Mark's got his new blog and I'm suddenly inspired to start my blog again. I have changed the title from ::this is my life:: to ::life of a total nutcase::. It's very appropriate new title as I'm slowly starting to not only believe that I'm going crazy but that also I am way beyond help.

 

A lot has changed since my last blog about our pet snails. Needless to say, that was shortlived. I don't think they were thriving in a little tank. 1 of them died and that made me panic, so I returned the other 2 back into the "wild" aka the garden at my apartment building.

 

As many of my friends know... Warren and I have split up. It was one of the hardest decisions for me to make but I guess it was bound to happen. I still do love him dearly, but now as a close friend, and hopefully one day we can be best friends. We never really got to that stage when we first met, got married 3 months after we met and then everything... and I mean EVERYTHING happened in the span of the 10 years we were married. It is hard, but that's life I suppose. I won't go into details over what drove me to that decision but it had to happen. It's just a shame because of how it will affect Faith and Daniel. I am very grateful and thank my lucky stars that Warren and I both love our kids dearly and that would never change.

 

So now Warren is working in Manila at the moment, and we are back living in my Dad's spare apartment (thank god for parents that love you unconditionally). We will be flying back to Perth for good very soon. Living arrangements will be the same as before but once the kids settle down, Warren and I will have to start planning on moving on from there. Not sure how all of that will pan out but we will do our best to make the kids happy first and get them to understand why everything is happening.

 

I did have a relationship after splitting up with Warren. He was someone that I knew since I was in high school. Again, that was shortlived, as I simply cannot juggle kids, moving countries, catching up with friends and family, finding a new employer for our maid and a relationship all at one go. Something had to give. I was going through way too much stress. I do hope he finds happiness though.

 

I haven't been able to sleep lately, and the only way to fall asleep is to lie on the couch and watch TV or play games on Facebook or chat with my fellow insomniac friends on MSN. I did have some left over sleeping pills from my surgery but they've run out *sobs*.

 

Daniel's got a fever right now, he's lying next to me, Faith is obsessively counting and stacking all the coins we have in our little container. We had plans on going to East Coast Park for a bike ride but it's raining and Daniel's got his fever. His fever was probably brought on by having his tooth pulled out by his grandfather yesterday. Poor kid. He did get 10 bucks from the tooth fairy though, lucky boy. I think I might have to pull one of my teeth out to see if I can get some spending money for my trip to Phuket with Irny.

 

Quite a few people have asked if I should really be going to Phuket, with all that political unrest... but rest assured, we're not flying into Bangkok, we're flying straight to Phuket. Should be fine. But I will be ringing the Thai Embassy the day before we fly, just in case.

 

Okay.... I guess that's everytihing for now. I have lots to say... so much on my mind, just need to sort of organize my thoughts. I have stopped working now and have lots of time to write in here!

 

Love,

Sharon