Almost December...

The weeks are flying by - only a few weeks till Christmas. Last year at this time I had just booked my flight to UK and had my lovely holiday to look forward to.

Now a year later I am looking forward to my retirement, judging by the last few weeks - it seems to be a busy time of life. Perhaps it will feel different when I "officially" retire on 11th January, at least I can cross one item off my list "looking for a job".

The last two weeks have just flown by. I had my friend Sally to stay for a few days - we had a great time together, chatting laughing, shopping drinking coffee and the scrap booking! The weather was hot thank goodness as my hot water system finally died - only one day without hot showers as the plumber was able to install a new system the next day. We got some scrap booking done, enjoyed babysitting Koby, shopped and went dancing on the Wednesday evening.

Malcolm and Fergus headed off to Glasgow on 20Th November to help celebrate Malcolm's Mum's 80th birthday. Great excitement for Fergus! I am enjoying spending time with Zac while Shelley is at work. He is talking (a lot!) and asks many questions, loves to say NO when I ask him to do something and then when I say aw please he thinks for a moment and says OK with a big grin. he is now sleeping in a big bed - I put him to bed on Thursday evening said goodnight and went into the kitchen to wash the dishes, I thought he had gone to sleep until I walked back into the lounge and there he was sitting on the couch reading his book!! He wasn't tired....It's great fun being a Grandma. Wednesday I looked after Koby, he is so beautiful and he gave me such a lovely smile when I picked him up after his sleep. He is a happy baby, it's a joy being able to spend time with him. One of the many pluses being retired.

It's been another warm week with a lot of rain which is good, have done all the usual things like yoga, meditation group, early morning walks and some dancing last night. It was a big band, some great music for dancing. It was a beautiful balmy evening

Tonight we are going to movies to see The Boys are Back - looking forward to it..

til next time...

Monday again!

Monday morning and somewhat cooler - I have spent the last few days at Phillip Island enjoying the warm weather, relaxing and spending time with friends. It was a lazy weekend spent mostly outside in the beautiful garden of the house we rented. I have been there before with Rose, however last visit was in winter, so this weekend I was able to enjoy the garden. It was easy to wind down after another busy week.
The session at VCAT was once again trying, my next door neighbour will not give up until she gets exactly as she wants and it looks like it will be a long drawn out dispute.
The VCAT session was followed by a lovely lunch with my 'old' library team - that was fun. I then had an appointment with a financial planner and the good news is that I have decided to retire officially on January 11th, I have also had the paperwork from Centrelink confirming that I will move to the Age Pension (if eligible) on that day!! Hooray let's hope it's all transfers smoothly. Perhaps I will loose that feeling of being in limbo.
Last week the weather was hot, although I love the warmer weather I find 35 deg just a tad uncomfortable. I danced twice last week and managed to get in some walking and yoga despite the heat.
My friend Sally from Brisbane is in Melbourne and she will be staying with me for a few days. I am looking forward to our time together - no doubt we will do the usual chatting and gossiping with chocolate and red wine to help us along. We plan to go to Mornington market on Wednesday morning followed by some Rock 'n Roll in the evening - hopefully we can indulge in some retail therapy and our usual scrap booking sessions during the week. Sally doesn't know it yet but I have planned some early morning walks too!
Hopefully I will catch up with the family too this week.
Til next time....