Marguerite
Active Member
G'day folks.
What a day! I had a lovely rest this morning while husband took mother in law to the doctor instead (thank you, husband). They got back a couple of hours before I had to go out so we sat together and drafted a letter to the drug company, reporting mother in law's adverse reactions. They needed my involvement with the letter because I'm the one who's been writing emails and making calls on mother in law's behalf, over all these problems.
I left about 11.30 am to go collect easy child 2/difficult child 2 for the face-painting job. It was already very hot. I tend to drive with the car windows down and my hair in a turban (to stop my hair tangling in the wind) but it was just too hot, so I had to put the air-con on in the car. But even that was struggling to cool the car enough to make it comfortable. Meanwhile my already-tanned driving arm was getting sunburned.
After I collected easy child 2/difficult child 2, we headed slowly to the gig. Stopped on the way to get some food, then as we got closer and realised we were an hour early, we stopped again to get cool (parked in the shade under the store - ANY store, but it happened to be a fabric shop) to eat the food we'd bought (never turn up to a gig hungry, it doesn't look good to eat the party food before the guests arrive). We went in to the store (air-conditioned - LOVELY!) then too soon were back on the road again, the party was only a few minutes away.
We parked the car (in the sun unfortunately) and got on with the job. Luckily the host had a good spot in the shade for us. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was a bit worried because it's been a few years since she did a party; but it was like falling off a bike, you never forget how to do it. We painted a lot of faces (child and adult). Funny thing was, the kids were going right from us and into the swimming pool, so the face paint wasn't staying on. Even though we were in the shade, it was very hot. There was a jumping castle as well, the place was crowded. easy child 2/difficult child 2 & I had planned on playing some games with the kids as well, but frankly, there was no room and the kids had enough to do anyway.
After everyone had their fill of face painting, easy child 2/difficult child 2 got out her balloons and began to do her balloon sculpture. She's always been clever with her hands and I don't think the host & hostess realised just how good she was. They were very happy with the work we did, although after the face painting I was just sitting and talking to kids (and slowly packing the car with stuff we'd finished with).
It was late afternoon before we left and if anything the day seemed hotter. We tried driving with the windows down and it was just too hot. We chose to drive back via the coast route, over the high bridge - we opened the windows to get the sea breeze at that point but shut them again - it was still unpleasantly hot. The hostess had given us a large box of chocolates, they had come from the fridge. But by the time we got back to easy child 2/difficult child 2's place, they had already begun to melt. I've put them in the fridge, when I've finished this post I will go check to see if they've solidified again yet.
Tomorrow it won't be quite so hot - tomorrow is forecast to be only 27 C (81F) but today it was 37C (98 F). It felt even hotter.
husband is a darling - he just brought me a cocktail he's been working on (trying to duplicate the delicious frozen cocktails from the Star City casino in Sydney). It's a frozen concoction, a slurry, of Midori, Bombora and pineapple juice. Green and refreshing. Pineapple, coconut, melon and rum. Just what I needed after a really hot day.
easy child 2/difficult child 2 got a number of enquiries from today's gig, hopefully she will get some more party bookings out of it and get a bit of extra rent money. She said she feels a lot more confident ow about what she's doing and she certainly seemed to me to be doing a wonderful job.
Tomorrow I plan to do as little as possible unless it involves the beach somehow.
Enjoy your Saturday.
Marg
What a day! I had a lovely rest this morning while husband took mother in law to the doctor instead (thank you, husband). They got back a couple of hours before I had to go out so we sat together and drafted a letter to the drug company, reporting mother in law's adverse reactions. They needed my involvement with the letter because I'm the one who's been writing emails and making calls on mother in law's behalf, over all these problems.
I left about 11.30 am to go collect easy child 2/difficult child 2 for the face-painting job. It was already very hot. I tend to drive with the car windows down and my hair in a turban (to stop my hair tangling in the wind) but it was just too hot, so I had to put the air-con on in the car. But even that was struggling to cool the car enough to make it comfortable. Meanwhile my already-tanned driving arm was getting sunburned.
After I collected easy child 2/difficult child 2, we headed slowly to the gig. Stopped on the way to get some food, then as we got closer and realised we were an hour early, we stopped again to get cool (parked in the shade under the store - ANY store, but it happened to be a fabric shop) to eat the food we'd bought (never turn up to a gig hungry, it doesn't look good to eat the party food before the guests arrive). We went in to the store (air-conditioned - LOVELY!) then too soon were back on the road again, the party was only a few minutes away.
We parked the car (in the sun unfortunately) and got on with the job. Luckily the host had a good spot in the shade for us. easy child 2/difficult child 2 was a bit worried because it's been a few years since she did a party; but it was like falling off a bike, you never forget how to do it. We painted a lot of faces (child and adult). Funny thing was, the kids were going right from us and into the swimming pool, so the face paint wasn't staying on. Even though we were in the shade, it was very hot. There was a jumping castle as well, the place was crowded. easy child 2/difficult child 2 & I had planned on playing some games with the kids as well, but frankly, there was no room and the kids had enough to do anyway.
After everyone had their fill of face painting, easy child 2/difficult child 2 got out her balloons and began to do her balloon sculpture. She's always been clever with her hands and I don't think the host & hostess realised just how good she was. They were very happy with the work we did, although after the face painting I was just sitting and talking to kids (and slowly packing the car with stuff we'd finished with).
It was late afternoon before we left and if anything the day seemed hotter. We tried driving with the windows down and it was just too hot. We chose to drive back via the coast route, over the high bridge - we opened the windows to get the sea breeze at that point but shut them again - it was still unpleasantly hot. The hostess had given us a large box of chocolates, they had come from the fridge. But by the time we got back to easy child 2/difficult child 2's place, they had already begun to melt. I've put them in the fridge, when I've finished this post I will go check to see if they've solidified again yet.
Tomorrow it won't be quite so hot - tomorrow is forecast to be only 27 C (81F) but today it was 37C (98 F). It felt even hotter.
husband is a darling - he just brought me a cocktail he's been working on (trying to duplicate the delicious frozen cocktails from the Star City casino in Sydney). It's a frozen concoction, a slurry, of Midori, Bombora and pineapple juice. Green and refreshing. Pineapple, coconut, melon and rum. Just what I needed after a really hot day.
easy child 2/difficult child 2 got a number of enquiries from today's gig, hopefully she will get some more party bookings out of it and get a bit of extra rent money. She said she feels a lot more confident ow about what she's doing and she certainly seemed to me to be doing a wonderful job.
Tomorrow I plan to do as little as possible unless it involves the beach somehow.
Enjoy your Saturday.
Marg
I'm glad you don't have much on your agenda tomorrow except for the beach-you need some good resting time
Thankfully they are calling for it to warm into the 30s by Wednesday of next week!
