Dad spent many hours this week planning and prepping for his course in Papua New Guinea in a week. This is the first time that QAC is teaching this hands-on course and Dad is developing the material to present the course. It is taking him ages - no time to rest for him.
Dad and I were at the doctor's every day this week - for me: a skin check, a biopsy of a spot on my face (all clear, thank goodness), a pap smear (oh joy) (all clear), getting the stitch out from the biopsy and also had to have a renal and pelvic ultrasound (both clear). For Dad: skin check and prescription renewal, a jaw x-ray (Dad's jaw has been moving in and out of alignment on the left side - the x-ray didn't show anything, so the doctor said to check with the dentist and see what he prescribes) and a renal ultrasound (all clear) Every time we go to an appointment, we have to pay $40 as the government health insurance only covers part of the cost, so I told Dad that he had to get back to work so that we could afford to pay the doctor this week. :-)
On Tuesday, Dad, Robyn and I went out for dinner to a restaurant called 'Gringos' - a Mexican place here in town. Dad and I have wanted to go there for a while and figured that we would try it out while he was home for these two weeks. It's just a little restaurant (about 40 people if it was full), but it had cute decor and the food was yummy. We were enjoying the food so much that I forgot to take pics, so we will have to go back again so that I can show you how good the food looks. :-) Dad had fully-loaded nachos and Robyn and I had enchiladas. Although the food was a bit spicy for me, it was very tasty and Dad and I have plans to go back again.
Robyn, me and Dad at 'Gringos'
Robyn and me outside 'Gringos'
On Wednesday morning, our friend, Alastair, asked us if he could treat us to breakfast. He has been trying to get together with us for ages, but between his schedule and Dad's schedule and our travels, we couldn't find a good time until now. Alastair had us meet him at his home and then drove us to the restaurant - 'Arkarra Tea House'. It is set in two acres of beautifully landscaped gardens. We had a delicious breakfast with nice conversation and then a lovely walk in the gardens down to the pond.
turtle peeking its nose out of the water hoping to get some bread from us - as soon as the three of us walked up to the edge of the viewing platform, a bunch of turtles came swimming up really quickly hoping to get a feed - we had a feeling that they were used to being fed by people on the platform (we did not feed them)
For lunch that day, Robyn and I took our friend, Diana, out to lunch. Diana is the Bishop's wife and they have been having a bit of a hard time lately. About six weeks ago, the Bishop went in for a hip replacement and ended up having a heart operation instead. This coming week, he is going to have that hip operation. Needless to say, Diana has been very stressed worrying about the Bishop. Robyn and I thought that Diana could use a day out with lots of eating and laughing and chatting. We took her to our favourite little cafe beside the beach - we had a great time together! After lunch (we closed the cafe :-), we drove Diana back home and spent another 2 hours there with her. Diana was very grateful to have had such a lovely and carefree afternoon.
On Thursday, I met up with some of my teacher friends at another local restaurant I like - 'The Beach House'. There were five of us this time: me, Luise, Carole, Hazel and Di. As usual, we mostly talked about school stuff, but since I know most of the people and teacher jargon they were talking about, I was able to be a part of the conversation. I always enjoy getting together with these women. I loved it when the grade one and two teachers accepted me right into their groups when I started volunteering at Kawungan State School six years ago and I love that I am still friends with so many of them even though I haven't been teaching for three years.
I got to have a 'Grandma fix' on Friday night by babysitting the little Louws girls, Scarlett (4) and Indiana (Indi) (3). They are such adorable girls and it was fun going over there and watching them while their mom and dad went out for an anniversary celebration dinner. I went to the library earlier that day and borrowed ten picture books. The girls love to be read to and, of course, I had to read all ten of the books! After reading and doing the night time routine, we had prayer and then they went right to sleep. I did the dishes (just thought that Lisa and Ben wouldn't want to come home and do them after their lovely night out) and then I did some scripture study and reading. I told Lisa and Ben that they can ask me any time I am home to babysit for them. :-) P.S. Indi looks like she could be Kendall's sister - cute and blonde with chubby cheeks :-)
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