a fifo wife {a fifo life: a few things}

I woke this morning needing an extra blanket on my bed and as I headed out the door at 530am for my walk with the puppies I contemplated getting a cardigan. The weather has started to cool summer is on its way out and my favourite season autumn is on its way in. It’s been a funny summer weather wise for us we had just the one week of real rain that caused those horrible floods south of us and I can count the number of thunder storms we had. The furious heat of the day was not broken unlike previous summers by the set your watch by afternoon thunder storms. This year I can count the number of thunder storms it was just three. It was a summer unlike no other I have experienced before.

Yet here we are seasons are a changing, it’s Monday a brand new start to the week and here are the few things running through my head.

1. Husband is home tomorrow. Excited much. Yes as always. I stand by the fact if these butterflies for pick up ever disappear is the time sadly this FIFO gig is over.
2. Charlie Sheen has made a plea for the rouge ex police officer gun man that is on the loose in the united states to call him. Charlie Sheen. Really? If the world has resorted to Charlie Sheen to bring calm and stability we are in seriously in deep crap.
3. I recently read about a woman who met her boyfriend in an online chat room then 24 hours later allowed him to tattoo his name across her face. They are now getting married thank goodness for her (my opinion not hers I’m sure she ‘knew’ they were destined hence why she tattooed his name because of course they will also remain married until death do us part). However seems her boyfriend now fiance has a penchant for tattooing women’s faces.  Seems he tattooed a galaxy of stars across an 18 year olds face after she fell asleep in his tattoo parlour. Which forgive how does one sleep through a galaxy of stars being tattooed across your face? Read more about that here
4.  An asteroid is hurtling towards earth although is expected to skim past us around Thursday night. If it did hit (there is no chance apparently its 17000 km’s from us) could possible destroy a city the size of London if not the earth. Seems to be legit, it can be seen and proven yet I haven’t heard of any one making dooms day plans or resorting to a bunker. Perhaps because the warning has been issued by science as opposed to a book that was written 1300 years ago or wasn’t endorsed by a by a race of people that mysteriously disappeared hundreds of years ago. Read more about that asteroid here.
5. So if this was my last week on earth I would still clean my office to an inch of its life and would make more of an effort on Thursday to wear matching underwear. I would hate for them to walk through my house and say to each other she was a messy thing wasn’t she and to find me wiped out only to say she couldn’t even match her tops to her bottoms? There is a lot to be said about how matching underwear make one feel. I want to go out feeling like I have my crap together and matching my underwear can do that for you…truly it can..
6. I love how even though he is seven and a big boy now (his words not mine he will never ever be a big boy he will always be my baby) and almost as big as me will still come and sit on my lap each morning for a cuddle.
7. I cleaned my laundry over the weekend. I vacuumed my dryer and scrubbed my washing machine with a tooth brush whilst cleaning it with car polish (car polish is perfect for cleaning white goods- not stainless steel) The last time I got this enthusiastic about cleaning I was pregnant however given I’m ‘fixed’ I’m putting this ‘episode’ down to an endorphin surge of thank goodness for school and all the time it’s given me.
8. Its valentine’s week. Does any celebrate it? Once upon a time when I was a teenager I had a love /hate relationship with the day. Now I will use any excuse whether it’s over commercialised or not to have a date night with the handsome fifo husband.
9. If you have a little girl and want to make some cute hair do’s head here . Just let me know how you manage to get your toddler to stay still for that long because I’m still trying to get the dirt out of my boys hair after a mud-slinging match they had at the dam a week ago.
10. I put my knickers on inside out yesterday (don’t tell me you have never done it) so obviously it is a sign I must buy a lotto ticket. I heard somewhere that wearing your clothes inside out by mistake is lucky but then I don’t believe in luck but when you’re facing another week of rice because you just received another insurance premium for the year and its increased by $1700.00 making it $2700 and its amongst the cheapest you can find I will try anything. Kimchi rice anyone?

So that is what’s running through my head. Yes I know I have too much free time on my hands never thought I would say that but I just did. Ah hard work really does pay off.

Is anyone else experiencing the change from summer to autumn? I’m so looking forward to slow cookers and roast dinners. Are you going to celebrate Valentines Day or will you be to busy getting your office and finding matching underwear for Thursday night?

Have a great day lovelies,

Deb