Bob has been away all week with the regional country golf team, based in Frankston which is west of Melbourne (we are 1 hour east) and so I have been in the house myself without a live-in spider catcher! Which led to me buying the outdoor spider spray from Woolies and spray each and every little nook and cranny of the house, including doors and windows so that I wouldn't be faced with a big hairy and not know what to do! It seems to be working : ) The first night was a bit strange being in the house all by myself, but I must admit, i had the best sleep ever!! Ha. I probably shouldn't tell Bob that. In 4 days, I seem to have turned into a peppermint tea drinking culinary herb growing knitter who watches 'don't tell the bride' and has taken to organising things - the things you do to get out of studying for an exam! I'm sure Bob won't recognise his trashy tv watching new age wife when he gets home tonight.
I am currently knitting Baby Black a scarf. It's a scarf because I can only knit in a straight line at the moment! But I'm sure he/she will love it. Or hate it because it might be quite itchy.......Hmm. It's the thought that counts!
Bob played in the individual Victorian country championships Monday and Tuesday with one of the highest handicaps of 4. He had a brilliant round, only to have a nightmare of a hole on the 18th where he took 8 shots to get the ball in the hole. This was due to him hitting it into a bunker, hitting the ball out of the bunker only to hit the ball with his club again while it was in the air and knocked it back into where his foot had been in the bunker! Argh. Despite going round in 79, he still managed to finish top 30 out of 144 golfers in Victoria. Pretty damn good! Watch out Tiger.
The golf team seem to be playing well and are strong contenders for winning the 'bowl' going into the final match today. Bob has the highest handicap in the team, but has been consistently picked over alleged better golfers going on his great performances this week. He was quite nervous tee-ing off first in front of everyone watching on the first day of the tournament, knowing that there were plenty of golfers there off scratch and +2, +3; he didn't hit an amazing shot but as his caddy said - it went forward, that's all you need! Sounds like he has had a great time and he is looking forward to using his new golf clubs when he gets back.
As for my golf, lessons start for us ladies next Friday evening. Think my clubs have been gathering dust over the winter so will need to give them a bit of TLC before next week.
My old friend Lindsey Park, now Falla (Dad, you'll remember her from Strathgryffe tennis, she also worked in the Fox) was on holiday with her hubby Davy in New Zealand and had a stop off in Melbourne for the night last weekend. Bob and I drove up to meet up with them and had a great night - love meeting up with people I haven't seen for years and just picking up where we left off. Lindsay is still working as a dentist in the Navy and has been posted to Brunei for 3 years. Davy has now left the Navy and is working as a Dive Master, as well as lecturing at the local university in engineering. They are thinking of returning to Melbourne for the Australian Open so would be great to see them over here again. And now we have a new stop over for when we next fly home - a trip to Brunei or Borneo! Brilliant.
Last weekend was also AFL Grand Final weekend - Hawthorn Hawks vs Sydney Swans. Gary and Chelsea had a joint housewarming/grand final party in their new house/basement which was good fun. Looking forward to our next get together - Mexican night at Corinna and James' new house mid October! Apparently fake moustaches and sombreros compulsory.
What else.....I am going on a dry needling/acupuncture course next weekend, heading to Mornington Peninsula the weekend after that, and the girls from work have organised a night in the city mid November. Also got A Day on the Green coming up at the beginning of December to go see Simple Minds live!!! Ha. "Promised you a miracle....dah dah da da" Camping for a couple of nights then too.
Think that's all our news! Trying to get into a routine of studying for an hour every night - I've got something like 20 weeks until my exam. Eeekk!
Hope you are all well back home, emails welcome as always Love Mo and Bob xxxx
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