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....