What a busy week and a lovely, restful weekend. I worked Monday for Tracey at Kawungan - it was a grade two class and Tracey had told me that there was one boy named Jye who was a real handful (as in tipping over his desk and having tantrums) - I woke up very early (around 4am) in the morning that morning and couldn't get back to sleep worrying about how difficult it was going to be. The first three hours went pretty well, so I figured I had it made ................... wrong! When he 'lost it', he tipped over his desk and his glue went flying along with everything else on his desk. He did go outside when I told him to (Tracey had said to just tell him to go outside and cool down and then come back in when he was ready). He did that and began to work well again, but then he lost it again and I finally called the vice principal to come and take him out of the classroom. The rest of the class were fine and we were able to get most done of which Tracey had left for me to do with them. I worked in Bronwyn's class on Wednesday and it was a dream day - she has a lovely class (again) and it was a pleasure to teach them. I did my regular day on Thursday at Torquay and it went fine. Pam, the teacher whose children I work with on Thursday, asked me if I could come in for her on Friday (she has family things going on and needed a day off), so I ended up back in her class on Friday - they are a full-on class, but we managed to get through it.
Dad did his usual this week: mowed the lawn, did the housework, worked at the Family History Centre (ended up working an extra day there due to computer problems), did Meals on Wheels and SES. By Friday, we were both ready to get in some relaxation and so, right after school on Friday, we headed down south. We met Robyn and Geoff at the campground in Yandina, set up the tent and enjoyed the yummy chicken dinner which Geoff and Robyn had cooked for us. Early to bed that night and slept like babies, we did. We then spent Saturday morning at a local market (where I picked up some kids' books and Robyn picked up some plants - the things we love to buy the most :-) We then walked the main street (one block) of Yandina and had a stickybeak in some stores before buying lamingtons and carrot cake from a local bakery and heading back to the campground for a late lunch. Dad and Geoff then headed off to a leadership meeting after that and Robyn and I got into our bathing suits and headed to the pool. I thought it was a heated pool, but it wasn't - it was QUITE cool. We both took a long time to get ourselves wet - we mostly sat on the edge of the pool yakking. :-) I FINALLY got in the water (I wanted to swim and I was going to do it! :-) We stayed at the pool for ages and it was so nice and relaxing. We then went to the Kawana Waters chapel, where the guys were, for the evening session of Stake Conference. The meetings were being webcast to the HB chapel, but Dad and I like to feel a part of the Stake and one way to do that is to actually be at the meetings in person. The talks and music were wonderful that evening and we were spiritual fed really well.
Sunday morning we headed off to the Nambour Civic Centre where the Sunday morning session of Stake Conference was. There isn't enough room anywhere to hold everyone who comes to the Sunday morning session, so that's why it's at the civic centre. We were again spiritually fed - we were especially impressed with one young woman who spoke about the Young Women's program and what she had learned from being a part of YWs and participating in the Personal Progress program. She was so confident and had such a strong testimony and it was great to listen to her talk. We enjoyed listening to all the speakers and it was one of the best Stake Conferences we have been to.
After Stake Conference, we went back to the campground and Geoff and Robyn's son, Mark, daughter-in-law, Naomi, and their four children (aged 2 1/2 to 10) joined us for lunch. After that, we drove down to a seaside city called Maroochydore and went for a walk along the beach before heading back to the unit which Mark and Naomi were staying in. We chatted for a bit and then had a lovely pasta dinner before heading back to the campground for another early night.
Monday morning, we packed everything up and then had a nice big breakfast (eggs, bacon, baked beans, toast) before heading out to Noosa Heads. We met Mark, Naomi and their family again there and went for a walk in the National Park which went along the ocean where surfers were loving the big waves. The idea of going through the park was to see if we could spot any koalas. Dad REALLY wants to see a koala in the wild and we gave it a good go, but it was not to be this time. We did walk along a hiking path for a good hour and enjoyed the warm sun and lovely breeze and being near the water is always good.
Everyone went their own way after that (mid-afternoon) and Dad and I decided to find a McDonald's to get a milkshake before heading home. We wanted to drink it by the ocean, but there weren't any roads along the ocean on the way home, so we found a nice quiet canal to sit beside and drink our shakes - there were four pelicans by the canal and we watched them while we sat there and enjoyed the water, the sun and the lovely weather. :-) A short drive later, we stopped in Gympie, picked up a sub and found a lovely park to sit in and enjoy the food and more of the lovely weather. We were a little sad to be home as we had had such an amazingly beautiful and relaxing weekend and sure would have loved to have more of that. :-)
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