cars

Okay it is time I posted again. Hopefully if I write this in word and let it spell check for me and manage some paragraph divisions it will be more acceptable to all.

I seem to spend a great deal of my life in a car one way or another. I drive to work and back every day which takes about 40 minutes each way if I don’t have any errands to run on the way. When I get to work I get into another car, courtesy of the government and travel around visiting clients in their homes. I average around 30 kms in the work car daily.

Most of you know that I have finally bought a car that I like. My little sporty fiesta XR4 is great. I actually enjoy the drive into and out of town. I find it fun to watch the people that are staring at my racy little car. Steve thinks it could sound better; it is a little too quiet for his taste, but it still turns heads. I can hide inside and not be noticed as I have quite tinted windows.

Well up until this week I was driving a very ordinary Holden Viva station wagon while at work which smelled of pickled onions for some unknown reason. This car was rejected by one of the other nursing rounds as it was not very nice to drive at all. My manager sent an email to tell me it was to be replaced this week, and when the new car arrived, I got to move all the stuff over into it and farewell the Viva. I took possession of the new “grad” car on Tuesday, a Hyundai i30. Although Korean cars aren’t highly thought of this one is much nicer to drive than the Holden. The only drawback is the overwhelming new car smell. Ah well you can’t have everything.

Work Work and more work

Yep, that is really all the I have done recently. I love my job, but it gets a bit monotonous getting up at six every day to make breakfast, lunch and then hurry off to work by 7:30. My first client has been arriving at the clinic by then for a dressing and I have had to be there too. It is not light when I leave and it isn't light when I get home most nights either. I really don't enjoy that part of winter at all, I also don't like the cold. I wear a fleecy jacket over my uniform and I keep on having to shed it and put it on all day long. People's homes are usually warm and then I have to go outside again. My car doesn't like frost either. There is some sort of sensor on it that causes a yellow snow flake to light up if it goes below 4 degrees and then a red one if it is below 0. I think it is scared I will crash it if there is ice around. I was laughing at Steve last week, as I used to have to clear frost off the car and his was safely in the carport, now my car is newer, I have the carport and he has frosty windows. Then I got to work and had to scrape the frost off the work car. Poetic justice?

Well this would make a great ad for the West Coast of Tasmania at Easter wouldn't it? This was taken one evening while Em and Rob attempted to catch fish in the surf. Sadly unsuccessful at the fishing they still look great at sunset.

Easter camping

Well we survived a camping trip to the west coast of Tasmania at Easter time. Yay!!!! Actually it was fun, we spent Friday travelling to Sundown point just below Arthur River via some forestry roads which the Mio (GPS) didn't seem to know existed. We managed to find a grassy sheltered spot that was not already spoken for and set up our little tent city. Em, Rob and Clinton all had their own tents and there was our tent and a shelter for a kitchen, a sun shelter (yes there was sun) and last but not least a little tent for you know what. The weather was kind in the most part, quite sunny during the days and then very cold overnight. Even with good sleeping bags and thermals it was chilly for sleeping. We didn't actually do much, just read books, played board games, chatted, cooked stuff over a campfire, strolled along the beach and attempted to surf fish. It was all very relaxing and I am beginning to think that is what we all need most. Rob and Em were recovering from colds, Steve was recovering from working too much, Clint from study and I was simply enjoying a break from both work and house work. The only thing that would have made it more enjoyable was having some more family or friends to share it with. ah well maybe next time.

Busy, busy, busy

Sorry for the long pause between posts. Life is busy, but not very interesting for me at present. My job is full of challenges and interesting people, but I can't talk about that much and my private life consists of sleep and housework with the occassional tv show thrown in.
We are planning a camping trip for Easter, so hopefully there will be something to report after that. It is great to read what all of you are doing so keep up the posting.

Long Weekend

Well folks, a long weekend has been and almost gone and I have done nothing really. Yes, I have done some housework and spent some time with my husband and son, but, I have acheived nothing more than being less tired and not living in such a mess.
I hope that others think that this is a good use of my time and energy, as I am beginning to. I have also checked the blogs of my family members and they haven't posted recently so maybe I am the only one that has time to waste this way. Perhaps that means that I should get off here and do something constructive with the remaining 5 1/2 hours of the long weekend. Enjoy yours.

Saturday

Well now that I have a full time job, working 8-4.30 daily, I find that I have to use my Saturdays for the awful task of housework. What a waste of a great day off.