We got up yesterday morning feeling like a truck had hit us both. All we really wanted to do was sleep in but we had to get up because I promised mum we would go down and see her for Easter. My sister went away with her family and my mum was watching the house for her and my sister’s house doesn’t have a phone, so it was impossible to contact my mum even if I wanted to.
Anyway, just as we left home the dark black clouds rolled in and it started to rain. Yasu forgot to take his jacket but couldn’t be bothered going back for it.
When we got to my sister’s house, my oldest nephew (sister’s son) was there – he had got back from doing a run down south to where my sister was because they had forgotten to take the tent poles so they couldn’t put up the tent… haha
Anyways, he took off to pick his girlfriend up from the supermarket bakery where she works and then we set off down to the foreshore. They had a carnival set up on one of the big ovals there – rides, clowns, showbags, dagwood dogs, hot spuds, corncobs on sticks, fairy floss and popcorn. All yum smells. It started to rain about halfway around and we had to hide under a canopy that had clowns – I didn’t have a go though because one game cost $5 (ripoff or what?)
After we had walked around – and managed to buy 2 shamwow’s – we went down to the foreshore and walked along all the different shops that were open. I fell in love with a Fairy water fountain which was just beautiful, but when Yasu inquired how much it was – $790 – we decided against buying it. Abit pricey.
We ended up having fish n’ chips wrapped in paper, and we ate it on the grass in front of the water. The seagulls pestered the life out of us – mum made it worse by throwing chips at them – even though there was a sign that said “please do not feed the seagulls”.
The dark clouds got darker and threatened to break open any minute, but didn’t. There were lots of families having picnics and there was a train that went past all down the boardwalk, and mini jalopies that you could hire and pedal along.
As the big shopping precinct was open, we ended up wandering around inside, and checking out all the Easter bargains – bought some storage boxes that were on sale – and an Easter mud cake.
We went back to my sister’s house and had a cuppa and some choccy mud cake, and caught the end of Braveheart on satellite. I hadn’t seen it before but I was pretty upset with the whole human race after that.
We ended up coming home and having a light dinner and crawling into bed. We both had a sore throat – (I always end up with one when I go to my sister’s house – not sure if her house is full of bacteria or what) – but I had some antibiotics laying around from the beginning of this year that I never took – so we self medicated with those and this morning we are both feeling better, sore throats are gone and possible tragedy averted (we go away tomorrow and definitely don’t need to be sick!)
Today Yasu is cementing the edging on our garden out the front (pictures to follow), and I am just doing a general tidy-up of the house. We are going away on our holiday tomorrow, you don’t know how much I am looking forward to that! (I’m not looking forward to turning 32 though)
Mum and Yasu
