Day 4

Three lonely, albeit spacious, sleeps into this long distance love journey, and we are still alive & kicking (mostly O kicking me in the face). Oscar is officially the proud owner of three ginormous molars, and mercifully, it doesn't look like the fourth wants to show up anytime soon. Therefore we are back to sleeping in sync, and in turn, feeling slightly more sane. Just slightly. 

FaceTime is our saviour, and seeing Dad on the little screen guarantees a couple of big toothy grins from the tykes. Alas, it is SO not the same. After his 10 hour work day, and by the time we actually get to call, we are both shattered and lacking in any enthusiasm. There's no comforting cuddles, no cheeky smiles shared from across the room, and not a single chance of a sneaky smooch. I miss the sneaky smooches. 

However, Olis new job is going well, and our lovely & generous friends have taken him under their wing in their home. It is all working out to plan, and within just a couple of weeks, we will be back in the motherland, taking seaside strolls & scoffing steaming pies. Yum. 

Funnily, since Olis departure, we haven't had meat in the house, so I've been a part time vegetarian. Mostly due to sheer laziness & lack of interest in a grocery shop, alas, here's some of the delights I've been whipping up;

Rocket, spinach, mushroom, avo, tomato, potato & feta salad = a little dream come true 

Rocket, avo, mushroom, spinach, haloumi & soft boiled egg salad with dukkah

Pumpkin, pea & corn risotto- total hit with the littlies too

I don't care that potatoes aren't even considered a vegetable, or that they are directly linked to weight gain (I just read a really disheartening article about them), they are delicious. And I will cook crispy chips until the day I die. Plus I ate an entire avocado with them so it's pretty much a nutritional win.

Oh, and we were well on our way to devouring this berry, banana, date & spinach smoothie yesterday too, until;

Major blender blowout. The blender just blew it's chance of going home to NZ with us too as I threw it out in a fit of fury post clean up. 

Don't think it's all salads & carbs around here though, there's been plenty of sugar to ease me through the transition. Every evening thus far has looked like this;

Colouring & chocolate, my two current favourite 'C's. I ordered my Secret Garden book off book depositary a couple of weeks back, and I was pleasantly surprised to find it to be WAY more badass than originally thought. It's really intricate and ridiculously detailed, this one page is only half done after three evenings of solid colouring, but it is actually a really brilliant way to wind down. It may seem like this weeks fad, but get on board because it's totally rad. (Intentional rhyme).

Actually, there's one more C in my life;

Tame Impalas new album 'Currents' has been on repeat for 3 days straight now. Sooooooo bloody good. Like so good. You must wrap your earbuds around it. This song "Cause I'm a Man" is my personal favourite & it is funky as feck.

Lastly, these two;

I do believe I came out of the bathroom far wetter than they did after this particularly splash sesh, but just look at them would ya? Cheeky little ferocious chunks of spunk.

Adios amigos!

Gem

Thought of the day "I'm not even going to wear exercise gears to the gym today, straight to the cafe- good plan Gemma"