September was crazy busy, with work, travel, illness, and
challenges.
It started beautifully with J and I attending Lizotte’s to see
Vince Jones. My friend V had tickets but was sick, so J & I went for him.
What a sublime evening that was. Jazz and red wine, and great company...what
more do you need! Vince may have aged (I didn’t recognise him), but his voice
certainly hadn’t, rich and smooth, with a divine backing band, this was
perfection indeed!
My nephew had his first ever Grand Final for Soccer, and what a
match it was. They went down by 1, but fought hard, and that is all you can
expect.
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attended my school reunion, and it wasn’t as bad as I thought it
would be, lol! Caught up with some lovely people I hadn’t seen in years. I am
glad I went, as the evening progressed it was interesting from a sociological
pov, as some seemed to revert back to the school yard behaviour. I try not to
judge, you don’t know what fresh hell people are walking through to revert like
that. But nonetheless, it was a far less stressful evening than I thought it
would be.
I did wake the following day with a horrendous headcold, who knows
from where, the wind and shouting at the soccer, or kissing too many people at
the reunion. It came quick and fast and went down hill fast too...sigh. It was
Father’s Day though, and we gave Dad and my brother-in-law a great day at my
sister’s property!
The following week, my headcold turned to bronchitis and a strong chest infection.
And the following weekend I flew to Melbourne for a long weekend
break. I was pretty sick most of the trip, but I managed.
I had flown in especially to see the Scorsese Exhibit and you can read about the rest of the trip here.
I had flown in especially to see the Scorsese Exhibit and you can read about the rest of the trip here.
I flew back a little better than when I left but not much. I had
one days rest before managing a two day whirlwind visit from the lovely
author (and friend) Anita Heiss. I collected her from the airport and we had a
chance to catch up. The Friday evening we had a lovely girls night out dinner
with her in conversation with Carol Duncan at Custom Espresso at Speers Point.
What a great night we had, the cafe were spectacular. After we headed out for
drinks and dancing, and a good time was had by all.
The following day Anita came to my lovely Swansea Library for
a well attended talk and we had a great lunch after at Caves Beach Hotel before
I took her back to the airport. What a delight, and inspiration Anita it, I
adore her so.
Despite still feeling poorly I soldiered on.
E, C, and I had pizza at Foghorn before being blown away by Eight
Days a Week: the Beatles documentary and concert. I cannot speak highly enough
of it, what pure joy it gave me!!!
A, L, and I took a trip to The Regal to see Hello, My Name is Doris
starring the eternally youthful Sally Field. What a delight this film was, about
an aging woman dealing with life after her elderly mother
dies.
The third film I saw this month was Bridget Jones Baby with my gals
at gold class. I enjoyed the movie, it was fun, but felt the storyline had
strayed from the original character we loved so much!
I finally caught up with the lovely J for a sublime lunch at
Rustica. Oh my, the food was great, but the company better and
fun!
My lovely niece turned 9 and we had a large family celebration at
the restaurant of her choice...she choose the all you can eat at East Maitland
Bowling Club, bless her little socks, that way she could have pizza, and chips,
and all the foods at once!
Despite work still continuing to be challenging on one small but
very time consuming aspect, we managed some great work, with school holiday
activities, Goosebumps Party, Tai Chi for Seniors, Shelving changes, and of
course the visit from Anita Heiss.
The month ended with fun at The Edwards for their inaugural Gilmore
Girls event, where a group of us watched episodes, ate up big, and played bingo
and trivia. What fun!!!!!
And as always some pics from around and about!
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