It’s that time of the week again, so here are a few good things …
Beach days. I swam twice this week. Friday and Saturday were both around 37C. Friday was takeout Friday, and the girls came over, so I waited to go for my swim until S got there. While we went to the beach for our swim, G and H went to get fish and chips. While S and I were walking, we heard a big crack and crash behind us. A massive branch had fallen off a tree and landed on a car parked in the street about 40 m behind us. Our timing was very fortunate. I would not have wanted to get hit by that thing. The other good news was that no one was in the car, and it looked to have minimal damage. After that, we walked down the middle of the road, away from the trees. By the time we got to the beach, it was a bit overcast, but it was still hot, and we enjoyed the water. G and H arrived with the fish and chips, and we sat on the grass to eat them. It was not pleasant. The flies were awful. So.many.flies. H was particularly put out by the whole thing, but I was still glad we grabbed the opportunity. Once we were finished, we walked to our favourite local gelato shop, Bianco Latte. I had Peanut Butter Chocolate —Yum!
Saturday morning started out hot. G and I timed our runs to finish at about the same time at Elwood beach. I finished a little before him, but once he got there, we picked up something for breakfast at the cafe at The Hub. I had a delicious Baci smoothie and their banana bread, which was yummy, with chia seeds and other bits and pieces that made it nice and filling. Once refuelled we headed to the water, G to cool his legs, and me to go for a swim. I’d bought towels with me and worn bike shorts and a singlet which I could swim in. It was very refreshing after being so hot from the run.
After the beach, we had to rush home, shower, and change to attend our church leadership retreat day. Luckily, it was only a short walk from our house. The day was excellent and generated lots of conversation about what was going well and possible future directions. We also had time to get to know some people we haven’t had as much to do with yet. We were a bit worried about leaving Riley out in the heat, but the girls came over to look after him and work on the puzzle, which they finished. I got this photo by text partway through the morning session.
Some other good things:
- We had our church AGM on Sunday. I did not get wound up for going over time reporting on my ministry.
- Riley also got a swim, but earlier on Friday morning.
- I got my haircut. I’ve started booking my next appointment for when I get my haircut, but this one was supposed to be two weeks ago. It had to be postponed because I had my aunty’s funeral. I have booked my next cut. Yay for removing the friction of needing to make a phone call.
- G has been overseas this week, and E is on tour, so I could eat whatever I wanted. I have had a whole head of cauliflower, which is one thing G will not eat.
- I booked a restaurant for my birthday celebration with G and the girls (E is away most weekends working, so we couldn’t make it work to include him)
- After the hot weather, we had lovely soaking rain with no wind, which I love because an umbrella keeps you dry. The garden really needed the water. We have since had more than enough rain, thank you.
- Running is still going well, although the heat and humidity have made it a bit more difficult. On Saturday, I will progress to 10-minute running intervals.
- After my haircut I did some errands that have been sitting on my to do list for a number of weeks.
- I watched the Netflix documentary Buy Now recommended by San. I am not a big buyer of things. I also try to buy food, etc, without packaging and select more sustainable products, but I have the time and money to do that, which many people do not. Apart from Kindle books and TV streaming, I refuse to buy anything from Amazon. Despite this, I still find it helpful to have these shocking wake-up calls to recommit myself to my efforts. I was absolutely shocked by the Tictoc videos of Amazon hauls. Were these real people? Do people really buy that amount of stuff? I did a google search and realised this is an actual thing. Anyway, I think watching or reading things like this fairly regularly is a good way to innoculate against consumerism.
- I planted my tomatoes.
How’s your week been?
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