Weekend mercies

Things I did this weekend:

1. For once, I got a proper, 2-day weekend. I decided to take my day off on Saturday after a very late night at work on Friday. We could sleep till 8 a.m. since the kids didnt have to be rustled up by 7 am to go to school.
2. Ash had to be taken to hospital for a change of dressing, only to be told that the surgical walk-in clinic functions till 4 pm only. Anyway the surgeon who attended on him the other day in the Emergency was kind enough to do the needful.
3. Later in the day, the kids enjoyed themselves playing with Jason's toys while we adults chatted past dinner time. Despite the hosts assuring me that they will set the house back in order, I left with a guilty conscience looking at all the toys strewn on the floor. My kids need to learn to keep back toys in their place, especially on a visit.
4. After Sunday mass, we attended a prayer group meeting of a different area in the evening because we were specially invited. Every Sunday evening, church members of various areas meet for an hour of prayer and hymns and a sermon by the parish priest, followed by high tea. It was my first attendance at one such.
5. Ash specially requested us to pray for the wound on his bum and to free him of his itching. The first request - to attend the prayer meeting - was turned down by V since it is generally an all-adult meet and secondly, the food on offer wont suit his system.
6. Instead, we took them out shopping afterwards. Ash, who is generally not fussy about clothes, insisted on a Bob the Builder tshirt at Lilliput. Mira acted the big sister making him try on various stuff at the store.
7. We got bold enough to let him have his dinner at a restuarant and skip his ayurvedic medicines. Instead he had a teaspoon of Cetrizine and slept like a log.