I wrote a really long post that failed to upload so here we go again.
I apologize for not posting pictures but our trip to Bacolod was brutal.
We left here Friday at 1PM. We went straight to the SM Mall and Mrs Oz did groceries and I went to ACE Hardware to buy some specialty items. By the time we got out it was 6:30PM. We then stopped for dinner to make up for our anniversary at my favorite seafood place. Grilled Blue Marlin, sauteed squid, garlic rice and a couple of cold beers later we got to the in-laws at 8PM.
We then found out about Toni's assignment due Wednesday. As we were pulling the kids out of school Monday and Tuesday to hang out at the beach, we just had that night with internet. Five words with pictures starting with every letter of the alphabet made into a 26 page book!!
I crashed early and awoke at 2AM to start downloading 130 pictures.
At 6AM I then proceeded to make 30 ham and cheese sandwiches for Toni's school picnic pot luck. At 745 we were on the road to a place with a polo fields, horse rrides and a fishing lake. The kids did a few laps on horseback then one on a calessa with a pacing horse at a good clip. A boat ride, some fishing for tilia and then a picnic were completed by 11:30.
I dropped the family off at the house in Bacolod then onto the place I bought the pressure washing pump last trip. We had finally installed it to find out it had a cracked case. They exchanged the pump without issue. After stopping at one last hardware store for some clear corrugated plastic roofing and some PVC coated welded wire for the new brooders, we piled every one in the car and headed for the beach house.
Every tricycle in South Negros was on the road doing 15km/hr. Add sugar cane trucks and the 109.1km ride home took 3.5hrs. We arrived well after dark and completely wiped out. The kids slept all the way home and were wired. Toni finally fell asleep at 10:15. We were out at 10:15 and thirty seconds.
Today was a perfect Sunday. There were no nannies nor housekeeper since the day before so Mrs Oz took the kids swimming at 6:30 while I cooked breakfast. After a round of the animals, I spent most of the day formatting Toni's assignment enjoying the small bankas sailing from fishing spot to fishing spot. The kids and Mrs Oz had their afternoon nap while I checked the animals. Our only visitors were the guys delivering 8 cubic meters of sand and 50 sacks of rice husks.
Its now 6pm and the nannies are just arriving. We are having a slow cooked pasta sauce with nice chunks of beef for dinner. It will be an early night after a great day.
