Day 40

My day starts at midnight. My flight is in 30 minutes and Stormy is excited to be going home. Perhaps it’s me, perhaps her friends, or perhaps her cat and dog — but whatever it is, her eye’s a firmly on Singapore. The flight itself is uneventful. We find our seats and Stormy decides to create a little nest of pillows and blankets to sit in. For the first hour, Stormy plays her computer games until I fall asleep. I assume she continues to play, I don’t know. A few hours later I awake to find her curled up in a little ball in her nest beside me. For her, an economy seat is still luxurious. A wide expanse that she can fill.

We land early in the morning and I can’t help smiling as an excited Stormy runs through the airport — nearly breaking Immigration law. At this point she is most excited about seeing Han and Chewie. She stops running — just long enough to ride the luggage trolley to the taxi rank.

It doesn’t take long to arrive home. Her joy is reciprocated as Han and Chewie jump all over her. We settle down. Eventually. Somehow she manages to negotiate to take the day off school. Although, the word negotiation assumes a two way conversation with compromises from both parties. It wasn’t much of a negotiation. I blame the jet-lag.

Evening comes and I brace myself for the first night-time battle since returning. It never comes. She comes out once to say goodnight, and she’s asleep shortly after. I hope I can keep this going — but I doubt it.

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* For those who missed the context, I’m not actually single. My wife has started a 5-month contract in Australia (yay). This is a Very Good Thing™. Stormy will be staying with me here in Singapore and I have great help both remotely (from my wife) and locally. I’m writing this purely for fun and to practice writing. :-)