"FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE DOMESTIC"

When Mrs Chariot and I first arrived in Hong Kong our weekends were one long hedonistic splurge. Food, booze, sunshine, boats, beaches, hangovers - marvellous.

Now, 2 dogs, 1 baby and 1 on the way later, our weekends consist of up at 7am for feeding / walking, not going anywhere cos it's too much hassle to load everything and everyone into the car, doing chores around the house, than an early night 'cos i'm going to be up with the lark the next day to repeat the process. We did manage to break out briefly this weekend - we went to a barbeque at a neighbours place - a good 30 second walk away, but that was it.

As Mrs C said on sunday afternoon while we were watching the little charioteer splashing in his paddling pool, our weekends have gone from the sublime to the domestic...

Sure sign of encroaching middle-age though, is that actually i enjoy it!