Chops 1 and Frog Chops 2 (Inigo has earned the moniker Frog Chops 3) two of the most adorable, sparkly eyed, feisty, clever and captivating children you could hope to meet, their parents are very special people too.
Inigo still has three of his original four “Odd Parents” who take an active role in his life, and I know the care and consideration we put in to selecting those people – people that we hoped would be a part of his life as he grew up, people that he would be able to turn to no matter what. People that would love him unconditionally, people that would be there for him if ever we couldn’t be.
It’s a special job. A sacred job. One that I am honoured to do. And feel very lucky to have the opportunity.
We went to the post office to pick up some shopping – a new t-shirt that says Awesome in groovy 70s lettering. So of course he had to wear it today
You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.
And no, Chad didnt call.
Leapy looking perplexed by Costco – a reasonable response….
Demonstrating his newfound climbing prowess at the Spotlight playground
Such a big grown up boy!
Making tea party friends at Parramatta Park
Borrowing Charlie’s new bike – and riding properly for the first time.
Today we had an impromptu Granville meet-up. Saw some old friends, and met a new one! One that works at UAC no less! Alas no promises of inside help, but it’s great to meet lovely people in Granville. I love that we have such a great community here.
Opera in the Park this year is the Pearl Fishers. Mum is taking the Squish (I thought he might be old enough this year, but Ted reminded me about the whole public transport in the middle of the night thing), so we’re going to be kid free for at least one more year.
Anyone care to join? I have been woking on picnic recipes
(Izzy, I’ve been dreaming of your little Polish mushroom jobbies!)
Mark took Inigo out for his first tandem bike ride today, most of the way to preschool. Hopefully, tomorrow will be dry enough that we can take all the bikes to the park so that we can go for a ride together
Thanks to mum for picking up the tool to install it, and getting Inigo a hat that actually fits his enormous head!
Just spoke to Chad from the admissions center, told him the whole story, burst into tears, and he was really helpful.
Hes going to look further into it, and get back to me on Monday or Tuesday.
In the meantime, Im going to change my preferences to put a BA into the mix. With an entry ATAR of 75, its much more likely that I will get in, and the switch from there.
We recently went to the movies to see Sherlock Holmes (verdict – good explosions, but the action and most of the plot were completely incomprehensible), and were shocked at how much it cost for the two of us to see a standard (not gold class/3d/vmax) movie.
So I thought it might be worth spreading the word about this deal – $8.60 movie tickets you can pre-purchase. The cost is $7.50 today, plus $1.10 when you book.
Link here.
No fracture, just a sprain, so that is two counts of feeling extremely silly chalked up in one day.
Thanks for every lovely comment, I have had a few cold hours in the hospital waiting room to process, and this isn’t the worst thing that has ever happened to me – or anything near it. It just means that I will have to go to residential school this semester, and every semester until I do get in to a decent Sydney University.
I certainly don’t want to disrespect ACU, it’s just that I know a total of NOTHING about it, and I had my future fully mapped out at Macquarie. From the meagre research I have been able to do, if you want a psych degree that matters, you get one from Sydney, or New South, or Macquarie.
By all means, argue with me! I really don’t have any information except what I have been told by the lecturer I met on open day and a psych student that works at the gym.
But for now, I’ll buy my stats textbook for Armidale, and work on my attitude towards residential school. My parents have offered to come with me to help look after Squish while I am up there, which is an amazingly generous offer, or I may be healthy enough to be able to leave him for a few days by the time it rolls around. Either way, it isn’t the end of the world.
The feeling I am left with is frustration that everyone told me I would get in, and now I have no way of knowing why I didn’t. There is no special consideration for mature age students, and no appeals process. Just a flat NO.
And NO has never been a word I can accept lying down…
Just looked up the ATAR for the course I was offered, Vs. the course I had as my first preference.
MQ B. Psych (Hons) 94.5
ACU BA (Psych) 60.7
There is a massive difference there. Even the course I am currently doing is about 72.55. Need more information. But it doesn’t look like a great achievement to have been offered a place at ACU after my results from last year.
I’ve been waiting till the 18th to find out if I’ll be offered a place at Macquarie Uni. Today, I checked on the website to find out if I would be emailed or if I needed to log in to the website to find out.
BUT THE RESULTS AREN”T GOING TO BE POSTED TILL 9PM!
So the lunacy will continue for slightly longer…
Mum took Squish & Alex to the wildlife park on the central coast last weekend. During the snake talk, the keeper asked for volunteers to handle the snake.
Guess who had his hand up first?
Just got home and unwrapped my helmet and we went for a quick jaunt. Only 1.5k, but I didnt fall off, and I think I can even manage to get home in one piece. Possibly even via woolies!
Ill pick her up on a day or so. And the name may change, but its working for me today.
Were getting Squish a half bike, so we’ll be able to ride to preschool together at the end of the month. Squeee!
Updated- I bought Ermentrude from Cell Bikes in Stanmore. Link here.
Alex came up to Pearl Beach with Nanna and Gonad for our last weekend, and he and Inigo had their first sleepover together. They both slept pretty well, but Alex woke up just before the crack of sparrow fart, and then said, are you awake Inigo? just loud enough to make sure that he was. The conversation that followed was gorgeous (I listened from the other room).
Alex: We went to Fiji.
Inigo: We went to Fiji too. Fiji is my favourite place. Did you have a good time in Fiji?
Alex: I had the most awesomest time ever! I went to the kids club every day.
Inigo: I want to go back to Fiji, but my mama says its very expensive. Mama has to give all her money to the bank, and then we can go back.
Alex: Were going back too. My mum and dad have lots of money, but they have to serve it all up.
Inigo: Yep. So then well go back to Fiji.
Alex: Yep.
We’ve been up at Pearl Beach since Christmas day night, and I think the blog fell over at some point. Mark has kicked it in the guts a few times, and apparently now has a solution that means he will be able to fix it from work. So if you notice that it is down, send me or Mark a text message so we can get it going again. That will have to do until we find a more permanent solution.
Posting pictures to the blog is kicking my butt at the moment, so I have no pics to share, but I will try to upload one or two to keep thinks interesting.
Tomorrow is the Macquarie uni open day, so we are going to check it out just in case I get an offer on the 18th. And then back to the beach house until the 7th, Mark has to be back at work on the 9th. Then normal programming will resume as I build up to the first day of preschool.
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