Me neither!
We had our usual start to Sunday with a visit to the Daylesford Market, where we stocked up on vegetables, but had to apologise to Yvonne that we didn't need any fruit, as we were still working our way through the lovely fruit basket our neighbours at #77 had given us. We've just about finished everything, in time to restock this morning.
There were three games of footy that required our attention in the afternoon starting with the Doggies playing the Giants at a very windy Ballarat Eureka Oval. The Doggies won well, which got them into 6th position on the ladder. Next Carlton & St Kilda played a thriller, which the Saints won with seconds to spare, which meant we had to hold our breath during the Freo vs Port Adelaide game, as we needed Port to win for Carlton to make the eight. Port duly saluted and Wes was a very happy boy when he came to bed. The Blues will travel to the Gabba in a fortnight to play Brisbane and will be hoping to have a few more of their stars available for the game.
This lovely sweep of camellias is in the back garden
Much of Victoria experienced thunder, lightning & hail during that afternoon, and we ended up with water seeping under the house. The hailstones were quite big and very loud, but when I checked the rain gauge on Monday morning, we'd only had 4mls rain.
I managed to put out the bins and do the shopping in between showers, and came home to School, where we examined our financial position, updated forms for Centrelink, and signed other forms for our financial advisers. Later that morning I had an excellent remedial massage with Sarah, and came home to rest. That afternoon, Wes had his usual Zoom chat with Barbara in New Zealand, and I ended up in bed earlier than usual.
It was my turn for Zooms on Tuesday morning and I started with an early catch up with Jan Pengilley in Maleny, where the temperature was already 20° at 7.15am. I was so pleased to chat with her, as she had been to the same eye clinic I was visiting later that morning and had even seen the same consultant. She put my mind at rest over quite a few things - thank you Jan.
My next Zoom was Leanne, who was in good spirits. We discussed bringing forward our next visit from 8th September to today, as she will be without power for much of 8th, while electrical work is being undertaken in her street.
Wes drove me to Ballarat Eye Clinic, which is hidden away in Drummond Street North and I had a very pleasant experience. The technician, Hayley, was kind & helpful, and appreciated that I was organised and could answer all her questions easily. I then saw Dr David Francis, who was very understanding and agreed that I needed my cataracts done. I walked away with an appointment in early October and another in early November, which means I will be fully recovered in plenty of time for our driving trip to Adelaide for the Test against India.
The very strong purple drops that had been put in my eyes had me disoriented for most of the rest of the day, and I was grateful to Wes for driving me back, escorting me up the stairs into our house, and looking after me. Once again, I found myself in bed early, but slept much better.
The next morning I was fully recovered and able to do my deliveries of newspapers to Spring Park Nursery, and Epicures to Nick & Robyn. I then visited our local optometrist with a pair of Wes's glasses that needed the lens put back in, and debriefed about my visit to the eye clinic.
Very happy tree fern under the decking
Then it was time to play Mah Jong with Judi at Muffins & More, where we had a fun morning, and she took the honours, playing some good hands and winning most games. Meanwhile, Wes vacuumed and washed the floors, before sitting down at his desktop to watch Adrian Molinia's funeral service. Adrian was a friend from St Bernard's Secondary School, that Wes has stayed in touch with since that time and he was very sorry to learn that Adrian had died.
While I was Zooming with Terry Borg, and later with Old Friends - Kathy, Lib & Joyce - our plumber, Gary Wilkinson, arrived to find the source of the water leak under the house. The good news is that it doesn't seem to be a broken pipe, rather blocked drains, which are stopping the water from reaching our water tanks.
Later that morning we watched an excellent webinar on Scams, presented by our bank, NAB. Most of it was more revelant to working people, but we picked up some hints and appreciated the effort they took to educate us.
Our friend, Nick Massaro, turned up with this marrow bone for Morse, which he enjoyed after his bath yesterday
We were thrilled to see some sunshine again on Friday morning, and Wes took the opportunity to mow everywhere, filling the garden with that lovely freshly mown grass smell. Morse doesn't like the mower at all, so he either barks at Wes or disappears. He chose that time to bark at James next door as well (just for being there) and Glen's dogs, Nellie & Willow, who made the mistake of going into their back yard to play.
Yesterday was another wet day, just like this morning. I mostly watched AFLW games in the afternoon & knitted beanies, while Wes did all the end-of-month stuff on our computers.
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