Its all happening

Back from holidays just 3 weeks and the feet are yet to touch the ground. Sort of began again on Sat night with a barby and a chat about this years adventures of the travelling twelve. Early plans look like a night and part of the day at Peterborough, then off to Broken Hill and surrounds for a day or two. Sunday was a full day with a round trip of over 500 ks to the Iluka mine site at Jacinth/Ambrosia. Not a huge operation, but interesting enough with lunch and afternoon tea provided. Got back to Ceduna about 6.45 so it was a full and tiring day for us older folk. Monday was spent trying to make the garden at Seahorse Villa presentable and finish cleaning the house for guests on Tuesday. Tuesday was Melbourne cup day which meant lunch at the pub with a day full of prizes,sweeps and of course the Cup. Home for a rest about 3.30 and then to prepare some of the food for a family dinner at Tracy and Darrens. Mazzy bought her stir fry noodles, we took a potato bake and Tracy did the meatballs and snapper on a stick and chicken wings. And salad. We left about 10.30, absolutely bloated and tired, with an early start tomorrow. Wednesday was Bobs first day at a temp job at the East West motel with a 7.00am start. Because the car was booked in for a service today I had to also rise early to take her to work so I could later take the car in. Lunch and chores (booking a few days in Bali in March for a nephews wedding and gardening) filled in what was left of the day. And the week is only half way through. We managed these things but the news that our best mate, and best man at our wedding Ross Loader, finally gave in on Tuesday to the pancreatic cancer that had bedevilled him for nearly 3 years. We all new it was coming, but that doesnt help when it happens. We count ourselves lucky that we were able to have a lovely lunch with him and Ilona at Goolwa just 3 weeks ago.  So sad.