Sunday, 26 August, 2018

This week was pretty much the same as last week.  Dad's first course here in Cairns finished up on Friday.  This was the practical part of the course and they were fortunate to have access to the plane for three out of the five days - the rest of the days were spent in the classroom using the simulator.  The simulator, which runs off a special laptop, is able to simulate problems which might occur on the airplane and allows the students to follow and perform, via the computer, the troubleshooting steps which need to be taken to fix the problem.  This allows the students to learn how to troubleshoot issues and allows Dad to observe that the students have learned how to fix the airplane without having to actually work on a real airplane.

I continued on with my Aquafit and Body Balance classes and attended my knitting group on Friday.  I asked one of the leaders of the group to help me out with a crochet pattern which she was able to do.  It's for a lap blanket which I had made previously, but I couldn't remember how to begin the pattern - it's been ages since I crocheted my first lap blanket.  I want to be able to crochet a second lap blanket while we are in our next city (Adelaide) for Dad's work.

Dad and I went geocaching yesterday - we just did one cache which turned out to be on the edge of a cemetery.  It was very easy to find and we were able to drop off two travel bugs and pick one up which was in the cache.

Wednesday's meal: Our lamb shanks dinner - this is how large the dinner is and why Dad and I share each meal :-)

Saturday's meal: Our Mexican Chicken Parmiagana meal - this is one of our two favourites at this restaurant

When Dad and I were walking down the mall yesterday, we came upon a display by the 'Cancer Council' - this was one of their fundraising drives where you can purchase items and the money goes to cancer research - we bought a pen and were given this beautiful daffodil as well