Hmmm.. what have I done recently!?!?

I feel like I have been really busy over the past few days but have little to show for it. I have been in a bit of a cleaning frenzy but you wouldn`t know it to look at the state of our apartment! The thing with having Joey around is that no matter how clean something is, within 30 seconds it will be messy again because he will empty out toys etc.. I feel like I am fighting a never-ending battle against clutter and mess!!! I have been de-cluttering this week as well and have thrown out heaps of stuff that hasn`t been used since we moved. I figured that if we haven`t used it in 18 months, we are unlikely to use it any time soon!! On wednesday Daisuke had a drinking party with all the HS maths teachers working in the city. As the husband upstairs is also a HS maths teacher, I invited my upstairs neighbour over for dinner. I figured that as she is 7 months pregnant, we would have dinner and she would leave but we ended up talking until midnight! And then our husbands came home and we had tea and talked until 1am. I didn`t go to bed until 2am because I was watching the latest installment of Veronica Mars. Thankfully thursday was a holiday here so everyone could lie in!!! Joey was very helpful and slept until 9.30am! The weather yesterday was horrible!! It was POURING with rain and very cold all day but we braved the weather to go to a Bazaar at a kindergarden that 3 of my students attend. (and several of my students have links to in some way or another.) I picked up some nadmade goodies (candles, Christmas cards etc..) and am starting to feel a little bit Xmassy as a result!! I think we will have to get the Christmas tree out next weekend and decorate as it will be the beginning of December already. I have no idea where this year has gone to!!!