Achey but not Breaky

I have felt a little the worst for wear today after the big fall yesterday.

Not just the bits of my body that I landed on, but all of my muscles and joints have been reminding me of the jarring from yesterday's mishap.

Ugh.

Adoring Husband was capable of fulfilling the minimal requirements of his job this morning, so even though I was awake and heard him drive off, I didn't have to get out of bed early for work.

The Pool Guy arrived bright and early to clean the pool and demonstrated to AH how the filter worked and how the light in the pool changed colours on a timer.

We can now swim in the pool and tomorrow's maximum will be 27C - that could be high enough to take our first dip!

It was a much better day in the shop today with lots of happy customers, some new ones in the mix. We also took delivery of two lots of stock which is always fun.

The day passed quickly and The Motivator came for a visit and shared in the joy of opening new stock.

Adoring Husband arrived at the end of the day and helped me close the shop - of course he was a bit limited in his movement so he couldn't do all that he usually does, but it was still helpful.

I pedalled home and made myself presentable for the club where the only winner was Grumpy Old Fart who won $50.

Dinner was ready when I got off the bus even though AH had spent the entire evening on the phone organising SES members for a land search tomorrow to look for a missing person.

I MAY have to work for AH tomorrow morning but I don't have to work at the shop until Tuesday so I hope to spend my time editing the wedding photos and doing a bit of work around the house.

It's 11pm so I should get some sleep, just in case.

Nite all.    

What a Day

My day began at 5am when Adoring Husband woke me up with a painful groan to tell me that he was incapable of working this morning and that I would have to take his place.

AH hurt his back while whipper snipping on Wednesday and is now in excruciating pain. It takes him a good five minutes to stand up from his chair and he is suffering.

So I dragged myself out of bed and off I pedalled to work for AH.

By the time I returned home, I had two messages for him regarding the plumber and the pool guy who both planned on spending time and effort at our house today.

I showered and prepared myself for work, made AH some breakfast and put a snack, some water and some pain killers beside his chair.

After I opened the shop, I checked the mail and two large boxes of Ivy's bags, wallets, purses and scarves were waiting at the Post Office for pickup. I needed a trolley to carry them to the shop!

Seven people in total walked through our doors today and not a single solitary cent was spent.

I broke our record for the least sales!

At 3pm I walked out the back door of the shop to collect our flags when my right foot slipped out from under me and down I fell with an almighty thud. The only part of me that didn't slam into the ground was my face ... although I felt my forehead touch the ground ever so slightly!

I lay face down in the driveway for a while praying that I hadn't broken any bones and hoping that somebody saw me and would momentarily arrive at my side to rescue me.

Or not.

Nothing is broken but it ALL hurts!

That was my crappy day.

On the bright side, our pool is full!

It's 10pm and I'm off to bed because I have to work for AH again tomorrow morning.

One day soon, I'll tell you all about Melbourne haha.

Nite all.

Trivia Treat

Tonight we celebrated the 50th trivia night, which, since they are only held once each month, means that they have been running for five years.

Of course, Adoring Husband and I have only been attending these trivia nights for about 18 months, so we missed all the early excitement and apparently our team's original members made the highest score EVER back in 2015.

A prize was presented to our team tonight and we were happy to accept the credit!

In light of that award, we came 10th out of 12 teams tonight! We only scored 2/10 in the first round and never recovered after that!

Adoring Husband injured his back today, so it was a struggle for him to be there and he suffered through most of the night. It was difficult for him to get out of the chair and walk to the car when the evening was over.

I put some oil on his back before he went to bed tonight, so hopefully that will help him get up in the morning, but I fear that I will be the one getting out of bed early in the morning to work AH's job, then go to my own job after that.

Anyway, the pool is filling quite quickly so we should be able to swim soon!

On that note, I bid you adieu. Just in case I have to wake up at 5.30am to work, I should try to get some sleep now.

Nite all.

Rain Check

My Melbourne story is still to come.

Tonight we attended a birthday party for The Beast. Beauty did the cooking and other family members assisted with serving. The food was amazing (as always) and it was great catching up with so many friends in one spot. The weather was very kind with a stiff breeze keeping the temperature down and the fire pot keeping the midges at bay.

I brought a container of sticky rice home to eat with our GF ice cream. Delicious.

Adoring Husband and I were the first to leave. He was exhausted and I wasn't that full of energy myself. We did stay to sing Happy Birthday to The Beast who turned 70 today.

I had coffee with the girls this morning and before I left, a delivery of stock arrived, so I simply HAD to stay and help open the boxes to see what surprises were inside. I left the shop at 1.30pm and stopped to grab some lunch on the way home.

I missed the Melbourne Cup race - not that I had any bets.

Our pool is filling as we speak ...

... with our minimal water pressure, it's going to take some time to fill. You can see the temporary fencing which is a legal requirement until we've erected the real thing.

Anyway, it's almost 10.30pm so I'm off to bed.

Hopefully, my Melbourne story will eventuate soon.

Nite all.

I'm Back!

So much to talk about. So much to tell you.

But it's rapidly approaching midnight and I need to sleep.

I have just this minute gone through the photos of the wedding and I edited a few to send through to the happy couple, just to tide them over until I've got the time to get through them all.

As soon as I sent the pics, they immediately used one of them on their facebook profiles.

That makes me very happy ...

... it was a special moment when they walked onto the dance floor for their first dance and Zoe was so overwhelmingly happy, she burst into tears.

It was a beautiful ceremony. Not on the beach as planned because of the gale force conditions, but when you're surrounded by only the people who truly love you, it doesn't matter where it happens.

So far, so good.

Adoring Husband drove all the way to the Sunny Coast to pick me up from the airport today and we arrived home at around 7.30pm.

Dinner was a bowl of raspberries with boysenberry ice-cream.

I didn't fall asleep until 3.30am Monday morning, so I have some catching up to do.

I'll catch you up on all the juicy details tomorrow!

Nite all.