No doubt it would!
Last Sunday was a beautiful day - after the Market, we came home to a quiet morning reading the Sunday Age and catching up on computer work. In the afternoon, the Carlton AFLW side played very well to defeat Sydney up there and climb into 4th position. Afterwards we watched the second ODI, where Bangladesh managed to score 6/220 - on the back of an excellent century by Sobhana & 78 not out from Joty. Australia cruised to 1/222 in the 29th over, with Georgia Voll scoring an unbeaten 131.
We finished the evening with Day 3 of the 1st Test against South Africa, where they scored 284 in their first innings, leaving them 106 runs behind Australia, who were 0/33 at stumps. We were all relieved that Nic Maddinson had scored some runs after his duck in our first innings. Steve Smith was the hero in the field with 4 catches, three of which were incredible.
On Monday it was too wet to walk, but Wes & Morse put out the bins for the street, and I headed to Coles Supermarket for the usual weekly shop. Back home, we enjoyed our feta & spinach Danish for breakfast, then I went back to Tonna's, the pharmacy, and That Bargain Place to replenish all the other items that we needed. Wes worked on a power point presentation that he intends to give to the VicGum User Group at the end of the month.
I was out in the garden with Morse, so Telstra Boy hid under the tree fern, waiting for cashews
That night, Australia batted well and declared at 6/314 - the hero with the bat was Matt Renshaw again. At stumps, South Africa was 4/102 - 319 runs behind.
We had a busy morning on Tuesday - after I chatted with Leanne, it was time to join the queue at Ticketek to buy reserved seats for the Boxing Day Test. Even though there were more than 1,000 people ahead of me, I got through quickly and had my 4 reserved seats secured & paid for in 14 minutes - a record!
Then we went to Springs Medical - firstly to see a young nurse, Sophie, who took my blood pressure, oxygen levels, and an ECG, which she declared was perfect. Next was the appointment with our GP, Dr James, who confirmed that I have bronchiectasis, for which there is no cure. We agreed to try some medications to relieve the symptoms, and I booked in for a chest x-ray. As well, he has referred me to Ballarat Health to see a respiratory specialist to confirm his diagnosis and suggest ways of minimising the discomfort caused by frequent coughing.
Beautiful sunset over Daylesford
That night, Australia won the 1st Test quite easily with Hazlewood taking his best figures ever - 6 wickets for 49 runs. However, the star was Matt Renshaw with his two high scores plus 2 wickets. We remember him in his first Test, also against South Africa, at the Adelaide Oval in 2016, where he made 44 runs as a very young man.
On Wednesday, I was able to have an overdue fringe trim with Kirsty at Hair & Beauty, before collecting my new medications and starting the latest treatment schedule. Once again, I joined the queue at Ticketek to get reserved seats for the 150th Test against England in March next year. I was very successful and now have undercover seats in the 50-year Member bay for Days 1-4.
Morse helping us watch the cricket!
On Thursday, I was able to join the Old Friends WhatsApp group & catch up with Kathy & Joyce. Joyce had some wonderful photos of her grand-daughter, Genevieve's 21st birthday party, as well as some stunning ones of her own handiwork. Meanwhile, Wes caught up with the Jackson Group, where they discussed the impact of growth in computer data centres. At lunchtime, Wes & Morse drove me to Daylesford Hospital to have my chest x-rays.
The next morning, Wes joined me in a short WhatsApp chat with Jan Pengilly in Maleny, Qld, where the temperature was 13℃, the sky leaden & Jan was rugged up! We had an excellent catch up, discussing bridge and walks in Japan among the main topics. Then I went to visit Sarah Hunt for a long overdue massage. I had been unable to see her for my regular appointment & she managed to fit me in, for which I was very grateful.
When I came home, I discovered that Peter Mitchell had been ringing me to let us know that his wife, Pam, had died peacefully that morning after a short stay in palliative care. We shared some wonderful times with Pam, Pete & their daughter, Louisa, and will miss Pam very much. She & I messaged frequently about footy & cricket, and we have always admired her bravery in coping with the tough things life threw at her.
One of our favourite photos of Pam & Pete
Yesterday was Caulfield Cup - usually we have a few bets & spend our time watching the races, but we were due to visit Leanne and decided not to worry about having hasty bets. Our visit was excellent - Leanne was in good form & pleased to see us. We shared an apple log from Baker's Delight, before I picked some roses from her garden, and helped change the doona cover. Meanwhile, Wes did a few things on her desktop, which was very slow and managed to get it back to normal after doing some disk clean-ups.
That afternoon, Wes collected David Hall from Hepburn House, and took him to the Farmers Arms, for the monthly session of Politics in the Pub. That went well & he arrived home in time to see Kingswood win the Cup with a blistering run at the very end. Sadly two horses fell and one, Ohope Wins, had to be put down.
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