As I still had one '2 for 1' coupon to 'Hogsbreath Cafe', Dad and I decided to use it on Monday for lunch. I had ribs again since they were so good when I went with Robyn last week and Dad had ribs and a steak. Dad agreed with me that the cooking of the food has improved greatly since we went last year. We might just have to go a few more times to make sure. :-)
After lunch, I met up with my friend, Maureen, for afternoon 'tea'. We went to the 'Boat Club' where they have a really nice cafe. Maureen had never had an iced chocolate and so I told her that she just HAD to have one (and I did, too :-) and she also wanted to share a passionfruit cheesecake (to which I agreed :-) Both were yummy! Maureen was my counsellor when I was Primary President in our ward. Maureen is the same age as Nana and we get along like a house on fire. She and her husband travel a lot and it was great that we were both home at the same time, so we could have a lovely afternoon together.
On Tuesday, Dad and I took my babies, Garfield and Violet, back to the Animal Rescue. I am sure that they weren't happy to be back there since they had had the run of our house for a while and I was sad to have to take them back, but at least I know that they can come back to us the next time we are in HB.
After that, we went to Robyn's as she had a list of things for Dad to do. :-) She is finding that there are things that she doesn't know how to do as she didn't have to do them when Geoff was alive. Most of the things were technology based and Dad was able to help her out with all of them. Dad needed some shorts mended and Robyn was happy to do that for him.
We had our friends, Faye and Bill, over for dinner that night. Bill works for QAC (Dad's work) and the four of us get along really well. Since we are all travelling so much, we don't get back to HB at the same time very often (they live about 15 minutes away from HB). We had a lovely dinner and chat - it was great catching up with them.
On Wednesday, we had to go to a funeral for our friend, Des, who was a member of our ward. It was a very short funeral which was good. When it was time to go to the graveside, we took Robyn with us in our car - the cemetery we went to is where Geoff is buried and this was the first time she had been there since his burial. She had a hard time being there, but she wanted to do it for Des' wife, Margaret.
On Thursday, I met up with Bronwyn and Chantelle at 'The Coffee Club' - Chantelle was back in HB for the school holidays and when she comes back to the Bay, the three of us always try and get together. Brownyn is a retired teacher who does contract work for the school she worked at before she retired (just two half days a week). We talked a lot about how teaching has changed so much and how it's killing the passion for many of the teachers in our schools. It is so sad. I have always loved teaching and I feel so blessed to have been able to teach at R. J. Lee for so many years. It gave me a chance to just teach and it was such a joy to go there every day and to help my students learn. More teachers are leaving the job all around the world and we are losing so many good ones.
On Friday, we flew to Melbourne and we are now at the unit. It's a bit cooler down here than it is in HB, but I am still able to wear my shorts. :-) Dad and I are looking forward to our week long holiday along the Great Ocean Road (on the southern coast of Australia).
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