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[21:55] Separement - Day 1
Shona has gone to the UK for a week or so and, since this is the first time our little family has been seperated for any significant length of time I've decided to dust of the ole blog so that she can keep up to speed with the incredibly awesome things that we get up to! I suspect that, for everyone who's not Shona, this is going to be a) boring and b) TMI :)
It wasn't an auspicious start, after a teary farewell by several members of our party at the security rabbit-run at SFO we headed home and Gabe fell asleep all the way back to Mountain View. We decided that we'd have burgers for dinner so we went via the In-N-Out on the corner and grabbed a Flying Dutchman for Gabe and a "Protein Style" burger for me (from the secret menu). We ate as soon as we got home then hit the shower and the bed shortly after but apparently the emotionly fraught afternoon had proven too much and we had a "cry 'till you spew" incident. Finally got to bed around 2215. Better luck tomorrow?
Up at 0630. Did wee on the potty (and only the potty) then put the washing away and went down for breakfast. Gabe had a double egg with cheese on top and hand-picked (from my cereal bowl) blueberries. We then had a nappy change, donned our cleaning gear and had a "cleaning the upstairs bathroom of last nights vomit" party.
Went to Safeway for quarters and some more cleaning supplies then to PetSmart's Doggie Day Camp and watched the puppies playing. Eventually we tired of the frolicking and, pausing only to wreak havoc with the fish signage, we proceeded to Bed, Bath and Beyond for some storage shopping.
We detoured past home to drop off our purchases and load up with snacks and then went to Google for Dodgeball and to see Jeanette and P.J.. Unfortunately, and somewhat as expected due to the overlap of game-time with nap-time, Gabe lost the plot and handicapped me for a couple of rounds (although everyone very politely declined to throw at me whilst I had him). We finished the game and headed home at 1230, he was asleep by 1300.
I had a shower while Gabe slept, he woke up at 1350 but, with judicious application of 100mL of milk and by graciously offering my shoulder as a pillow substitute, he and (since I was now the pillow) I slept until 1600. We got up and put on the washing and pigged out on Gomito Alfredo with peas and Dittmers bacon that Shona prepared for us before she left. Also had some beerwurst (also from Dittmers) and half a strawberry yoghurt. We headed back and moved the washing to the dryer and collected all of our stuff for a dinner date with James, Jeanette, P.J. and Michael at the Green Elephant. We were a smidge early so we popped into Piazzas ExpensiveFine Foods and discovered that Lychees were available so grabbed some of them and headed to the restaurant. Gabe was remarkably well behaved, probably because the fire extinguisher that was right behind Michael kept him amused for the majority of the time he wasn't seated. When he was seated he ate 7 lychees and one prawn (and a couple of vegetables). I forgave him for not eating since he'd only just had "lunch" and we decided that we should go to the park so we headed home and then to Thaddeus Park. We played for a while until Gabe smashed his face into a metal pylon (it's going to be special looking tomorromw) whilst chasing the ball and then we grabbed the washing and went home. Gabe had a supper of pre-prepared stew (Shona again) which I didn't bother liquefying for the first time and he ate it, chunks and all. He also had some blueberries and another half a strawberry yoghurt. We headed up to the shower and thence to bed, asleep by 2130.
[Posted at: 21:55 29/07/2010]