Thursday, December 23, 2004
Standing in the middle of the lounge, gleaming & noticing my entire house is spick & span after a bout of springcleaning by moi yesterday - oh, Kris cleaned the bathroom. But the phonecall from Shan, mom's friend who is on tour with her parents, hubby & 3 daughters, kinda made the effort futile!! They're not coming!! Well, they're still in Perth, just that Kris & I will have to go meet up with them at the Criterion Hotel lobby in the city...
I asked her, "How will I recognise you?" Then, remembering she's met the entire family in Sgp, I quickly interrupted myself (if that's possible). "Oh, never mind. I look exactly like my sis, except I'm much fatter & darker skinned." Alright, so we're not EXACTLY alike... but I'm sure Shan & hubby will recognise me in that dimly lit hotel lobby which I've passed by everytime we were in the city. Well, not everytime... oh, never mind!!
I had the entire evening planned out for today: Kris comes home from work, shower & we jump into the van, pick the 7 of them from the hotel, take them back to our home via Kelvin Road so that the kids can see the sheep, horses, cows and even a pretty house with a large pond that has a pretty white bridge in their large pretty garden amongst the farms.
Upon arrival, I'll serve them with a fruit-topping & creamed pavlova and banana cake that I've prepared before picking them up and coffee for the adults. And for the 3 kids, I'll give each of them a chocky hamper that comes with a small gift inside & serve them cordial or juice.
And after inspecting the house, like every visitor always does to a new place, we'll sit down & chat for a bit before we go to the nearby Westfield Carousel, the biggest mall in Perth, for some shopping before we lug them back to the hotel & say our courteous goodbyes... Now, that sounds like a plan, right? .... NO!!
They're not coming!! So, we'll go meet them instead for some coffee & cake at the hotel cafe... Oh well, it's alright I guess. Will just have to have dinner earlier so that we can go to Target to get the double air-mattress that Kris wants to bring to Preston. We'll probably go to the city Target instead. Can u imagine the traffic tonite?! ~argh~ I can!!
I'll go prepare dinner now ~sigh~ (looking down, dragging feet and waves).
