Doubled Down

Today was a fat failure because my old workmate got her wires crossed about the day we were supposed to catch up, thinking it was NEXT Thursday we were doing it. Today, she was in Bundaberg so couldn’t even get to me if she tried.

Let’s try that again next week!

This meant that I had a full day to fill while BGWLBH worked.

It was a long day and after two full days in the bay, I’m exhausted! I need a rest period.

I did an Office Works visit. Surprisingly, I only bought one journal from there. 

Considering the amount of time I had and the number of places that I visited, I spent very little money!

We had to stop at the post office to pick up a parcel on the way home, so we didn’t pull into the driveway until well after 3.30pm.

BGWLBH immediately ate her leftover lunch and retreated to her room for the evening.

I took chicken pot pies out of the freezer and popped them in the oven for Adoring Husband who had been playing golf for the day. I reheated a couple of snags for myself and lay on my bed for the rest of the evening.

It’s already 10.15pm and I need to sleep NOW.

Nite all.

Feeling Zombified

Last night I dozed during the tennis matches leading up to the Djokovic match which commenced around 2.30am.

I remained awake for the entire 5 hours 15 minutes worth of play.

What a great win by Djokovic - although I feel that his 39 yr old body won’t be able to manage a tough match against Sinner tomorrow night.

I texted Adoring Husband at 5.16am to get me a coffee while he was at the shops after work, but unfortunately the Telstra connection was down so he didn’t receive the message until after 7am. I thought the caffeine would help keep me awake.

By the time he provided the coffee, the match was over, so I didn’t even need it.

Since I was up early and BGWLBH had an appointment in the Bay, I decided to accompany her.

I updated my lotto tickets and did a quick scan of some Stocklands shops. The butcher received a visit from me, as did Choice and the Jam Jar.

BGWLBH’s appointment took a bit longer than expected, so we didn’t reach home until after 3pm.

I took Harley out to play and immediately prepared a rich vegetable soup for BGWLBH because she’s been feeling a bit poorly and has to work tomorrow.

AH cooked Wagyu steaks on the barbecue and a few pork sausages while I served up potato with sour cream, wombok salad, garden salad and coleslaw. Very filling and the steaks melted in the mouth. It’s been a long time since I ate a steak! AH cooked them to perfection.

Now I’m going to fall asleep to the sound of tennis. There are no games that I’m excited about tonight and I need to be up early to go into the Bay again. I’m meeting up with an old workmate. Haven’t seen her for 23 years so there’s a lot to catch up on, including, sadly, the passing of her daughter who was the same age as my Vegan Chickie.

It’s already 11pm so I’m outta here.

Nite all.

Riding Along

Today, the weather was much more conducive for triking, so after some Harley play, I made myself presentable and rode off into the late morning.

I was going to ride into all of the new estates, but decided that the day was too beautiful to avoid the river …

It was glorious and the water was a beautiful blue as the tide was reaching its height.

I sat on a bench seat on the edge of the beach for about 20 minutes and simply savoured the moment. I would like to that more often.

It was well after midday when I returned home with a coffee each for Adoring Husband and BGWLBH, and a bag of groceries.

I had a little rest in my bedroom for the afternoon and for dinner I cooked some crumbed chicken from the freezer and made an Asian salad, coleslaw, boiled potato with sour cream and reheated fried rice from last night.

That filled everybody’s belly.

Now I’m watching Sinner play tennis and I’m hoping to stay awake long enough to watch Djokovic at midnight!

Me, in 1964 as a flower girl at my uncle and aunty’s wedding …

Nite all.

Low Motivation

I really wanted to go for a ride on my trike today, but the weather was blustery with sweeping clouds that threatened rain, so I just couldn’t find the motivation to fight the weather.

Instead, I played with Harley, cooked myself some crumbed fish served with fresh garden tomatoes and avocado for my brunch and plonked my butt on the couch.

I watched an old Bruce Willis movie “Striking Distance” from 1993 and then found a new one on Amazon Prime called “Hail Mary” with Ryan Gosling which I thoroughly enjoyed. Any movie with Ryan Gosling is a winner in my books.

BGWLBH is not well so I served her a big bowl of chicken, vegetable and noodle soup, followed by some fried rice. Adoring Husband and I enjoyed baked lemon and garlic barramundi served with fried rice.

For dessert I had coconut vanilla bean ice cream in a GF cone. Yum.

Farmer Wants a Wife was on this evening, followed by the tennis. De Minaur is about to play. I’m not sure if I’ll be able to stick it out because I was awake until after 2am watching Djokovic win his match.

I love my Grand Slam tennis but it’s definitely more difficult for me to stay up til stupid o’clock at my age. I take longer to recover - like a hangover.

Right now, I’m going to rub my body in magnesium/frankincense gel and snuggle down under the covers to fall asleep watching/listening to the tennis.

Nite all.

Recovery

Saturday was a mighty big day.

Firstly, due to the tennis, I only managed 3 hours of sleep on Friday night, so my energy level was pretty low when we left for the markets at 6.45am Saturday morning.

It started out a bit chilly, but it turned into a glorious morning with blue skies and sunshine. There were lots of new stalls and all the regulars as well.

The chat was all about the change over from the old market organisers to the new Progress Association organisers. According to every stall holder that we chatted with, this is a good move and the markets will probably grow even bigger from here on.

I purchased a cute little bracelet with stars ($15), some pineapple/mango jam, tomato relish, roasted capsicum, a huge rainbow coloured striped rug to throw over the outdoor lounge under the Bali hut, a Christmas gift, a lead light hanging mobile for under the Bali hut, magnesium oil infused with frankincense (4 bottles) and a bunch of health products - some that I can name and some that must remain unnamed!

It only took us 90 minutes to do the rounds but BGWLBH had to do a run to the car to dump our purchases so that we could start again at the halfway mark!

We left the markets at 8.30am and we arrived at where we thought the Gem and Crystal Expo was being held, only to discover that it was NOT being held there!

Luckily, as we were leaving the house that morning, Adoring Husband suggested that I take the leaflet with the details printed on it. I had scoffed at him telling him that we knew exactly where it was … but I was wrong! We were mistaken, so it was LUCKY that we had the leaflet.

There was a lot take in from raw, natural rocks, crystals and gems, to cut and polished rocks, crystals and gems, to beautiful jewellery creations with all types of gems, semi precious gems and crystals set in gold, silver, stainless steel and other settings.

I saw a massive clear crystal ball that I would have LOVED, but I didn’t even look at the price because I know how much my smaller crystal balls cost and I imagine the price would have been somewhere between $2000 - $3000, if not more.

I purchased a very pale blue kyanite pendant, a Navajo silver and turquoise eagle feather pendant and a Christmas gift for BGWLBH which I’ve already packed away. She purchased a piece of jewellery for me for Christmas as well.

It was 11am when we left there, by which time, I was exhausted, still trying to operate on 3 hours sleep!

We found somewhere that served late breakfast and I ordered a fresh pineapple/orange juice which hit the spot perfectly, giving me a little pep in my step.

We found a supermarket for some afternoon junk food before heading home.

I don’t even remember what time we arrived home, but I made myself a big crab and prawn salad with fresh tomatoes from the garden, avocado, spring onions, lettuce and lime juice, salt and white pepper and dragged myself to bed to scoff it down and fall into a food coma.

I slept for 90 minutes, but remained in bed for the rest of the afternoon and evening.

I watched tennis until 10.30pm and then fell back to sleep until 7am today!

Today has been recovery day.

I rose at 9.30am, played with Harley, made breakfast of sour dough toast with fresh garden tomatoes, watched two movies with Adoring Husband then returned to bed mid afternoon for another short nap.

Sunday night is spaghetti night, so nice and easy.

I’m back in bed now waiting to watch some more tennis. Djokovic plays tonight, so it might be a late night.

Nite all.