Hi all, sorry it's been so long again. Well, where do I start? I know, I'll start with Nathan clocking up another set of points on his new Australian licence and a neat $170 fine. Poor Nathan. It has got to the stage now, where he's scared to check the post in case there's a nasty letter from the NSW RTA. He is genuinely trying so hard but the car literally rolls faster than the speed limit. This time he was caught out in a school zone. Between the hours of 8.00 and 9.00 and 2.30pm and 4.30pm, the speed limits change from 60km/h to 40km/h. Talking of the post, Nathan is currently most distressed. Now reenergising his past hobbies, he is a fully fledged philatelist again and he has purchased 2500-3000 stamps! They should have arrived in the post by now but no sign of them. Maybe we live in some strange stamp collector's cult area and they have been stolen, you never know! Well, it has been about 25 years since he last did it seriously. He has some huge catching up to do with his world stamp collection. He has also decided to start a collection of Australian new release stamps since January 2014 so he is now stamp multi tasking - most impressive! Bless him! It keeps him happy.
Well, we've come to the end of our first school holiday. 2 beautiful weeks. The first week's weather was rainy but the second week was beautiful. We went to the Jenolan caves. Wow! We'll definitely be visiting again. The most spectacular caves I have ever seen, even better than Chedder Gorge. I have posted piccies on Facebook. It was a 2 and a half hour drive but completely justified. On the way back, we were delayed by two kangaroos who were on the road ahead of us leaping along like mad but with nowhere to go - cliff face on one side and sheer drop on other so it was a kangaroo's pace for us for a while, ( just as well really, at least we didn't pick up any points on that drive!)
We also went to the Sydney Easter Royal Fair - a super event; like a huge agricultural fair. The girls loved the animals. Nathan loved the wood chopping competition! I kid you not. There is a very prestigious log chopping competition (men and women- believe me, you wouldn't upset a female Ozzie wood chopper!). We missed seeing Kate, Will and baby George; they went the following week.
Then, there were the really significant things. I sorted out new contact lenses; found a hairdresser (that I trust!); joined a union; sorted out the kids with a swimming squad; drunk a bottle of Belgian chocolate baileys; found a local dentist. We had some people over for dinner and we visited other people for barbecues; we watched movies at the cinema. We wrote reports; planned lessons; marked work; discussed the pros and cons of owning a dog. Life is still crazy. No regrets but not feeling settled either. I pine for security and a sense of belonging - neither of which are likely to present themselves anytime soon.
Talk soon and lots of love.
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