Back to work today after my four day weekend, and slowly coming to the realisation that spending time with Luca is rather preferable to working. He was making us laugh yesterday, Caroles very careful when it comes to the words she teaches him. If he's passing wind then she's taught him to call it "trumping". My vernacular is slightly different though, and not spending as much time with him I'm a little less careful. Indeed yesterday, as Luca and I both "passed wind" within seconds of each other I told him that "Daddy and Luca are farting". This one phrase erased two years of hard work by Carole as the one mention of the word "farting" engraved the word into his brain and he proceeded to use it endlessly. His poor mum stood face to face with him shouting "No Luca, it's trumping" only to have "farting!" yelled back at her time after time...
He's a clever boy.
He's also got a new favourite song. "The Lion Sleeps Tonight". I was forced to sing it around 15 times in succession yesterday. The "bee um bum baway" bit cracks him up every time.
Carole cooked a proper Sunday dinner for us last night. Salmon and Holandaise sauce with roast potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc. It was great, I think we don't eat enough roasts! We will actually have another roast next Sunday though - for free. We've still got a Christmas gift sitting about which is a free lunch at a local hotel (a relly nice place), so the freebie lunch will go down rather well after our Saturday night on the beer.
As long as mum is willing to look after Luca for a couple of hours longer than intended?
I also have to mention the film "Watchmen" is out this weekend too, so we'll need a babysitter again at some point in the next week - I do like to impose.
Finally, my opinion on Dad's potential retirement - it's too soon, you'd get bored. A 3 day week sounds the most appropriate compromise, as it'll allow you more time for golf/squash/televisual grey matter burning but keep a semblance of routine in your lifestyle. Kelly can probably advise more concisely, but I understand the loss of routine is what hit's hardest upon retirement.
**Useless fact of the day - In the early 21st century, 25% of one's adulthood can be spent in retirement. Because the average life expectancy in 2002 is 76 years, those retiring at age 65, on average, can expect to spend 18 to 20 years in the role of retiree**
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