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First day of school

Today is Tilda’s first day of school. I got up at 7, which was bearable because (a) I was looking forward to making myself a cup of coffee and (b) I had set the alarm for an hour earlier each day this week. I still wasted half an hour on the computer and had to [...]

Australia Day

Yesterday Yvonne convinced me to go to the beach at Elwood. It was a hot day, so getting my feet in the water felt nice. Tilda went in, but I don’t think she’s particularly comfortable with the sea and its creatures. The big shadow under the water looked a bit too much like a stingray, [...]

The week so far

On Monday we went to Camberwell with Sanjot and Ishika. I took my sewing machine in for a service – I got it from Dad and Arlene in 1989 and this is its first service, so it’s done pretty well. I was relieved that the repair shop didn’t balk at its un-Australianness (it’s a Kenmore) [...]

Low maintenance

Ishika slept over last night and stayed most of today. I slept in until 11 and then I got to finish reading my book. Good girls!

Tourists in the City

Tilda was sent off to swimming lessons with Sanjot today, and Anne and I headed into the City. We had an inauspicious start when the first attraction (Queen Victoria Markets) was closed, but at least the $10/day parking there was spacious and reasonable. I had promised Tilda that we would only do boring things without [...]

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