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Sleeping like a baby

Well, it's 4.18am on Sunday morning and I'm awake again. This time the rain woke me up and the thunder and lightning has kept me awake for more than an hour. I really am 'sleeping like a baby' at the moment - that is to say that I wake up at the slightest noise and then can't go back to sleep, I also take about 3 hours of 'naps' during the day. I'm also eating like a baby, little and often. I guess this is all good preparation for when the little one arrives.


Forgetfulness

I've noticed over the last few months that I've become increasingly forgetful. I forget words, whole sentences, people's birthdays, lunch dates. Apparently this is all pregnancy related and 'will only get worse' (a favourite catchphrase of experienced mums when I mention any pregnancy-related woes). Here's a shot of an elephant we took at Addo Elephant park when we were in South Africa a couple of weeks ago... now I bet they never forget things when they're pregnant!


Greed

Our landlord is trying to put the rent up by one third - yikes! So it looks like we'll have to move house within the next month, I'll start the grand house hunt (the third since we arrive in Singapore in September 2005) on Monday. I can't believe the greed here, it beggars belief.


Unleashing the tree-hugger in me

I got a bit irate yesterday with the workers who had been sent to cut down my favourite tree. This may sound odd, but greenery is a big thing over here where so much of the island is covered in concrete and tar. This particular tree can be seen from the back of our condo and is one that I walk past most days, it's gorgeous, really high with all sorts of colourful parasitic plants hosted on it. In fact, just this week I noticed some new fruit on it when I was walking past with Julia. Anyway, I heard the chainsaws revving up and when I realised that they were cutting it down I leaned over the balcony in an irate-pregnant-woman kind of way and shouted at them to stop - there was a brief pause in the chainsaw massacre- but needless to say, they continued, so there is now a not-very-attractive stump where a once gorgeous tree stood. But, that's unfortunately the nature of Singapore - away with the old to make room for the new!


I think I've waffled on enough now, I'm still not tired, maybe I'll go read one of those chapters on giving birth -that's normally enough to make me want to escape to the land of nod...

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