Sunday, 17 September, 2017

This was the first week of practical application for Dad's course.  They got to go to the airplanes a ton of times which isn't the norm, so everyone was happy about that.  The guys asked why they couldn't have more days at the airplane compared to in the classroom - Dad told them that you can only fit in three guys in the cockpit where they do a lot of their training, so it would take too long to cycle everybody through to do the exercises, so it's easier and quicker to do a lot of it in the classroom where they can discuss things as a full group.

The first two thirds of this week went really well for me.  I went to my gym workouts and exercise classes at the leisure centre and also had another meeting with Brendon, the fitness instructor at the gym, where we talked about eating habits.  He told me that I knew most of the stuff he wanted to talk with me about - the only things he mentioned that I need to look into were Omega 3 and the sugar content of things which I buy.  So, I have some research to do about those.  I also went to my knitting group again and had a nice time chatting with the ladies there.

On Wednesday, my friend, Rosalea, picked me up from the leisure centre and, after having lunch out at the mall, we drove to her house.  Her husband, Rob, was away working for the week, so it was just us girls.  She is having a really hard time physically and mentally, so it was good for me to be there to keep her mind off her troubles for a bit and just be able to relax and laugh a bit.  Dad came out to Rosalea's to pick me up on Friday after work and we took Rosalea out for dinner to a Chinese restaurant she likes to go to.  The food was delicious and Rosalea was grateful to have a night out as she doesn't get them very often.

Then, Saturday came and I came down with a really bad cold - I rarely get sick , so it has really thrown me for a loop.  I hate being sick and am hopeful that I will get over it quickly.  Today, I couldn't even go to church which I was not happy about, but I am sure that no-one would have wanted me to be sniffling and coughing around them.  Dad's boss, Harry, and his wife, Dawn, came into town today.  Harry needs to do some of the teaching this coming week and Dawn decided to accompany him - she and I get along really well and she just needed some time away from Brisbane.  I feel really bad that I am sick with her here, so hopefully I will get over this nastiness quickly.