Marguerite
Active Member
G'day, all.
After a damp day yesterday, we had a wonderful relaxing (for me and mother in law) day at the train track. husband spent a lot of the day either driving a train (under supervision) or trying to fix it when he had boiler troubles. Of course, there was enough sun for him to have a very ruddy (and soot-smeared) complexion, and I think I've picked up a bit of colour as well (thanks to wearing a swimsuit top all day, over my skirt).
difficult child 1 has now moved back home. He had been living half his time at girlfriend's parents place, but girlfriend now has a flat of her own and difficult child 1 says he won't tempt fate (or sully her reputation) by moving in with her.
But of course, all the high humidity meant an interesting drive home. The 'mountains' (you guys would laugh at the molehills we Aussies call mountains) on the drive home are notorious for fog. There is a narrow coastal strip, with a sheer climb to these heights, only a couple of miles inland as the crow flies. I think at one point the land must be shaped like an aeroplane wing, there is always serious fog there as if the air there is suddenly lower pressure, low enough for the moisture to condense. We would be driving along and suddenly clear visibility would drop to a few feet - scary, when you're driving at 110 km/hr (that's almost 70 mph). It was as if a giant fog machine was theatrically blasting away at the cliffs, purely for dramatic effect.
A busy week coming up with school - the school year has about four weeks to go now, we're definitely on the downhill run and trying to desperately catch up. Not easy. I tend to cancel out of a lot of my own activities at this end of the year. But it won't last long.
And now we have to think wedding. Along with everything else. Of course, if we say nothing, don't push - it could be ten years or more before they do anything themselves...
Tomorrow begins the new government's changes, whatever they will be. Dismantling Work Choices is going to take a year or more, maybe signing Kyoto Protocol will be the first item on the agenda...
And then it will only be the US left. Interesting times, eh?
Enjoy your Sunday.
Marg
After a damp day yesterday, we had a wonderful relaxing (for me and mother in law) day at the train track. husband spent a lot of the day either driving a train (under supervision) or trying to fix it when he had boiler troubles. Of course, there was enough sun for him to have a very ruddy (and soot-smeared) complexion, and I think I've picked up a bit of colour as well (thanks to wearing a swimsuit top all day, over my skirt).
difficult child 1 has now moved back home. He had been living half his time at girlfriend's parents place, but girlfriend now has a flat of her own and difficult child 1 says he won't tempt fate (or sully her reputation) by moving in with her.
But of course, all the high humidity meant an interesting drive home. The 'mountains' (you guys would laugh at the molehills we Aussies call mountains) on the drive home are notorious for fog. There is a narrow coastal strip, with a sheer climb to these heights, only a couple of miles inland as the crow flies. I think at one point the land must be shaped like an aeroplane wing, there is always serious fog there as if the air there is suddenly lower pressure, low enough for the moisture to condense. We would be driving along and suddenly clear visibility would drop to a few feet - scary, when you're driving at 110 km/hr (that's almost 70 mph). It was as if a giant fog machine was theatrically blasting away at the cliffs, purely for dramatic effect.
A busy week coming up with school - the school year has about four weeks to go now, we're definitely on the downhill run and trying to desperately catch up. Not easy. I tend to cancel out of a lot of my own activities at this end of the year. But it won't last long.
And now we have to think wedding. Along with everything else. Of course, if we say nothing, don't push - it could be ten years or more before they do anything themselves...
Tomorrow begins the new government's changes, whatever they will be. Dismantling Work Choices is going to take a year or more, maybe signing Kyoto Protocol will be the first item on the agenda...
And then it will only be the US left. Interesting times, eh?
Enjoy your Sunday.
Marg
