Saturday, 5:50-6:30 am
-woke up to the sound of my phone alarm. groggily got out of bed despite Q's attempt to keep me in bed.
-took a shower, had a light breakfast, scoured the closet for a decent top to go with my jeans. Hear Q snoring in the bed.
- gets knock on door. chocobos are already up. ask if they can go to the morning market today
- shoos away chocobos and tells them to eat breakfast first
- Sora wakes up...and wakes everyone up with her crying
-takes care of Sora's needs before waking Q up
- grumpy Elliot complaining about having to wake up on a Saturday while Touga continues to snore peacefully. So used to being in his father's workplace.
- wake up Q, gave him a good smooching then handed over the baby
-left for work before he realizes I just left him to guard three chocobos, two boys, one girl, one baby, and a teenager
-texts Q: "Have a good day love!"
Saturday. 7:00-10:00 am
- gets to work and tries to chill out the whole day
- gets a text from Elliot: "Dad said to have a good day but he's still upset at your little escape that he told me to tell you instead.":)
- replies to Elliot: "Tell Dad I love him too.":P
- goes about with work
- gets a text from Queenie: "mom, can Touga and I snack on the cheese pretzels you've been saving for a rainy day? He said it reminds him of when his dad and he used to just sit on top of the gundam and watch the sunset"
- replies to Queenie: "what does that have to do with cheese sticks? :P Just don't forget to eat breakfast first okay? Love you"
- goes online to see Q on chat. annoys him. He doesn't reply
- types: Aww c'mon Q, you know just as bad as I do that I hate Weekend work. I just have to do it.:)
- he replies after a few minutes: "so what do you have planned for today". oooh evil scheme.:P
- we chat for the next ten minutes until he logs out, telling me that Sora wants to play in the garden with the chocobos
Saturday 10:00-12:00 nn
- eats lunch, goes about work
- calls home: finds out no one is home because everyone went to the weekend morning market. I was informed by the househelp that Q brought the red wagon so Sora could sit in it with the chocobos.
-household help also informs me that Rudy was still in bed.
- miscalls Rudy on his celphone. He picks up and I inform him that it's a beautiful day outside and that he should spend some time with his half-brother and sisters. He says okay
- doubting Rudy's answer, called him again. Groggy answer still. I tell him that I insist that he goes and joins his siblings at the pier for morning market day.
- calls Q after a few minutes: He tells me that Rudy just arrived and was already charming the matrons and some of the ladies in the pier. Q tells me that Queenie has now made a permanent latch onto his arm to ward off other girls. Touga and Elliot are snickering. Sora was asleep in the wagon.
- chocobos call, ask me if I want blue melon slushie or mango crepe. I chose both and they said, "you can't possibly finish all that in one sitting?" wanna bet?:P
-reminds Q to feed them lunch. He says Rashid already made reservations at the local hotel.
Saturday 12:00-3:00 pm
-finishing up with work, leaving in a while
-calls up home: Q informs me that Elliot and Touga have gone against Rudy and Queenie and the chocobos in a round of water bomb fight in the garden. They're competing on neutral territory and the biggest loser is whoever hits "dad's" prized garden statues.
- asks Q why he isn't joining them. He tells me that he just went up to put Sora to her nap, but I rang and now Sora heard my voice and won't lie down to drink her bottle.
- talk to Sora for a while, listened to her baby talk and gurgling about what she and ate and kuyas did in the town
- can here screaming in the background. Q told me that Touga just landed a big one on Queenie, and she doesn't look happy.
- I tell them to wait for me since time out wasn't so far away
Saturday 3:00-5:00pm
- went home, only to find out that the queenie-rudy tandem won while the two sulking boys were punished by giving their candy share to the chocobos (who strangely won too due to quick-drying powers). I went up to find all four children asleep.
- went into room to find Q reading a book with Sora sleeping beside him. Smiled and gave him a kiss
- checked on the chocobos. They left a muddy trail that sent the household help in a frenzy. The tracks led to their room where they were asleep with smiles on their beaks
- checked the chocobos room and saw new pictures from their trip to town this morning. one picture showed how Rudy tried fitting Almond into a fish's mouth.
- cleared the chocobo's toys then made sure that they were warm
- went back to the bedroom to find Q still reading.
- dressed up and snuggled into bed
- got up after a while to check on dinner and snacktime
- went back up to hear babbling done by Sora
- carried Sora and played with her. By the time she was tired, saw Q asleep on the bed
- the four kids woke up. sora and I joined them for snacktime and they told me about their game
- never did find my blue melon slushie and mango crepe.:P
- kids ask if they can camp out in the garden tonight. I call Rashid and ask him to prepare the tents.
- the three kids set up tent, use time to talk to Rudy and ask about his dad. Tells me that he's fine, still ruling over the underworld like always. says he can't wait for me to finish college so he could run the 'family business':P
- Q comes down and has snacks. He plays with Sora for a while and I check on the tents and the logistics of camping night.
Saturday, 5:00-7:00pm
- talks to Q while entering the main bedroom that the kids are planing camping night
- hear a rumbling in the other room, and a flurry of yellow feathers and the words "camping!!!!"
- finds three chocobos pitching their own tent beside the two big ones
- call the kids to early dinner, Sora was fast asleep again
- Asked Touga how his dad was doing. He says Olba is fine and he misses staying over with us. He says the base is boring and there are no kids there.
- Kids got ready for camp night. Q stayed with them and told them stories
- prepared cocoa and marshmallows to be eaten on the porch
- chocobos tried fitting in their bed which made me wonder how they were able to bring it down in the first place, considering it's a human sized sofa-bed.-_-;
- dressed Sora in a frog suit and brought her outside
- chocobos caught fireflies at dusk
- Rudy just sat by the porch and told me that he would never have felt this family together-ness if he didn't decide to stay with me while he finishes college.
- I tell him that despite me and his dad not together anymore, doesn't mean I don't welcome him, besides, Elliot and Queenie practically adore him.
-gave cocoa and marshmallow desert, Hazel finished five.
- Elliot asks Rudy if he can show him that magic trick he did with the red glowing ball.
-Rudy gives me that look and shows him a power that people of his kind have on his planet
- Queenie tucks into her tent and reads a book
- Touga and Elliot ask all sorts of boy questions to Rudy which he tries to answer, with some help from uncle Q.
- chocobos finish firefly hunting and just lie in the grass
Saturday, 7:00-9:00 pm
- Q, Sora and I enter the house after saying good night to the kids and the chocobos
- noise assures Q that he won't get to sleep at all tonight. I laugh
- put Sora in her crib
- take a shower
- read a book
- play PSP (Q and I switched handhelds because he wants to finish KH 358/2 days and I want to play Loco Roco)
- snuggle in bed
- go online
-good day gone