i leave for italy!

Wow, talk about a roller coaster day! I'm so excited that I'm leaving for italy today and I;m gonna see my little baby! She's amazing, apparently she's having such a great time with her cousin, laughing and just really happy. I really wonder what her reaction to me will be when she sees me. It'll be interesting to see if she recognises me instantly or if it'll take time for her to warm up. I wonder if she's thought about me. I don't think babies can recollect memories if they haven't been reminded of them.

Then J just rang me to tell me that he's been retrenched. It's got me thinking about how transient my time at espn can be and how important it is for me to keep myself connected so that when it does happen (I no longer see it as an if because of the number of people around me I've seen retrenched. It's almost like death. YOu see it all around you and you know it's just a matter of time before it comes to say your time is up). I shall think more about this on the plane.

Dad is here. I think we're off to have dinner and then I'll be taking a cab to the airport. Can't wait!

First trip!

Katie left for Italy yesterday with Gigi and nonna! It was pretty sad for me at the airport, seeing my little chuchulotta in her little pram being rolled away into a very big airport terminal. We had to wake her from her sleep of course and she pretty much stayed awake till they went in. I haven't heard from them yet and I'm dying to find out how the flight went.

And poor katie and nonna had to wait more than half an hour after checking their passports coz the immigration hounds gave gigi such a hard time over his employment pass. He's forgotten to renew it but the last time this happened they just got him to fill out an immigration form. I think they had 15 minutes to get to the plane. It was a drama they could definitely have done without, especially Katie, who had no idea what the hell was going on. But she seemed ok. NOnna was doing well to keep her calm. And she was just being her cute little self.

But she had a big day altogether. We went for Gymboree, ANgel and her kids came over for an hour or so, and then Jennifer paid a visit. All wanted to see Katie before she left!

I'm alright. I was a bit upset last night driving home. Of course i had to make another trip to the airport at 6 am today to send Dominga. She was 14 kilos overweight and I had to pay 112 dollars for her. She's hopelessly lost! She's getting a bit too dependent on us when it comes to money. I'll have to have a little talk with her when she comes back- IF she comes back. She was quite teary at the airport. I think shes grateful. Either that or she's feeling guilty coz she's not thinking of coming back! We'll find out in a month!

I've got my day pretty much sorted. I'm going to do aboslutely nothing! Once I speak to gigi, i'm heading to the pool. 30 laps today! Then I;m going to lie by the pool with a book and drink, and stay there till i burn into a crisp. Then it's dinner tonight with margie and heather, sizzling mongolian is on the menu... sounds interesting! Then it's drinks and a lie in tomorrow! Sounds heavenly!

But I miss Kate. It's probably really good for the 2 of us in the long run. This break will give me a chance to replenish my energy and also to reflect about muy first 8 months as a mummy. I just hope she'll be ok in a new environment.

katie's day out

italy are through to the semis of the world cup after beating ukraine 3 nil last night! It's Germany next; that will be a great game and best of all I'll be off the next day so I'll be able to watch it1

The Rodrigo's are back in town for a while. I met Amber for the first time, a beautiful little girl who's 9 months already. Sharima's here too and she got us into the singapore swimming club for an afternoon of chit chat, chee chong fun and chee kway. Her kids are HUGE! Enzo's 12 and Emile is 3 and a bit. Indie wasn't there. And Jade! Oh my goodness she is gorgeous! She is 7 and such a mature girl. Lovely! Anyhow the kids all had a swim including Kate and Amber. They had a splash in the pool! Yes, needless to say they were very cute!

Kate's leaving in less than a week to Italy. I'm trying my best not to think about it but it keeps creeping back into my thought processes. I'm feeling a little sad... ok, I'm feeling a lot sad, but I'm trying to convince myself that there's nothing I can do about it and that whatever Katie feels while she's in Italy for the week that I'm not won't be detrimental. It might even be good for her (this last bit I'm not too convinced about). The only thing I hope is that she won't be sad for the first week. IF she's happy, then everything will be ok.

Have to wake up at 6 tomorro to this triathlon gig... Bugger! Means I'm missing the england vs portugal quarter final. Nevermind. I'll live - I hope.