The two week wait sucks

By nature, I'm not a very patient person but I didn't expect the two week wait to drive me this crazy!

To be honest, the first week was fine! It was also the last week of term and I was really busy with work. Saturday we had a lazy day at home, I stayed in my pjs all day but by that night I was starting to get a bit irrititable. I wanted to do something so I'd stop thinking about the beta, but I didn't want to start a new project or finish one. I had cabin fever at 8pm at night but didn't want to get out of my comfy pjs.

I don't have work to distract me because of the school holidays so I've decided that this week I'm going to stay busy and try to get out of the house most days. Yesterday it was my fathers birthday today and I'd baked him a cake so I spent most of the day up at my parents office. Last night I played around with the layouts and templates of my blogs. Something that's been on my to do list for a while now!

So far today I've spent a few hours on the phone trying to sort out a solution to dad needing a new phone. Dad drowned his iPhone 5 but doesn't want one of the new 5s or 5c. (Yes, he knows there's not much difference but he's adamant he wants "exactly the same!") No where is selling them, so what I've done is ordered mum the new iPhone 5s and dad will get her hand me down. I also bought him an otterbox case, which he should've had to begin! He's a mechanic and spends a lot of time on his boat fishing, I really thought he would've destroyed his phone at work or on the boat, but it slipped out of his pocket when he was checking the water level of the pool.

I also need to get my filthy car cleaned today. I have to drive up to Brisbane and pick up my nanna from the airport on Thursday and my car is disgusting. Salt spray, construction dust and exhaust fumes from sitting in the basement carpark. Not to mention all the wrappers inside! I think the car wash at my local shopping centre does cheap Tuesdays so I'm going to head down there and maybe watch a movie while I'm waiting.

Wednesday I'm going shopping and getting a facial. I might surprise my husband and take him out to lunch if he's not swamped at work. I need to get some photos printed too. It's been nearly five years and I still haven't given Nanna any of the professional shots from our wedding. In saying that, I've only seen Nanna twice since our wedding, she lives in South Australia and I'm in Queensland. I should've made a trip down there to see her last year, but I had a few expensive vet bills to pay from when my littlest had surgery and I just couldn't afford it.

Thursday is Nanna day! My cousin was going to pick her up from the airport, but the air con in his car isn't working and it's meant to get up to 37c (99f) out where mum and dad live.

Friday I'm going to be baking for the big family barbecue on Saturday. It's Nanna's 80th birthday on Saturday and she loves cheesecake. So I'm going to make her one, I'm also going to make mini pavlovas because there are some strange people in my family who don't like cheesecake. And probably some lemon butter with the left over egg yolks.

Saturday is barbecue day! I'm counting on lots of family craziness to keep me distracted. Sunday we might go up and spend the day with my family again or we might stay home. It just depends on how Nannas feeling. If she's too tired and overwhelmed we'll stay away and find something to do at home.

Maybe we can go out for lunch and catch a movie. Or tackle cleaning out the spare room. Something to keep nice and busy!