Sunday, 5 March, 2017

This week was pretty much the same as last week.  Dad continued on with his instructing and prepping.  The guys had two exams this week and all passed with flying colours.  Dad is finding his days to be long and mentally tiring.  Since he has never taught this class before, it is taking him ages to get ready for the next day.  He puts a lot of time into getting ready for the course and making sure he provides relevant questions for the guys to ensure they are getting maximum learning about the airplane.

I continued on with my exercise classes at the gym.  Here's my schedule which I will continue on with while we are here in Melbourne: Monday - Body Balance (a combo of tai chi, yoga and pilates) and Aquafit, Tuesday - Yoga, Wednesday - Aquafit, Thursday - Pilates, and Friday - Over 50s Workout and Aquafit.  I enjoyed all the classes, although I much prefer the Wednesday Aquafit instructor to the Monday/Friday instructor - the Wednesday woman keeps us moving, changes up the exercises quickly and makes better use of the pool compared to the Monday instructor.

On Thursday, Jon, our housemate, who we have been getting along with really well, and Dad and I went out for Vietnamese.  When Jon found out that I wanted to try that kind of food, but wanted to make sure that we went to a restaurant which served good food, he suggested we try one this week which he recommended.  The restaurant itself was pretty ordinary, but the food was fabulous.  We went at 6pm and there weren't many others there, but by 7pm, the place was packed and there were people waiting to get in.  We decided to each choose a dish and get some steamed plain rice.  We had crispy chicken with plum sauce, sizzling Mongolian lamb and barbecued pork with noodles.  Yummy!

 Dad, me and John with our Vietnamese food

 Dad and I are trying new ideas for our eating plan - this one was shared with us by Jennifer - ham and egg nests with cheese and green onions - so delicious and quite filling!