New friendships, old friendships....

A lot of effort has gone into the building and rebuilding of friendships in our house this week. So, I guess I don't have much to poop about today.

Hmmm... maybe about how hard it is to have three nearly 12 year old giggling girls over for a sleepover in the middle of the week when hubby has to go to work the next morning. Guess who cops it all? ME. I get to prepare the beds and clear up the next morning, I get to prepare three healthy meals, because I don't want these girls to tell their parents they got junk food at our house :-) Oh and all these different cultures thrown together - one girl is South African, the other one Greek (born in Australia, Greek parents), one true blue, second generation, Australian (with Russian grandparents) and one half Dutch, half Chinese . That's Australia for you mate - the true rainbow nation. Anyway, I get to do the extra dishes, but worst of all...... I have to listen to hubby's complaints when the girls don't quiet down before 1 am... and oh my, the next morning...... grumpy, grumpy, grumpy. AND after work the next day grumpier, grumpier, grumpier. Well, the mood can only get better from today onwards..... I hope... it won't take him more than one good night's sleep to recover, would it? Is it only in this country that sleepovers are so popular, or does it happen all over the world??? I HATE sleepovers, no, that is incorrect... I HATE sleepovers at my house.

Because of the lack of technology in the 14 year old's life, it was back to the good old phone (we wanted to take that away as well, but were unable to find carrier pigeons on short notice). Isn't that just great? I reckon we might have this break away from technology as a regular occurrence in our house. Suddenly 'we' had to fall back on good old communication skills, because LOL, LMAO, BIFFL and LYLAB just don't do it on the phone. She has some friends with very conservative parents - funny religious affiliation. These friends are not allowed to have mobile phones, boyfriends, MSNs, Facebooks and Myspaces before the age of 16. Well, sorry darling, but I am starting to see the value of that. So madam has used the phone to organize a rollerblading session for today. She is so proud of herself for arranging a social activity with JUST A PHONE....

Because of all the ups and downs in my life, thanks to the girls, I didn't get much time for my friends this week - which are all relatively new by the way, because we've only been in this country for 5 years......that's another story. But, I'm proud to say that I have picked up some very old friendships (27 years... phew!!!) and I am sooo glad to have some people back in my life ;-)