PMSL Arte! I did the same thing about next week - I have to take Mum to an appt with her surgeon and I had it in my mind that I had to take A because DH was working, but when I actually bothered to look at the calendar I realised that he wasn't working at all.

JM, how long were you and DH planning on staying over there? I don't think you ever said? My SIL's DH used to go there a lot for work - he is a Drill rig sparky and does contract work in the mines but he hasn't been there for nearly 2 years now because he said the money was great but not nearly enough for all the worry you had to have.

So being Friday, I took A to preschool and then went down to my fave coffee shop for cake and coffee while I read the papers. Now I'm at the local library to try to get some study done while I wait for him to finish at 1pm.