It was back to work for me this morning after two weeks holiday and it was hard. I was up early and ready to roll, and we got 100 metres in the car and I discovered I had a flat tyre. Not the best start to the day! Carly and I both walked, with her 20 paces in front of me puffing along behind. It was cold but I was overheated by the time I got to work - late.
Lunchtime was good though. We had a girls' lunch, and met Lisa and Nikki, both with their babies. Lisa is back to work next week after 6 months maternity leave, and Nikki's baby is 2 weeks old today and beautiful. I had mountains of work to get through today, all piled up and waiting for me. It made the day go by in a blur and when I got home I got all ready to tackle the problem of the flat tyre when my neighbour asked if I wanted his son to change the wheel for me. Naturally, that would be a yes.
We had a great weekend with Scarlett's first birthday on Saturday at Noah's Ark in Wagga. They do themes for birthday parties, and we had the "Sea Room". She had a couple of little friends and her grandparents, along with uncles and aunties and cousins. The fathers had the best time of all, as you can see from the photo: Kai had a ball on the slide with Scarlett, and Zeke and Daniel spent a good deal of time up and down as well. Alex and Zeke kept going after Daniel had enough.
Carly played Oz Tag on Sunday so off to Wagga we went again. The day was another really cold one and luckily I was able to watch the games from inside the car. She scored a try but they lost 7 to 3. She worked on Friday night at the restaurant where she did her work experience, they loved her so much it looks like she could be working every weekend from now on. She's rapt of course, and tomorrow we'll set up a bank account for her so she can get paid.
Alex's team played the last game of the season on Saturday before the finals begin. They lost to Young who are unbeaten this year. Next weekend is the Riverina Schoolboys Rugby League Carnival and already there are over 160 teams signed up so it's going to be a big day. All the locals get involved because someone has to score each game, then someone else runs around and collects all the scores. I help out every year and usually score a couple of games. This year will be no different. The weather is the only unpredictable thing, so (fingers crossed) here's hoping we have good weather.
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