Archives for June 2011

Thursday, 9 June 2011, Day 198/365.

A friend of mine is based overseas in Europe but is originally from here so he comes back every now and then.

This time when he came back he fell in love and got engaged all in a very short time to another friend.

He’s had to go back to his home to sort stuff out, plus he’s got family there, before he can come back here.

Last Thursday was his going away and if it had been a couple of days later he might have been stuck here for a little while because of the ash cloud that’s up in the skies at the moment.

But he left and won’t be back for about four months.

I don’t like it when I don’t see my man for a few days, I’d hate it if it were four months.

Wednesday, 8 June 2011, Day 197/365.

Everywhere we look nowadays there’s something that’s telling us what to do.

When I look at all the signs in the photo above all I can think of is that people are either really stupid, or other people think that we’re really stupid.

Maybe it gives us something to do when we have to wait because while there are about five counters for service there are only one or two people serving. This was the morning that the computers were down so even when I eventually got served I still had to wait because I was paying with my credit card.

Tuesday, 7 June 2011, Day 196/365.

Still not feeling that great but managed to get the dog out for a short walk.

The Slow Point sign summed up how I was feeling.

Monday, 6 June 2011, Day 195/365.

I still felt really ill on Monday so took to my bed for the whole day. The headache that I could not shake was the worst and I only managed to get up because I had to pick the lad up from after school care.

This time in front of the television was very short lived because my eyes couldn’t bear to be open much less look at the television.

I hate being sick, and it’s even worse when there’s someone who’s depending on you. But I did manage to eat some leftover soup I’d made and the lad washed the dishes.

Sunday, 5 June 2011, Day 194/365.

The morning after the sleepover my sinuses were really blocked so I went out to buy some Sudafed.

Because there was still a houseful of kids I drove back via the beach and it was so lovely looking that I stopped to take a photo before I went back to the full house.

Saturday, 4 June 2011, Day 193/365.

“There’ll be about eight kids sleeping over including yours and mine,” these words striking dread into my heart.

“But you can go out, or go home if you want,” was a leave pass that I could have taken up.

The occasion, The Surfer’s son’s 12th birthday.

All the boys – six of them – slept in the lounge, and the girls – three of them – slept in his girl’s room. This was after they’d been there since midday and they left around midday the next day. One whole day of lots of kids.

Overall it wasn’t too bad. They were pretty well behaved and we just fed them and provided supervision and told them to be quiet and go to sleep just twice.

I didn’t end up going out because I was coming down with a cold and didn’t feel very well at all. I probably should have been home in my own peaceful house but I wasn’t.

We all survived, there was only one black eye from some backyard shenanigans, and the birthday boy had a fabulous time which is the main thing.