First term was short and frantic. I worked six days a week - with cricket coaching each Saturday. All games were in Melbourne so it generally meant getting on a 6.30am bus on Saturday morning. I'm also studying - or trying to.
Amanda will begin a new job in April. Diabetes education as part of a health team. Four days a week. No weekend work!
We earned our Easter break. We spent the first weekend camping on the Murray with Janet and her family on an island. Over the years the Murray river has carved a complicated path constantly changing its route. The island is formed by a breakaway creek which looked destined to become the new Murray before human intervention. Janet & Pete own a tiny piece. We''l be back. The Murray is a controlled river. Water had just been released from the Hume Reservoir to increase the flow for Easter tourism. A few weeks earlier it was possible to walk across the Murray. Water politics will escalate. Not enough rain.
300 - 400 year old River Red Gum. Gnarly.We returned home to collapse, sleep, play and study.
Jack made this BBQ'd lamb. ALL his own work. Nice.George has a new set of golf clubs and has nearly finished his Harry Potter binge. He turned 9 on March 29.
Jack has joined a new soccer team and has a pair of fancy white boots.Amanda and I (mostly Amanda, as it happens) are cooking lunch for 100 people on Saturday. Judy and John's last daughter gets married on Friday and they are having a lunch the following day. We offered because of all their kindnesses especially over the last year. A fine way to relax at the end of the holidays...
I've got an assignment due tomorrow.
