The bachelor

So Clare’s been away now for about two weeks, acting as Maid of Honour at her friend Chrissie’s wedding (last Saturday); meeting the newest edition to the O’Connor clan, young Will; hanging out with her family in Tregeagle and Byron; and now traipsing around the South Australian countryside with the wonderful Mariani family, sampling the best wine the region has to offer.

She’s back next Wednesday evening.

So what’s life been like without her around? Let’s do a quick reflection exercise:

• Pizza delivered for dinner. Three times.
• Post-work DVD delight in the fine works of Seagal, Willis and Stallone.
• Underwear everywhere.
• Toilet seat fixed in the upright position.
• No early-morning teaching-hour wakeups.
• No express shuttles late on a Saturday night from the grog-house to the dog-house.

Of course, not all is rosy, and our new place can be pretty empty without an extra body floating around. Looking forward to when she gets home…although I might have a bit of work ahead of me this weekend to get everything back in shape!!