This week was a very busy one for Dad - he had to teach a very large amount of information this week. He was up prepping 'til 10:30pm a couple of nights. I have had to tell him what time he needs to stop so that he can get in some down-time. I told him from my own experience that it's important to have some time to relax before you try to sleep. Otherwise you get stressed and also don't get a good night's sleep which is very important when you have to teach the next day. He's happy that the week is over - he thinks that next week (which is his last week teaching this course) will be much lighter. All his students passed the test this week and the one who didn't pass last week (and got some private tutoring from Dad) got 100% on his make-up test which made the student (and Dad) very happy.
I started swimming this week - the pool is just a fifteen minute walk from here. The minute I put my face in the water, it felt great. I swam 30 lengths (25 metres in length) - I did a rotation of two lengths front crawl, two lengths back crawl, two lengths side stroke, two lengths front crawl and two lengths legs only (using a flutterboard). and I did this rotation three times. The first day I went (Monday), I felt so sick afterwards (like throwing up sick) and yet I felt great (if that makes sense :-) My legs were so wobbly afterwards that I found it a bit difficult to walk home. I went again on Wednesday and felt much better after that swim. I hope to go three times this week.
On Tuesday, I walked downtown and spent a couple of hours purse shopping. I wanted to look for a purse which I could take travelling with me - one that was light and had a place for credit cards and had zippers (and didn't cost a fortune). It doesn't sound like it would be that hard to find one like that, eh - I think I hit almost every store in the downtown area. I finally found one that I really liked, but the price tag said $60. I know that doesn't sounds like a lot of money to some people, but I still have trouble spending money on some things (travel doesn't count
On Thursday, I walked down to the Botanic Gardens for a volunteer-led walk around the gardens. I thought I was going to be the only person on the tour until just before 1pm, a young Chinese student came. Alison, our tour guide, gave us a great tour of the gardens and told us a lot of the history of the place. We must have walked around for at least an hour learning and talking and enjoying the beautiful day and the lovely gardens, including some really nice fountains and some beautiful flowers. I just love being out in nature.
Yesterday, Dad and I went to the Temple - we love going there and it's great that it's only a five minute drive from where we are staying here. It's so peaceful in the Temple. It's nice to be able to go so often with Dad working in the major cities and the temples being in those major cities. We are looking forward to going to the Perth Temple when we go there in a few weeks.
Dad and I went out for lunch yesterday - we are going out to eat once a week while we are travelling - and I took him to the Asian restaurant which Sarah and I had gone to last week. I decided to get the Pad Thai (which Sarah had said was really good and you, Terri-Ann, said you liked to get when you go to a Thai restaurant). Dad got the pork belly with honey mustard, rice and salad. Dad said his meal was really nice, but mine was just okay. I liked the pasta and the veggies in the meal, but I wasn't fond of the sauce and spices. I remember you saying, Terri-Ann, that you like the tomato-based one - this one wasn't tomato-based. There are so many restaurants downtown here and we are looking forward to trying a new one next Saturday for lunch.
Terri-Ann, I thought about you when we were in Sunday School in the Brisbane ward today. We hardly got through much of the lesson due to the participation of the members. The teacher (a sub) would ask a question and he would have at least a half dozen people answering each one. I was going to make a comment, but couldn't get a word in edgewise. :-) I love how you can go almost anywhere in the world and the church is there and the lessons are the same. :-)
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