Great score, Mel! Poor MIL! Oh, well, just goes to show you, it's poor form to chase up money
You're right, too - we know one another so well from our online banter (and real life catch-ups), that if we lived closer, babysitting would be so stress-free!
I just got off the phone before to a cousin...my dad's cousin...who is here from Ireland! He's not here for long and had been working in Cobram for a few months (eek! No wonder he's homesick!!) and was trying my parents' home phone (but they just had their phone service switched to my mum's place!), so he called me. I remembered him from when he was 14 and I was last in Ireland (ten years ago, nearly) and I was so happy to hear from him and that he called. His sister was in Australia for a couple of years a few years back and never called. He said his mum would kill him if he didn't make contact! His dad (my uncle) passed away a few years ago now, and his mum is pretty young still, so I was fully intending to visit next Jan. Now I'll have a fresher face to a name. Anyway, he just calls and says his name...and I knew straight away who he was and that he must be in Melbourne! I love surprises
Oscar has had some dimetapp (hate giving meds, but he'll sleep better without congestion and runny snot, as well as the drowsy effect of the meds), and he's asleep, so I'll put him in the portacot, fold some washing, and sit down to a video. It's too late to be trying to write this assignment, so I'll kick back and go to bed straight after. DP is out at the burn off nearby (Melb girls might have seen the smoke in the hills lately with the DSE burns, we've been asked to go in of an evening to black out...yep, nice, get the UNPAID people to do the dirty work after the PAID people walk around lighting them, having all the fun!). He'll be home at around midnight, maybe. At least he's mainly driving and operating pumps. Right, kid down, laundry away, video to be watched...
ETA: Jess, definitely schedule the day for shopping at Chaddy...and don't be too shy to ask for a centre map!