I have succumbed!

I have succumbed!
Okay, for all my friends who have observed my yo-yoing dietary habits, this is a novel attempt to distract my mind from food. Blog, don't keep thinking of the chestnut souffle at Au Petit Salut. Also, I have succumbed to the blogging frenzy as an alternative to mega-spending at Blum. Hey, I don't exercise, so I have to find another way of generating endorphins. My significant other has not seen the credit card bill for October yet...Anyway, one has to do something or i'll look like the ob mouse soon (mouse on right). I swear there is something wrong with my leptin gene - lousy sense of satiety. No wonder Ben, "son of my right hand", used to drink milk until he vomited as a baby. Last night, he had a ginormous tub of mashed potato from KFC all to himself for supper. Ewww. Then this morning he wants waffles for breakfast at 6 am, and I actually make them!!! Talk about overcompensating for all the guilt complexes I have for being a working mom.

Speaking of guilt complexes, I again overcompensated by organizing a kiddy bowling party for Ben's 7th birthday. After I sent out the invites, I realized that it was an entirely rash thing to do - imagine trying to rein in about 20 seven-year-old hyperactive BOYS armed with bowling balls...So I've had a bunch of mothers telling me about balls that fly backwards and strike other kids on their heads, balls that fall on and split fingers and toes...one mother asked me if there was going to be medical standby! So I created a list of rules that will be read out to the kids at 10 am on Deepavali: Stay 10 m away from anybody about to bowl. Nobody is allowed to fool around with the bowling balls before your turn to bowl or I will personally confiscate all balls, bowling and otherwise. I swear the kids will be so high because it is after their exams. Think of all that pent up energy bouncing off the bowling lanes.

Then the day after bowling will be us flying off to Sydney - yay - a welcome break from my pager. Main mission: find a pudding bowl to make Shermay's toffee and date pudding. Secondary mission: attend conference and catch up with former colleagues from New York. Wanted to book dinner at Tetsuya, but significant other insisted on bringing kids AND in-laws (double ARRGGH) so that's not on the cards now. I swear I must be the only doctor who brings an extended family on conference. Still, looking forward to Aussie-type relaxed lifestyle for the next 2 weeks. Good ol' Ben, who was threated with forgoing his holiday if he didn't get through his P1 exam looks safe to go. He actually got 95% for Chinese, which is amazing for someone who didn't speak Chinese when we came back from US 1 1/2 years ago. Steffi is really looking forward to the trip and can't understand why she has got to go to school until Wednesday. She gets to visit the home of Rainbow Koala Climb Tree again!