House Sitting in Woodside

Joyce's friend will be away in UK for 2 wks, so Joyce and I are taking care of the house and the two doggies for 2 weeks.

The house is huge. FREAKING HUGE. Five bedrooms, five bathrooms, huge kitchen, pool, sprawling garden filled with lemon, grapefruit, apple and whatever other trees. it's on top of a hill in a rather exclusive neighbourhood. At night, it's almost pitch dark outside (no street lights) and it feels as if you're alone in the world.

Spent most of the first weekend lounging around the pool. Got a slight sunburn on my back. Also probably shouldn't have spent too much time in the pool cos I think the chlorine is irritating my skin and my allergy rashes are coming back.

Cooked dinner (prawns + scallops) for Joyce on Mon night. She cooked chicken rice for me and one of her friends on Tue night.

The house is really nice except that it's a real pain driving to work in the morning. Gotta wake up at 7.45am instead of my usual 8.45 :)

The doggies... Buddi is some 12 yrs old, and Bella is 9. He's kinda old, doesn't move around a whole lot. Bella is younger, more active, and makes a mess of the food. The dogs are pretty well behaved apart from the occasional "liquid surprise"!