The incedibly mundane and rare ramblings of Benji

How do people even buy houses without having nervous breakdowns ?

Now I'm starting to get anxious. Meeting the bank this afternoon. Get to see if they will give us money or not. It feels kind of like a job interview. Not a fan of those. Need to keep the rambling under control Benjamin. Three hours to go. Hopefully I run out of energy to continue to be anxious. We will see. Anxiety is annoying. At least there is a reason today. I was fairly chilled last night. Now my brain has gone crazy. Need to stay busy. Back to work in a minute. Later bloglings

Currently swinging between stress over everything, and calm in the knowledge that you can't change things outside of your control. Have to try to let the calm win out. The littlest monkey is learning to swim, so that is exciting. Does anyone read these things? Leave a comment or something. Feedback welcome.

I'm so glad that wifekins and I are generally on the same wavelength, but don't have identical views. I love that we have similar but different interests,and have learnt to enjoy the things that the other is into. I can't imagine how boring it would be to be married to a clone, or someone without opinions or interests. So,if people tell you you're incompatible because you don't like all the same things, tell them to shove it, sometimes learning about the things that makes your spouse tick helps you learn how they tick. This post is bought to you by our shared love of Tetris (because sometimes it's nice to like the same things too).

I'm so glad that wifekins and I are generally on the same wavelength, but don't have identical views. I love that we have similar but different interests,and have learnt to enjoy the things that the other is into. I can't imagine how boring it would be to be married to a clone, or someone without opinions or interests. So,if people tell you you're incompatible because you don't like all the same things, tell them to shove it, sometimes learning about the things that makes your spouse tick helps you learn how they tick. This post is bought to you by our shared love of Tetris (because sometimes it's nice to like the same things too).

You know what is a pain? Trying to buy a house. Every time we find something, it is already under offer. It feels like there is a bunch of people out there falling over themselves to rip you off. There is no real step by step guide of how to do it, it what to expect. Everything on the internet is trying to ensnare you into some modern house and land package with a tiny block and a giant house. I don't like this universe where a half metre strip between your house and the fence counts as a yard, unless you have fantastic public spaces for people to use. Or maybe I'm just annoyed today. Oh well, we'll keep trying.

Last night boo, who is 5, and I went to see Seussical the musical at the cube, put on by livid productions. She loved it, was entranced and excited the whole time and clapping enthusiastically at every song. But to get there was quite the trial. How much time does one need to set aside to get pizza at a nearby restaurant? Apparently and hour is not enough. Dinner ended with us powerwalking to the venue while eating pizza out of takeaway containers. After telling them we were in a hurry they still managed to seat and feed people who arrived after us. It was crazy. So after eating a couple of slices, we threw the remaining pizza in the car and got into the venue in time for the show. Upside, I got pizza for lunch today. Doubtful we will be frequenting Hollywood's again, they are just too slow when you're feeding kids. Seussical the musical was fantastic. My highlights were Boo's eyes lighting up when the cat in the hat came on stage, and an excited "i've read this ...

Taking Boo to the theatre for the first time tonight. Seussical the musical. Wish me luck. She wants to take popcorn, you cannot do that with live theatre can you? And how many stuffed toys can you take with you? I think one is ample. Parenting is weirder than you can possibly imagine sometimes. Hopefully one day wifekins will write her book about it.