I was blessed with ideal departure conditions that I managed to pick up a coffee along the way. It was just what I needed to help my merge onto the Cross City Tunnel a smooth one. I don’t know what it is about being a working mum (actually, I do but that’s perhaps a tale for another day) that makes me think of each working day in the way that a pilot may approach their day’s flight or a sailor their course through the seas. No matter how much I plan or attempt to be mindful and search for perspective, there’s something about getting to work that throws all my common sense and patience out the window.
Invariably, I leave the door in a state of panic with one eye on the clock but nothing ever bad happens as a consequence of not hitting the road at the precise minute I had in mind as being the time. The day unfolded more or less as it should and I got home in time to take Preschooler SSG out for the afternoon.
At his request, we took the train to some of his favourite stops. I think it’s the names he loves most about the stations he selects because it’s often enough for him to read their names on the wall before he’s satisfied he’s seen all there is to see.
Afternoon tea was a couple of all day breakfast hash browns from Maccas and a few sips of a hot pink slushie.
Then we stopped by at the Hobby Co QVB window to shoot the breeze with the model train display. It’s a ritual that never gets old with us.
We I then made the decision to visit H&M on our way home. I was curious to see if there was anything left from the Erdem X H&M collaboration that launched earlier this month. The campaign photos were gorgeous. So much theatre and rich textures.
Alas, all that remained were menswear items. What beautiful hangers, though.
How do you control the tension that rises as you try to get your family and yourself out the door on a work day?