It has been a very tiring week for me, having to do pick-up duties everyday. Thankfully, the hubs did not have to work late on Wednesday so I could finally cook a proper home meal that 1 day of the week. And he brought the girl for her art lesson so there was some respite for me.

And while I brought the girl and treated the eldest SIL to a circus show at the MBS theater yesterday, the hubs stayed home to wait for the delivery of the girl's bed. Besides, he was not at all interested in catching the show. We met up after the circus for dinner though, with Bev as well at the club's restaurant. The eldest brother, who is away on a solo trip to London, commented that the girl has such a good life. Having been exposed to 'fine dining' at such a young age. 

Once we reached home, the girl was so excited about her new proper bed and we immediately put on the covers for both mattresses for her use. 

After church today, I finally took out the deco stickers I had bought few years back from Melaka to decorate her room. I do not know how long they will last because we had to press some back on the wall when parts of the sticker peeled off. Lol.

What I had wanted the hubs to do ended up with me taking over the project. *rollseyes* Anyhow, I am happy with the result. I think it's just lovely!

The weather on Saturday was so hot that I could feel a headache coming. I tried to pack in as much work as I can while the girl was away at abacus. The hubs was away for a work event, introducing a new guild house location to the club members. 

As the girl's bed is to be delivered next Saturday, I want to make sure the side that the bed would be at is clean. And there were some more re-arrangements of her toys to be done. How can 1 little girl has so much things?? One of the rare times I had to down glasses of water with ice because I was feeling so hot and bothered by the weather. Thankfully, it rained in the afternoon. 

I was going to stay at home till dinner time but thankfully, a buyer contacted me on a pair of shoes I uploaded the night before. To think that I had wanted to throw it into a bag for the monthly donation drive that comes to my estate. I had only worn it once and I think I must have bought a size smaller thus it was uncomfortable. So happy that it was even liked by a few people and then snapped up so fast!

After handing over the shoe to the buyer, the girl and I went to Tiong Bahru Plaza. I had promised her a toy for a playhouse set she received on her birthday. I had also redeemed $20 worth of vouchers from the HPB app so I was willing to buy it for her. And such luck we had! There was a promotion going on for 2 boxes at $29.90 so I only need to fork out an extra $10, which came from the sale of the shoe. Lol. I have allowed the girl to open 1 box for now. 

And then we went to the hubs' work place for dinner as he was giving the eldest brother a birthday treat. The hubs had also purchased a dolce gusto coffee 'machine' some weeks earlier so my brother was overwhelmed by our or ahem, the hubs' generosity. 

On Sunday evening, the 3 of us took the bus to the PILs and this time was for the MIL's 71st birthday. It's a small do this time, just the family, compared to last year's joint celebration with another aunt. We had dinner at the coffeeshop near their block and then went back up for the cake. The FIL was tasked to buy the cake after the meal. The 2 SIL's are expecting, with 1 delivering in July and the other December. So it's going to be a busy year for this side of the family.

We are responding to the girl's request to sleep in her own room very slowly but surely. I have also given her some responsibility before she gets to sleep in her own room. Ever since the day she requested, she had been very eager to sleep on her own and it was only that 1 Saturday that we allowed her to do so. My reason is, if she stirs during the weekdays, at least the hubs who is sleeping on the bed beside the girl is able to reach over. We were willing to let her sleep on her own on Fridays and Saturdays but alas, it happened only on 1 Saturday. Lol. I do not want to be the one who has to walk over to her room every time she has a bad dream, especially if it's a working day, which would be the case although it seldom happens.

Besides, we only had the weekends to do anything much really. I first got the girl to move her toys out of the playhouse, had the husband dismantle it and move it to the other room, assemble it back and then got the girl to arrange her toys back in the playhouse. I then push the museum worthy tv that has been with us almost 10 years out. The hubs is an all time procrastinator in all sense of the word. Despite not using the tv almost ever since we moved in, the tv was abandoned in the room.

On the same day, I made the hubs bring it downstairs but not without my help of course. We had to push it out of the house, into the lift and near the refuse area. The tv was gone in about 3 hours while we went to the mall for dinner. Amazing much? It took a shorter time for our old fridge to be picked up though.

The girl was tasked to bring down all her books next and while I was home with her last week, I I pushed the bookcase to the other wall and arranged all her books. She was too ill to be in the mood to help.

And since there was no abacus class last Saturday, we finally went to a friend's shop to buy a pull-out bed for her. And then dropped by the PIL's home.

The bed will be delivered next Saturday and a whole new sleep arrangement will start for real. 

Early Wednesday morning, the girl started tossing and turning in her sleep. The same thing happened a couple of weeks back too and she was also whining, which was uncommon. The hubs patted her but she continued with the tossing, turning and whining when he stopped. About 1/2 hour later, she threw up. Thankfully, they were just 2 small patch on a side pillow which blocks her from rolling onto the floor and a small one on her mattress. The hubs quickly brought her to the toilet where she threw up some more.

The same thing that happened a few weeks back, also in the middle of the sleeping hour, I went to see what happened. A mother's instinct. She was running a fever and I quickly gave her a shot of panadol and when morning broke, she was fine already. Phew.

Anyhow, this time round, she threw up again an hour later. Thankfully, she was able to reach the bucket in time. When morning broke, I was so tired. Having to change the pillow case, mattress cover, getting the small puke bucket for her for standby and so on. Generally I was just tired too. The hubs had to call out to me a few times before I responded because I was that tired.

When the girl got up in the morning, she seemed for the better and could even declare to me that she was feeling better already. But after I gave her some fishballs and bunapi mushroom, she threw up not long after and that was when I had to make a Dr's appointment. Good thing she took a nap and woke up just in time when it was time for us to turn up at the clinic and even then, we had to wait for such a lonnnnnggg time! 

She threw up 1 last time at home after the Dr visit and napped again. I messaged the hubs to standby on Thursday just in case she doesn't get any better. It's rare that she naps twice in day! It has never happened, to be honest. Of course not including her infant years.

And yesterday, the girl felt a bit warm and after washing her up, hoping that we can send her to school, she came to our room and said that she was very tired. I had her sleep on our bed and left for work. The hubs and I thought that the girl just needed a little more sleep. Eventually the hubs stayed home with her. She even had a nap in the late afternoon.

Anyhow, I am glad to report that she is back to school today. She told the hubs that she was bored yesterday while she was lying on her mattress watching him wash the master bathroom. Lol. While the girl was napping on Wednesday, I made myself useful and rearranged her room. The girl has declared after her birthday that she would like to sleep on her own and so we have been busy with this little project. Which is nothing really, just shifting her bookshelf and then we will buy a pull-out bed for her room. The playhouse has been dismantled by the hubs, shifted to the spare room and then assembled again. So watch this space for the room in progress! :)