2015 weeks! #14: April is the cruelest month (not really)

Shiny shoes and stripey socks to start the week.

Also lunch out with one of my former EAs. They may leave me, but they still like hanging with me.

I was very excited that finally my Blood Moon Tonic had arrived, so more gin and tonic experimentation.

George has taken to sitting, pretty much on my chest, whenever I am on the couch. We’ve been getting up close and personal.

Bit of Wednesday night adventuring.

Getting me through the day.

One of my lovely staff brought me lovely Greek biscuits to try. Never say no to that!

Fabulous bed socks arrived from Lucy – Big Bird to hang out with my Cookie Monster pj pants.

I had Friday off and it was Rachel’s birthday so the boys and I went and took her out to lunch which was very pleasant all round.

It was school holidays so Sebastian was back in the kitchen where he does enjoy a bit of activity.

Saturday was a road trip to Sydney for the Dishonour Rollers’ first 5×5 engagement. It was great to be back doing line ups for them, and even better because we played well and took out the game firmly. Such fun. Such a great team.

Enjoyed the poetry of the Sutton Forest McDonalds on the way home and left wondering, what is “improbable beautiful”?

Autumn had firmly taken hold in our back yard.

Post game DHR Sunday training – because we are not ones to rest on our laurels.

2015 weeks #13: birthdays, derby, Melbourne and more!

 

A quiet Easter Monday + board games with friends and family……a delicious dinner of ribs…

…and hanging out with George.

The latest addition to my range of fitness activities has been resistance interval training at F45. I really enjoy it (except when there is push ups) and it does make me work super hard. Generally I try and go once a week – I have been avoiding the cardio sessions since I bunged my back skipping and sadly there is only resistance training on Tuesdays and Thursdays so I have to find time to fit it in around the rest of life. But I have taken some of it home to do with the small boys in the comfort of our lounge.

Back at work and continuing to benefit from the whole new interest in beading. This is a creation that Jude whipped up while staying with Jackie on the weekend.

And here is the happy birthday boy!

To celebrate the auspiciousness of Jude’s birthday, it was dinner at the regular favourite – the Elk & Pea. The boys couldn’t go past the donuts for dessert.

Jude’s new knitted cap from Rachel was a major success (just don’t try to tell the boys it is a viking helmet because they will expend a lot of emphatic energy explaining that in reality vikings didn’t have horns on their helmets and that is all a myth).

Managed to get some D&D in. Someone tried to burn us all in a inn.

Off to Melbourne. Here is me looking disgruntled about having to ride in a maxi-taxi. I hate those things (though obviously very important for accessibility – why do I always get them in line. This was the second time for the week).

Disgruntlement didn’t last long as, in between meetings, I got to catch up with Victoria and then I was staying at one of my favourite Melbourne hotels, the Crown Metropole. The 27th floor pool is spectacular as the sun starts to dip.

I was attending the Transport and Logistics Skills Council annual awards dinner. As I have mentioned before, I really do enjoy seeing the outstanding work some training providers and employers do in the training space, and hearing the wonderful stories of many of the people who have gained training and the impact on their lives – it does make it all feel real and worthwhile. I also learnt that while trains are easy to drive, there is an enormous amount of skill in getting them to stop!

Friday included attending Nick’s Dad’s funeral, and then going out for drinks with Nick and family to appropriately say goodbye. I was ready for two drinks at that stage.

Autumn has been looking its usual beautiful self in Canberra this year.

Saturday was bout day and with Capital Carnage playing the Dishonour Rollers I was left with very mixed loyalties. This time though, the boys won out and I ended up benching my first game for Carnage. Lots of fun and the boys won, though the Dishonour Rollers certainly made them work for it.

Sunday was Jude’s birthday party – George and I were hiding in the kitchen from all the noise of an afternoon D$D campaign conducted by a horde of small boys under James’ supervision.

The adventure called for fighting a dragon-turtle. Rachel delivered a fabulous chocolate version for the boys to slay.

And a happy birthday was enjoyed by all adventurers.