We had a busy, but a fun week.
We caught up again with my Auntie Kaye. I am really enjoying
spending time with her and I am glad that the kids are getting to know her as
well. She has been and is a special person in my life.
On Monday night, Jo and I plus kids had fish and chips on
the beach. It has been great spending such a large amount of our time on the
beach. I am really going to miss the smell and sounds. There is nothing like
the fresh smell of ocean, a blend of salt and seaweed and the sound of waves.
It is always good for ones peace of mind and sanity. Not to mention the sand is a great exfoliant for the feet!
Tuesday was also spent at the beach and having a rest after
a busy weekend. With the heat we are not really sleeping all that well. In
Lumwana we have the fans going constantly inside and so we are not used to this
constant heat.
I managed to catch up with a dear friend on Wednesday and
her kids. The kids and I went to the video store in the morning and hired some
dvd’s, that is a novelty for us now. Then in the afternoon, Sharee, Corey and
Lauren came over. We headed to the beach but due to a storm coming and the
wind, there was no beach, only waves and so we headed to the park instead. It
was great to catch up. I have missed my friends dearly and I am looking into
heading to Forbes next week to see them all. I can’t wait.
On Thursday, we caught the bus to Marion shopping centre
where we raced to the movies to see ‘Wreck it Ralph’ only to be told it was not
playing that day due to technical problems. So instead we went into the games
arcade and played a few games before heading to Bowl land. The kids really
enjoyed bowling and Tom even managed a strike, Laura was the queen of the
split, and I surprised myself with 2 strikes in a row. It was good fun. We then
had Hungry Jacks for lunch and I have to say it must have been 15 more years or
more that I had eaten it. Tasted good, and I must say I do love onion rings!
That night my Uncle Neil and his wife Linda came over with a delicious dinner.
Linda is a fantastic cook.
Friday was you guessed it a day at the beach and the
playground. Tom rode his bike and I pushed Laura in the pram. Tom is really enjoying
having a bike to ride. I wish he had one back in Lumwana. It’s when I see them
having fun on bikes or scooters that I realise how much they are missing their
own. It’s a shame that things have gone the way they have in Lumwana. It would
have been such a better year, if we had have had our belongings. The place
would have felt more of a home, rather than have us constantly reminded of what
we left behind. My sister Jo and I went to Montezuma’s for dinner and enjoyed
some wonderful Mexican food and plenty of Margarita’s (maybe too many).
I had a day to myself on Saturday. I have not been coping
all that well, with the stress of not knowing what is going to happen in a
week. I have also forgotten to take my medication and so, now that I have been
off it for a week I feel as though I want to push through and quit it for good.
The medication has not allowed me to feel certain things and also prevented me
from losing weight, which again does not make someone feel good about them self.
Is it the right time to go my meds? I am sure it is not. But now that I have
started the process, I feel I need to finish it. I almost need to prove to
myself that I can cope now without it. We will see.
Anyway, my dear sister agreed to have the kids and so I went
off shopping down the Bay and then enjoyed a nice quiet night to myself at a
local hotel. It was so peaceful. I enjoyed a nice bottle of wine and some
wonderful cheeses, a bath and a comfy bed all to myself. I sooooo did not want
to leave the hotel the next morning and back to whingey kids. LOL.
Sunday I was able to watch my nephew Jack play football for
West Adelaide. The first game he has played for SANFL. It was only a trial
game, but he played well. I wish him all the best in his dreams of playing for
the Crow’s and hope to see him on TV one day doing exactly that.
Still NO contract! That means NO job, NO house. What are we
going to do???? This just tops off the last few months. I am so stressed I am crying and emotional all the time. How can we be left in limbo like this? I really do not understand.
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