Jul 15 2008
On holiday
We are currently in Perth in a youth hostel. It’s the fifth day into our holidays and it’s going fairly well. There’s one and a half hours time difference between Adelaide and Perth which means we’ve both been waking up at 5.30am and this morning was the first morning I couldn’t go back to sleep.
Up until last night we had a friend’s apartment near Fremantle and even though the traffic noise was heavy, it was a constant noise and therefore bearable. Staying in a youth hostel means having to contend with people standing outside your room talking, people cleaning up in the kitchen and throwing pots and pans around, and sleeping in a bed that’s a bit narrower than a double with a fidgety seven-year-old.
You might be able to tell I didn’t sleep that well last night and am feeling it today. Plus, it’s crap weather outside and we can’t stay here all day!
JJ is teaching a German and a Swiss how to play his rules of Uno and he’s quite the social butterfly. At least having other people around is taking the heat off me having to entertain him the whole time which is the trade-off to staying in a youth hostel.
Overall, JJ has been really good and I can’t complain. He adapts easily and is enjoying himself. I think our best day so far was a Rottnest Island jaunt. We hired bikes and he left me for dead. I’ll write about that another time though.
A side note - it took me about ten minutes of this internet time to recover my password to sign into this blog to update. For the life of me I couldn’t remember what it was because I haven’t had to use it for ages.
Oh Jen, I hope you get some good sleep tonight. You’ll be the one who needs it. Hope you and JJ are having a really good time though. Sounds like he’s doing pretty well….much love to you both……~Joy
I hope you are having a great time here in Perth. I fear you are in for an even more crap day weather wise on Wednesday!!!
Joy, yes we both had a great sleep last night and got up at 8am. It makes so much difference getting a good night’s sleep.
M&B - the rain is a real pity. I’m going to find JJ a pair of more water proof shoes and just go for it today. Sod the weather.
Your holiday sounds lovely - apart from the lack of sleep.
Hope it gets better and the rest of your stay is fun
Jayne, the rest of the stay was fun and I’ll be blogging about it very soon.
Shayne and I stayed in a youth hostel for part of our honeymoon….we had a full bed…but i wouldn’t suggest it for much of a romantic time….glad you guys are having fun…hopeful for some pics?
Stacie, pics will be coming shortly, along with more stories from our holiday.