Busy, Busy, Busy!

Friday at last! Busy week for one and all.
We had a visit last weekend from someone Jeff used to work with back in the UK.  He had hired a van in Sydney and was travelling up to Cairns with his family: huge distance!  Good to see them though and good for them to be out of the van for a night too I think. They couldn't get over how spacious our house seems to be... I think that it being 'open plan' gives it that feeling of space which you don't see much in the UK.
Oli played in the inter-schools regional tennis comp on Wednesday so had a day off school... he then made it through to the last 16 so had a 2nd day off school! He came up against some amazing players on the 2nd day and didn't progress much further... however, he won the 'umpire's award' for the best umpiring of the tournament! Bless him. He's playing sooo much tennis now and absolutely loves it.  We had a knock-around after I finished work during the week and it was exactly that: a knock around.  I didn't seem to be able to even win a point!
Oli has another day off schoolio today: Nambour Show Day.  We went off to Mooloolaba for a walk and spent some time on the beach. Gorgeous, gorgeous afternoon with temperatures around 24 degrees!  Getting cooler now though so have pulled on my sweatshirt.  Oli has no tennis this weekend so we're off to Rainbow Beach again tomorrow as loved it.  Might dip my toes in the ocean too but that's definitely a 'might'.  Only one more week at school for Oli and then 2 weeks off: yay!!

Winter... Brrr...!

A day off at last!  Friday is my 'supply teaching' day and I wasn't called for, so am catching up at home.  I work Monday through to Thursday at the tennis club and invariably arrive back home at 7pm.  Jeff is up at 5am to get to work in Noosa by 6.30am so we're literally seeing each other for an hour or so in the evening during the week and then collapse in bed at 9pm! Weekends are good though although Oli seems to be playing EVERY weekend at the moment in some tournament or another... he battled through the school trials a couple of weeks ago and is now representing the region next Wednesday.  He does love it, so we don't mind the driving around really.  He's now made firm friends with a couple of lads at school and seems very settled which is great. We are still undecided on where he's off to school next year for his high school years.  Wherever it is, we need to be settled for at least the next 5 years and work is still on a casual basis for both of us.  Hey Ho... we'll get there.
Winter now. Brrrr.... it's around 7 degrees at night and low 20s during the day. Bloomin' nippy first thing and there's no heating at all in the bungalow. We had to buy a portable oil heater and electric blankets!! Lovely walking weather though and we still get out every weekend. It's a long weekend this weekend too so we're off to Noosa for a festival: should be fun!
p.s. Oli is now officially taller than Jeff...