After sending last Sunday's Dispatch, I found the restaurant at the Victoria Hotel, and had a pot of tea and an omelette for breakfast. Then I headed out for a lovely walk to the Exhibition Gardens, where work was underway getting ready for the Annual International Flower & Garden show which starts on 25th March.
Wes & Morse arrived at 9.45am to pick me up after their busy morning - walk, Market, put things away and get on the road. We were all pleased to be home, and after I unpacked, I spent a quiet afternoon watching footy.
The next morning I had an early WhatsApp chat with my aunt, Jeff, in Torksey Lock, where it was still cold. We caught up on the visits by her daughter, Leigh, and son, Mike, for Mothers' Day and made plans for new chat times as both our countries alter their Daylight Saving. Then I chatted up with Leanne, who had some computer issues I couldn't solve over the phone, but I was able to reassure her that she hadn't been scammed, which is her greatest fear. Fortunately her support worker, Bec, was able to fix the problem, or else we would have done it today during our visit.
After our walk on Wednesday, I played Mah Jong with Judi. We each tried some different games and honours were even. Then it was time to drive to Kyneton to Springs Medical Centre as my doctor, James, wanted to do a biopsy of a growth on my breast. He ended up giving me a local anaesthetic and removing it, which I wasn't expecting. Then, because he was in such a good mood after Melbourne's stirring win last Sunday, I asked him about RSV vaccines. He thought we should have them, and offered to do it on the spot, so we said yes. I'm so pleased as I feel very vulnerable unless we are up to date with all our injections.
We were delighted on Thursday to finally have our new ducted heating & hot water services installed. The two young men arrived from Geelong around 8am and worked hard until nearly midday. We had done our usual early morning walk, showered and breakfasted, and were ready when they arrived.
On Friday, after our walk, I had a Zoom with Leanne, making plans for today's visit, and then an appointment with Peter, the podiatrist. He was pleased with my progress and we had a good chat as well. I suspect he isn't a morning person, as he is never on time and confessed that he had made his lunch and put it back in the fridge instead of bringing it with him. However, he is finally getting involved in Aussie Rules - has joined a tipping competition, remembers which team I follow, and no longer looks blank when I mention Gather Round, ANZAC Day or King's Birthday games.
Yesterday we had an early visit from Les, who had obtained new rollers for our recalcitrant sliding door. It is such a relief to be able to use it again. I don't know what we would do without him in our lives at present as things start to wear out! He also showed Wes how to remove the wall oven door so we can clean the 4 sheets of glass in it.
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