After a Week's Absence...

I've found a few minutes to put up a post. It's been a busy week, I've been into the city twice and of course, down to the coast last Saturday as well as general running around. I was out every day last week and when Good Friday arrived, I was really pleased not to be going anywhere. In fact when I woke up on Friday, it was a beautiful morning and all I could hear were the birds. No traffic on the highway or anything, it was so peaceful.

The morning after the party was spent doing the rest of the cleaning up. A couple of people had stayed over at Jane and Fred's. Roger from across the back came over, my daughter and her husband arrived, a couple of neighbours who were unable to come to the party turned up and we all had bacon and eggs for breakfast cooked on the barbecue by Roger and Mitch, Jane and Fred's eldest boy. Fred's nephew, Bill, was around pretty early to take the big marquee and tables and chairs away. With all hands on deck, it wasn't long before the everything was cleared away and you wouldn't have known there had been a party at all.

The last of the marquees, tables and chairs.

Roger and Mitch cooking up breakfast.

As I mentioned above, I was in the city twice last week. The first time was to take the granddaughter who had done the modelling course to a casting call at the agency. They have accepted her for photographic work, much to her delight. She is very photogenic and on the way in, I happened to say to her that I wouldn't be surprised if she was accepted for photographic work.

Then I had to go back into the city on Thursday for an ophthalmolgic review. I have mild cataracts and need to have them checked yearly. It was at the practice where I used to work so it was nice catching up with everyone again. Of course, I was told I could come back to work, my job was still there. Yeah, right. Unfortunately, I said I couldn't leave my current position...semi retirement...heheh. My eyes are okay for another year. Actually I've had this current glasses prescription for 11 years now. I've had to replace the actual specs because the last ones were so scratched I could hardly see out of them. Although my eyesight has changed slightly, the left has always been weaker. The right has perfect sight and I can read the bottom line on the Snellen chart without my glasses with that eye, but the left is not so good, even with glasses and I don't think the cataract helps. When I get my driver's licence renewed I'm always asked if I need glasses for driving...I don't, fortunately.

I wanted to have laser work on the retinas so I wouldn't need to wear glasses at all, but apparently I'm in the 6% of the population who is long sighted rather than short sighted and it wouldn't work for me. It's a nuisance when I'm shopping because I need my glasses on to see labels, etc. but I can't use them to generally walk around, so I do my shopping with them perched on the end of my nose to enable me to do both.

Well, it's Easter Sunday and I hope you all have a very happy and restful Easter.