milestone.

it was R's birthday yesterday. he's hit the big 3-0. sadly, we didn't have time to celebrate as we were both exhausted. it was jigglyboo's first day at her nursery and she wailed her little heart out on the way to and back from the nursery. but apart from the traveling, i think she's adapting well with the new environment. at least, that's what R told me since he's in charge of sending her and picking her up. i hope we get an opening at the creche downstairs (run by the same people) soon. i think the distance is shorter - but we just gotta make do with what we have now.

i was actually planning to bake a cake or some kind of dessert last night after making dinner but then the electricity went out throughout the whole two blocks of our apartment. so we haven't even celebrated R's birthday with a cake yet. sigh. anyway, we left all the dirty dishes out and we all went to sleep early. the electricity came back on around midnight, thankfully.

jigglyboo woke up around 4am for milk and i couldn't go back to sleep so i went around the apartment, doing laundry and washing dishes. also prepped the stuff for the chicken sandwiches that R and i are going to bring to work later.

this got me thinking, i'm not really a super-cook but i like preparing simple, relatively healthy meals. maybe i should start a home-based, take-away lunch business. i like my job but i feel like we should be channelling our energy into something i'm passionate about, no? oh well, i guess it's something to think about.

we used up our furniture voucher over the weekend and got ourselves a new bed and mattress. if we do move to the new house, at least we'll have enough beds for each room haha.

the parents and my sister A are on a two-week trip to europe. ah, so nice. i guess i've gotten used to seeing them all the time that i kind of miss them.

can't wait for the weekend; planning on trying some new recipes. ina garten's tomato sauce from scratch is soundng really good. mmm.