To begin with...

My cat is staring at the PC as I write - good ol' Mia pie (her name is Mia but James (my husband) added pie to rhyme with sweetie pie so the name has stuck along with Mimi and Mi Pea - my loyal friend). Tom has finally fought off his fever with the help of Neurofren and paracetamol. It has been a tiring few days (not to mention all the worry) what with rushing to a 24hr clinic in the wee hours of the morning yesterday (mad! but I fear that this will be ordinary thing for parents certainly for us I think) when T's temp was over 39C and the crying last night but all is well after this evening - quite a fighter my boy is.

This is T. He is now in his cot sound asleep and J has just gone after deciding that he can't keep up with the Liverpool and Chelsea match.

And Mia has left now - decided the typing is boring and has gone off to hunt me a cicak I hope or off to her bed in the spare room.

S&J (my in-laws, Sue and John) were here the last couple of weeks and we had a break with them, spent mostly at STAR and Rasa Ria - wonderful to just lie (under the shade for me but nonetheless..) sun with nothing in mind but the book I was reading, wondering what to have for lunch and what fun T was going to have swimming at 5pm.... Anyway, had a good time and can't wait to be with them again in 3 months' time.

I have decided to get a helper to clean the house on a part time basis - why refuse help when you don't have to and besides T requiring more and more attention (a valid reason I think to get help). The truth of the matter is I need the help - it's almost chaos the apartment. Hopefully this lady Neela is the right candidate - meeting her next week.

Time for bed now.