And so our furniture finally arrived and we only had one picture glass broken and one shelf of the Hi-Fi cabinet broken quite badly but I managed to repair it. Carina is feverishly unpacking the boxes and trying to find a place to pack it all or searching boxes for something specific. It feels a bit more like home and it is also getting nice and warm here in Adelaide. Hope I don’t regret this statement in December.
One of my wishes came true when Michael started cycling to school all by himself! It is something that I did as a boy and so wished that he could experience it but it was slipping into oblivion in RSA.
We also attended the Royal Adelaide Show. Those of you that grew up in the countryside in the 60’s and 70’s would have enjoyed this. It was the proper old agricultural show where normal people showed and won prizes for their veggies, animals, artworks, cakes and stuff. There is a huge entertainment park where the rides are long and good and even though the price is quite steep, you don’t feel ripped off. We also used the bus for the first time and were quite glad we did when the “chauffeur” dropped us off right in front of the entrance and we saw people walking for miles that used their cars to get there.
My BIG 50th birthday was quite a disappointing experience. I woke after a dream of camping with all the friends from RSA so I had the blues when I woke up. I really missed them on this occasion. Carina joined me for breakfast at the local café and the Brekkie Sandwich that I have been eyeing for weeks turned out to be rather dry and bland. We had a company briefing in the afternoon with snacks and drinks afterwards so we didn’t go anywhere the evening. The BBQ that I got for my birthday (my own choice) is quite disappointing. Wynand and Marelene came round for a drink and that was the 50th! We had some people over on Saturday to celebrate Wynand and my birthdays and it was a bit livelier.
Because I was so disappointed in my birthday present (the gas BBQ), which I incidentally picked myself, I had to give myself a good boost so I succumbed to the desire to purchase a motorbike. I found a good buy in Strathalbyn, which is about 65km into the countryside. I got the Hyosung 650 Comet (V-Twin) at around $2000 cheaper than any on offer here in the city. It was quite a nice drive and what a lovely little place it turned out to be. Visit our Picasa site for some pics from there.
Michael hit a few low points this month when he got into some serous trouble at school in two successive days and then hit a lady with his bike when coming home from school a day later. He was not allowed to go on the play grounds and had to have supervised playtime with the teacher and if something else happens he will have to see a psychiatrist. Pretty drastic for the offences: The first offence was to not agree with the class captain and when he tried to pull (rip) the instructions from his hands to read for himself, the paper tore. The second offence was to lock all the toilet doors and then climb over the wall. He didn’t damage anything but they complained that stuff gets damaged (probably when some grown-up climbs over to unlock them or break down the door, I would just send him back to unlock them!) and that it was considered a pretty serious offence!
The school holidays approached and Carina decided to visit her cousin in Melbourne. They eventually took the train which is a day trip there and will fly back on the 4th October. Will report on this in next month’s blog and update some pictures as well.
While they were away I plucked the courage together and started riding my bicycle to work. It is about half hours ride there and an hour’s ride back and this is not just because I am tired of working hard all day, the trip back is up a serious hill for >50% of the trip!
Pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com.au/strumfie
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