Sun's out up here!! Not sure for how long, though...hope it doesn't bucket down too much in town for Ali - would be nice to take in the gardens and surrounds.
Mel - yeah, my sister went a few times after the fire, they were her Goo days when she liked to depress herself with Nine Inch Nails etc! I am SO heartened to hear you were there pre-those days...I can breathe easy again!
Bugger about Knox - I got there probably about 12, if not a little before and was there till after 2pm (for an hour's worth of tasks, tops!). Actually, yeah, Lulu isn't that far from you now that I think on it - didn't even occur to me! I was dropping off a bag of things and took the scenic route to Knox from my place - my mind is good when it's focussed on one thing, and my bigger picture has eroded somewhat the closer I get to the birth...groan. Oscar would have jumped in your pool, anyway Hell, I might have!
Belly cast went well! DP took great pride in his work (he did the other week, but materials were failing us!) and treated the cast lovingly afterwards, was very nice to see He's got ideas on how to finish the cast part before we polish it up and decorate it somehow. I like the idea of painting it, then cutting out some shapes in it before varnishing and hanging as a wall light that we can leave on at night. No idea what I'll paint on it - tempted to get it painted by an artist I saw at the Kallista market on Sat who does beautiful oils of things like fairies and fairy toadstools, dragons, rabbits and other fantasy-based things. Really beautiful work. Or I might work on my own dragon that remains unfinished (when BiL returns my easel) and wait till I produce something worthy of hanging (even in the loo!!) before taking to the cast myself. I've got time once it's all set and prepped.
I've been experiencing something opposite from anecdote with Oscar - he has been very close to me and quite intuitive the closer we get to the birth. Just about everyone I know had their older kids go a bit distant from them leading up to the birth of the next child. Not sure what to put it down to, or what combination of things, but I'm so loved up with this kid and I'm getting random "I love you", arms around my neck, when he holds my hand whilst walking he'll stroke it with the other hand (I've do this to him, too, though) and it's just been really lovely. All I can hope is that it stays that way after the baby gets here!
OK, better get going and to the library with my overdue books (wonder if they'll let me off the fine if I say my due date is today???).
Who's doing kinder next year? I'm not keen to send Osc to 3yo kinds unless it's within the creche program in semester 2.
Have a great day, Bath and Ali!