After spending Friday and Saturday at home doing some much needed home maintenance after being away overseas for the previous four weeks, we have taken off for a few days.
Part of this is to catch up with family, part to just have some time together, and the rest due to necessity.
As none of our boys were home for the Easter weekend ( one overseas, one away at the beach with mates and the youngest called in to work in Melbourne) it was pretty quiet at home with just the two of us.
Sunday morning we jumped into the Jeep and headed to Colac to spend the day with my wife's parents who were also going to be child free on Easter Sunday.
A bit of a scare along the way just out of Castlemaine. I noticed a few dead kangaroos on the side of the road, obviously someone had cleaned up a mob on the road overnight. In the distance I could see a bird land on the road and as we got closer we were surprised to see that it was a wedge tailed eagle, and was coming in for a feast. The surprising thing was that it didn't move off the road and made us come to a complete standstill. It was huge, and would have made a mess of our car had I not slowed down.
After a nice relaxing lunch, and doing all the necessary updates on the mother in law's iPad, we were back in the car and heading to Melbourne.
We stayed in our favourite motel here and just enjoyed wandering around the city.
And buying stuff!!
No sooner had we settled into these digs and we were off again to another part of Melbourne, this time the very upmarket and snooty Brighton.
The reason for this is because in the morning I have to go to hospital here to have a long awaited shoulder operation, and it makes sense for Jen to be staying nearby.
After checking in we walked down to the shopping strip and were really pleased to see very quickly one of the stereotypes of this area, a lady in a very crisp white shirt with the collar pulled up high. If anyone has watched 'Kath and Kim', you'll know why we found this to be rather amusing!
A walk along the nearby beach was just great, and we came across the famous Brighton Bathing Boxes, which occasionally get sold for exorbitantly prices. I think a recent sale fetched $165 000!!
So, while Jen is contemplating whether to do study all day tomorrow in our hotel room, or go shopping, I'm loading up on food as I have to fast from tonight, and my operation is not until early afternoon it seems. I think she'll take the shopping option rather than be cooped up all day in such a nice area!
During my trip away I found myself staying in a different hotel every few days, so I was keen on getting back to my own bed. After only a week of that I now find myself staying in three different places over three different nights. It's no wonder I wake up in the night and have to stop and think about where I really am!!
While I'm not nervous about tomorrow, I am hoping that I get a good report, and that they don't find anything else wrong in there, as they still can't pinpoint a lot of the problems until they actually go in. I'm being optimistic, as they said if I wake up without a sling on on, that's good. If I wake up with a sling on that means not so good.
There will be no sling!!!
Until my next post,
Cheers!
After a nice relaxing lunch, and doing all the necessary updates on the mother in law's iPad, we were back in the car and heading to Melbourne.
We stayed in our favourite motel here and just enjoyed wandering around the city.
And buying stuff!!
No sooner had we settled into these digs and we were off again to another part of Melbourne, this time the very upmarket and snooty Brighton.
The reason for this is because in the morning I have to go to hospital here to have a long awaited shoulder operation, and it makes sense for Jen to be staying nearby.
After checking in we walked down to the shopping strip and were really pleased to see very quickly one of the stereotypes of this area, a lady in a very crisp white shirt with the collar pulled up high. If anyone has watched 'Kath and Kim', you'll know why we found this to be rather amusing!
A walk along the nearby beach was just great, and we came across the famous Brighton Bathing Boxes, which occasionally get sold for exorbitantly prices. I think a recent sale fetched $165 000!!
Looking back towards the city.
The famed bathing boxes, with loads of tourists having photos taken...just like us!
We also went for a walk along the long pier and breakwater here and walked past John Bertrand as he was lugging some fishing gear. Thought of getting a photo with this yachting legend, but let it go instead.
So, while Jen is contemplating whether to do study all day tomorrow in our hotel room, or go shopping, I'm loading up on food as I have to fast from tonight, and my operation is not until early afternoon it seems. I think she'll take the shopping option rather than be cooped up all day in such a nice area!
During my trip away I found myself staying in a different hotel every few days, so I was keen on getting back to my own bed. After only a week of that I now find myself staying in three different places over three different nights. It's no wonder I wake up in the night and have to stop and think about where I really am!!
While I'm not nervous about tomorrow, I am hoping that I get a good report, and that they don't find anything else wrong in there, as they still can't pinpoint a lot of the problems until they actually go in. I'm being optimistic, as they said if I wake up without a sling on on, that's good. If I wake up with a sling on that means not so good.
There will be no sling!!!
Until my next post,
Cheers!
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