Week 2, Term 2

There are parts of this time of the year that I love. It is now dark around 6.30pm which has made such a difference to bedtimes. Its just on 10pm and all is quiet on the western front!!! Bliss indeed. Netball starts tomorrow night which means a trip to Geraldton at about 4pm, three different games to be played and I believe they get back about 10pm. Will make for an interesting week. The workmate is on and it is my day off as is Wednesday this week.

I guess you have been waiting to see what adventures I had on Sunday. In the end I did not go on the bush barbeque as by Sunday I was a little tired and knew that if I spent hours on a bus I would be extremely grumpy as well. The workmate's husband had to take one of their girls back to boarding school in Gton so went to keep him company instead. Found yet another IGA specialising in delli goods - went mad and splurged on 750gms of cashews for $9 which was on special. Finally found some baconised pork ankles as I am still on the soup kick that I began back in NZ. Have yet to find some Kings soup mix anywhere and have bought a home brand pack of lentil/barley/pea mixture to try instead. It was a very small spree after the other day - some spices in small packets for 75c each and some long life milk to go on with. Had a hot chocolate at Maccas and then back here. We were only a short way out when the workmate's husband said I had to have a go at driving the new beast and not to worry if something went wrong it was only a car (only $45,000 of car if something did go wrong!!!). I gingerly crawled up into the drivers seat (there is a running board you launch yourself into the car from) and after adjusting seats and mirrors off I went. (The car is a Toyota something for those playing at home - picture landrover type beast with serious bull bars, square shaped and white) The car is manual with 5 gears and very easy to steer, I just felt I was driving a bus - which is of course good practice for when I finally get to trying to drive one of them. I am happy to say, I drove the car in a straight line no worries but would hate to have to park it or back without practice in a large paddock. I had seen the workmate stick on whistles to the front of the car the week before - said to make kangaroos avoid the car as they whistle as you drive along which is meant to drive them off - so was blythly driving at a reasonable speed through dusk to dark along the country roads when I finally spotted a youngish kangaroo bounding along the side of the road up head just past the Mullewa turnoff. I happened to mention how good it was that the whistles would frighten the beast off only to find out the kangaroo whistles had dropped off during the week when the car went through an amount of water after the floods. Arrrrrgh and very nervous moment with changing of gears down which gave the beast time to leap off in another direction, and a very nervous drive the rest of the way back. Once you hit the gravel at night, I realised there are no side markers at all except for one corner - you drive completely in the middle of the road with lights on full beam and hope like hell you are not going to meet anyone coming the other way - which is a reasonably safe bet but not entirely a surety.

Raced up to school at 8.15 today for a meeting to find it had been cancelled - just in time to find one of the girls had hurt herself on the trampoline so stayed with the workmate for awhile seeing to said child. (All well) I decided not to do anything else this morning but go back home and continue with my sifting and sorting of goods, plus a general clean and tidy up. I mopped floors, did laundry and got four boxes of stuff sorted. I have turned the boxes on their sides to make storage type shelves like you do with crates which will have to suffice for the meantime in the way of furniture. The place is too small to go wild and am sticking with the pioneering mode LOL.

Still no phone on (gritted teeth) - which was remarked on when I turned up for the meeting - "we had no way of letting you know"!!!! and one more day to wait until the alleged repair person turns up! Will keep you updated.

It's still quiet so will head to bed for a reasonably early night myself. I am trying to get some letters written and need to finish off some other mail as well.
Cheers
Lynn