more tasks

Lately, there seems to be endless tasks to be done. Mainly around the house... I dont enjoy being pregnant... So being this heavily-pregnant and dealing with all these just made it worse.

Firstly, there's the Ahyi problems which i'm hoping this 2nd Ahyi will prove herself to be capable and adapt well into our family and lifestyle. So far, i dont have any problems with her character except that she favours cooking/eating vegetables - which i dont like to eat. And since Elvis is hardly home to eat, it's just me & her.

Then, our bathroom ceiling leaked during one of the heavy rain! The condo technician confirmed it's got something to do with the aircon "pipes" which can only be fixed from the OUTSIDE of the building. So, they needed to get someone from outside to scale the wall... BUT, we have to pay for the service and i had to go and buy the "supply" they needed to use. Soooo stupid!!!

Then, Elvis kept rushing me to bring Joel to the body checkup for his nursery enrollment. (He was supposed to start schooling in August but he has been sick since we came back from Singapore and i didnt want him to do the tests.) Finally, we went last Tuesday with the new Ahyi. It wasnt complete until they test his urine. After countless unsuccessful attempts to make him pee into the small cup, i decided to let him go without his diapers on Thursday morning. We sat on the (cold) marble window/balcony until i collected his pee! So i rushed down to the clinic with his carefully-wrapped urine. The school also called to say he should start 1 September. So i have to go down to the school these few days (likely tomorrow) to pay the fees and find out what else we need to prepare.

We went down to a furniture mall on Saturday to look for Joel's pullout bed (i didnt like the IKEA ones). Found only 2 shops that sells similar to what i have in mind. Decided on the "better quality" pine wood which i dont like the colour...but we havent got much of a choice... So i will go down again to pay the deposit next week. It takes minimum 25 days to deliver it to our house becoz we wanted to paint it WHITE. Hope it'll be ready before i deliver to the new baby...and the confinement lady comes in... Target: End-Sep.

Other smaller tasks that needs to be settled...
- Moving the phone line (in Joel's room) to the living room that requires getting the guy to come and do some connection. Before that, i had to go down to the office to put in the request. Cannot be done over the phone. So silly! (DONE!)
- Buying a cordless phone (DONE!)
- Ahyi "spoilt" the microwave which was a little faulty but still can use after on/off the switch. Bought new one. (DONE!)
- Our landlord finally gave the green light to seal the balcony (after weeks/months of emailing pictures & quotes. He's paying for it - 100%.)...so i have to contact the balcony glass guy again, pay him deposit etc...and he should get it fixed up in less than 2 weeks. Target: Mid-Sep. (NOTE: 1 of the glass panel on our balcony which covered the "exterior aircon" was already "missing" since we moved in in April. I've always been very paranoid. Elvis, on the other hand, doesnt worry much about it!)
- Getting wireless internet and dont know who to go to... The internet company doesnt do it.
- Fixing a date for our baby's arrival via c-section (likely mid-Oct, 7-10 days before my EDD). Elvis' dad will "calculate" the auspicious date/time from the Chinese "tong shu". As a Christian, i dont like the idea but (as usual) i dont have much of a choice...

I believe i'm pretty exhausted.