Sigh. We are having a hard time getting out of Singapore for a mini vacation.
On Thursday, we were supposed to go to Bintan with Jose and his family. Bintan is a beach resort and would have been a lot of fun. The men were going to golf, we were bringing the maids so they could watch the kids in the evening and just generally relax (not that I'm stressed right now). Well, Jose's kids unfortunately got sick. Actually quite sick, but they are doing better now, thank goodness.
We decided not to go to Bintan by ourselves, as it would be more fun with a group.
So then we started thinking, let's drive to Malaysia and go from Monday to Friday. We could stay overnight in Malacca/Melaka (same place - different spelling) and then go to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of nights. We haven't done a road trip in forever, and it would be something different.
We were sitting down to book the hotels tonight, after a stressful day for Joe of running around, and we hear Oliver coughing. Oliver's been coughing at night for a while, but it's now sounding worse. And his nose has started running a bit again. And my throat is at the verge of scratchy - you know, that feeling you have before you get sick? So we decided to not book anything and wait until tomorrow to make a final decision.
The thing is, this is probably the last week to do this. The next week, Joe's parents are here. The week after is Oliver's school picture (yes, we did order 3 sets, so the grandparents will get a set also - Merry Christmas Mom & Dad! I guess it will still be a surprize for Joe's parents as I know they don't read the blog - so Paulina - no telling!). The week after may be free, and then it's Martin's doctor appointment, and then I'm pretty much back to work.
Travel used to be a lot easier than this.
On Thursday, we were supposed to go to Bintan with Jose and his family. Bintan is a beach resort and would have been a lot of fun. The men were going to golf, we were bringing the maids so they could watch the kids in the evening and just generally relax (not that I'm stressed right now). Well, Jose's kids unfortunately got sick. Actually quite sick, but they are doing better now, thank goodness.
We decided not to go to Bintan by ourselves, as it would be more fun with a group.
So then we started thinking, let's drive to Malaysia and go from Monday to Friday. We could stay overnight in Malacca/Melaka (same place - different spelling) and then go to Kuala Lumpur for a couple of nights. We haven't done a road trip in forever, and it would be something different.
We were sitting down to book the hotels tonight, after a stressful day for Joe of running around, and we hear Oliver coughing. Oliver's been coughing at night for a while, but it's now sounding worse. And his nose has started running a bit again. And my throat is at the verge of scratchy - you know, that feeling you have before you get sick? So we decided to not book anything and wait until tomorrow to make a final decision.
The thing is, this is probably the last week to do this. The next week, Joe's parents are here. The week after is Oliver's school picture (yes, we did order 3 sets, so the grandparents will get a set also - Merry Christmas Mom & Dad! I guess it will still be a surprize for Joe's parents as I know they don't read the blog - so Paulina - no telling!). The week after may be free, and then it's Martin's doctor appointment, and then I'm pretty much back to work.
Travel used to be a lot easier than this.
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