Pretty Relaxed

Friday was a rest and relaxation day for me.

My original plan was to do a third day in the Bay because both BGWLBH and I had some odd jobs to do around town, but I decided to stay at home and rest. There was nothing that I had to do urgently.

I didn’t even watch any tennis on Thursday night and was able to sleep soundly for about seven hours. I still didn’t get out of bed until 9.30am and played with Harley before taking a couple of fish and vegetable pasties out of the freezer and cooking them in the oven for Adoring Husband and I to have for brunch.

We both sat in front of the TV for the day and I can’t even remember what we watched. If I recall correctly, I had a short nap in my bed during the afternoon.

Friday, like Saturday, is basically ‘fend for yourself’ dinner, although I did reheat some vegetable soup for BGWLBH.

Friday night was a BIG tennis night and I stayed awake until after 4am watching the men’s semi-finals. 

Sadly, Novak Djokovic lost to Sinner in a quick match. His 5hr 15min quarter final on Wednesday took too much out of him and at age 39, it takes a bit more time to recover. If he was up against anyone but Sinner, he may have had a chance, but boy, was Sinner on point and with power!

The final on Sunday night will be between the top two seeds Sinner (1) vs Sverev (2) and should be a good match!

Unfortunately, I woke to the sound of AH’s very loud voice at 7am. I’d only had 3 hours sleep but I couldn’t slip back into slumber, so I remained in bed for a couple of hours before jumping under the shower and then taking Harley out to play.

I was very aware of how tired and cranky I felt and I did try to not take it out on AH but I feel that I was unsuccessful in my endeavours for the most part.

I went for a trike ride, caught some sunshine, ran into one of the meditation girls and had a chat, rode along the river path, bought AH some hot chips for lunch and rode home quickly before they got cold.

We watched a movie called “The Kitchen” starring Melissa McCarthy on Netflix. It was a good movie released in 2019.

The footy has been on all afternoon and I am ZERO from 3 tips so far! 

Ugh 😩 

One of the ladies from meditation passed away yesterday. She has been battling cancer treatment for a couple of years and even though she looked and sounded well when I saw her 8 weeks ago and her treatment had ceased, it seems she was not thriving at all.

RIP Linda.

The Motivator has rushed off to Sydney because her Mum is doing poorly. Sending her strength and love to support her through this time.

Now I need to sleep.

Nite all.

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.