Written at KLIA having arrived two hours early.
Remember that opening to "Four Weddings and A Funeral?" Chateau Lawrence was a bit like that for ten minutes this morning. However, oddly, so far today, the message appears to be "if you want to be very early the forget to set the alarm."
Lexi announced at 6.50am "It's 6.50am." Nothing remarkable about that on Sunday morning, one might even ask. Why on earth are we waking at 6.50am on a Sunday morning? The only small snag was that I planned to wake up, courtesy of my phone alam at 5.30am. We had to meet Edwin's dance teacher in TTDI at 7.15am, a 15 minute drive away in preparation for his dance competition.
We sprung into action, dispensed with essential like showering and breakfast, threw things and people into the car and set off, arriving at 7.19am. Skin of teeth stuff. Edwin's teacher hadn't arrived, but we were ready and waiting.
Yesterday had been a nutty day getting ourselves ready for Lexi's Sunday rehearsal, my trip to Cambodia and Edwin's competition. Somehow we managed to squeeze in the following to Saturday ...
Supermarket shopping
Rupert going to a party
Losing a phone charger
Two hours of dance
Various loads of washing
A haircut
Watching a school play version of Jungle Book
Searching the house for the lost phone charger
Eating
Breathing
Two hours of buying stuff for a school play
Buying a replacement phone charger
Packing stuff
Two loads of washing
And going to bed too late.
Is it any wonder no-one woke up this morning?
One calming thought was provided to me by a small blue sticker in ,y taxi to to the airport. Stuck onto an ingenious, ergonomically designed ceiling tissue box holder contraption was a small blue sticker that read "Choose Happiness." Simple message and one that made me smile despite the frantic start to today.
Right so here goes. Start hunting for 50 students to take to Cambodia.