No pain no gain

Woke up to Gianni in wetting his bed. Rafael refused to go to his bed last night so we had already begun with one . Then Gabriella migrated in the night . Then lastly Gianni showered (thankfully as wee stinks) and climbed in as well come 6am . I woke up pretty grumpy and laughed at my lack of discipline going to sleep so late (11pm ) last night . At least I don't have a heavy addiction I consoled myself...only laziness and Netflix. Getting the kids up and to school required more faith and will then  I could muster for a moment but after tea then coffee I felt more able but then 2 of 4 were SICK AGAIN! To top it off the neighbour emailed John giving us an ultimatim about our nuisance rabbit that kept escaping . I had already decided it was a lost cause and put it up for adoption on gumtree etc I was not feeling sentimental at all . THEN I go to get stitches snipped out of my head ...lovely was looking forward to that one...NOT :-  know your cancerous moles.  At least they did not charge me anymore for the removed stitched - that was a pleasant surprise! Just as I was entering the surgery to meet with my newfriend friend, mr cancer specialist, I receive a very irate text in capitals and with colourful language...GREAT! What a drama...it certainly paled after all the other petty dramas that has been happening.
I'm going to visualise on Yanchep now and gain some perspective. We will camp there in August  :

First a beer at the hotel :)


Then marvel at wombats


Then watch a true blue fight


Then freak out underground...only kidding




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