Torture comes to an end...

For eight years we have lived with a torturous air conditioning system.
It has always blown like a wind tunnel (think of a huge hair dryer aimed
right at you). Logan, Delenn and Daddy were often woken up by the air
conditioner as it switched on at night (but we couldn't leave it to run
continuously because it blew SO hard. We covered each vent with
material to try to stem the flow of air, but it was always horrendously
noisy (and was still blowing strong despite our best efforts). On
Monday morning the maintenance man was around to service the air
conditioner. As always, Mommy mentioned how powerfully it blows (in
answer to his questions about the unsightly material hanging from our
ceiling vents. He was up in the attic for quite some time and then came
down and said the vents had never been properly set (and were wide open
in "cleaning" mode). He adjusted every vent (with Mommy confirming that
the air flow was good) -- and suddenly the wind has died down AND it is
SO SO SO SO much quieter in here! It is a miracle!

For the past month, Mommy has been setting up a preschool activity on
Monday mornings (more about that below). When Logan woke up on Monday
morning, he excitedly asked Mommy "What are we doing today?!" Mommy
felt like she had let him down when she had to admit that she hadn't set
anything up. (Luckily the maintenance man provide the morning's
entertainment as Logan escorted him around with his pretend power
drill.) We did an activity in the afternoon, but the next morning, Logan
again asked excitedly, "Did you set something up today?" Mommy hadn't
(it had been a busy week in the evenings for Mommy), but she talked
about it with Logan and he said he'd like to do some activities about
castles and knights next.

Yesterday we went to the science museum (across the street from us).
Delenn was quite scared of the giant skeleton of the bird, but once she
got past that she enjoyed looking at the (preserved) animals. Logan
particularly likes the spiders. He's always careful to point out
spider's webs and was quite concerned when we found a HUGE red back
spider in our garden.

Today (Thursday), Logan did not go to three-year-old kindy (he has
stopped going). Instead we went on a long walk (with the kids in the
pram), culminating in a hike (for everyone) up a steep hill for some
gorgeous views. (We went up boy scout hall hill for those of you who
know the area.) What a terrific morning! The flies were pretty bad,
but other than that we all had a good time! After a brief respite at
home, we then headed out to Squiggles (playhouse/cafe). Logan had a
terrific time with his friend, Alex, who also goes to Nana Kath's with
him on Tuesday. Mom had a really nice chat with her friend, Kim -- when
not escorting Delenn through the climbing equipment!

An interesting tidbit about central Australia. Today they started
selling "opal unleaded" fuel (no other alternatives for unleaded) to try
to help curb the petrol sniffing problem in Alice and in remote
communities around town. I had to buy petrol today and it seems like
the car is running just fine with the switch.