This is me procrastinating on my tax return...
I have had the week off, it being the last week of school holidays, and also having looked at my leave allowance and decided I could totally do it and still take three weeks off at Christmas. And it's been a pretty good week. It's been very relaxing, and I've even managed some 'quality' time with the kids (as opposed to just having them annoy me). So what have I gotten up to?
Last Saturday, since it was forecast to be quite warm, I decided to skip grocery shopping and take the kids to the swimming pool. For some reason I could only persuade one of them, so Ashwyn and I had a lovely afternoon at the pool. I think it actually did my ankle some good too.
On Wednesday I went to visit irreparable at her new(ish) house, where we drank great volumes of tea and admired her garden in the spring sunshine. She gave me an inkle loom, which is pretty neat - now I just have to learn how to use it. I have been holding off making early period garb for a little while now for want of suitable and appropriate decoration (who wants a beautiful, hand-sewn silk bliaut with cruddy plastic store-bought trim on it?), so hopefully that will open up my garb range a bit.
On Friday we drove up to Gumeracha and had a picnic and then took the kids up the Big Rocking Horse (or at least, Andy took the kids up and down the Big Rocking Horse a couple of times, and I sat at the bottom in the shade). We missed blossom season, but it's still very pleasant up in the hills at this time of year.
In between I did a couple of jigsaws, played some Skyrim, made paper planes with the kids, did some sewing and some gardening, and generally enjoyed the lovely weather. I really am very fond of Spring, so long as I am loaded up with anti-histamines.
Back to work on Monday, which I can't say I am entirely looking forward to, but I shall only be there for one week as the week after that I am heading to Canberra for a whole week for a training course. Then only six more weeks and I shall be off on Christmas holidays. So there's that...
Now, about that tax return...
Last Saturday, since it was forecast to be quite warm, I decided to skip grocery shopping and take the kids to the swimming pool. For some reason I could only persuade one of them, so Ashwyn and I had a lovely afternoon at the pool. I think it actually did my ankle some good too.
On Wednesday I went to visit irreparable at her new(ish) house, where we drank great volumes of tea and admired her garden in the spring sunshine. She gave me an inkle loom, which is pretty neat - now I just have to learn how to use it. I have been holding off making early period garb for a little while now for want of suitable and appropriate decoration (who wants a beautiful, hand-sewn silk bliaut with cruddy plastic store-bought trim on it?), so hopefully that will open up my garb range a bit.
On Friday we drove up to Gumeracha and had a picnic and then took the kids up the Big Rocking Horse (or at least, Andy took the kids up and down the Big Rocking Horse a couple of times, and I sat at the bottom in the shade). We missed blossom season, but it's still very pleasant up in the hills at this time of year.
In between I did a couple of jigsaws, played some Skyrim, made paper planes with the kids, did some sewing and some gardening, and generally enjoyed the lovely weather. I really am very fond of Spring, so long as I am loaded up with anti-histamines.
Back to work on Monday, which I can't say I am entirely looking forward to, but I shall only be there for one week as the week after that I am heading to Canberra for a whole week for a training course. Then only six more weeks and I shall be off on Christmas holidays. So there's that...
Now, about that tax return...