May 2022 In Hindsight
The street we live on is busy at the best of times, however during April and again this month; road works started. They lowered the drainage and completely tore up the road. 7 am starts to 6 pm finish. I was glad to go to work just to get away from the noise. The machinery was so loud and it resulted in the road being a dust pit for weeks. Everything was covered in dust. Everything - driveway, house, windows, cars, plants, grass front verandah, and the outdoor furniture was all a shade of brown. And me being the OCD clean freak, all the dust and dirt made it very difficult to function. Finally, five weeks later they sealed the road. Therefore our weekend was spent pressure washing everything including it taking an hour just to wash and literally scrub the car.
Adding to that it has been a crazy busy month, with so much on our calendars. You know when you make those annual appointments way in advance and then somehow they all fall in the same week. It was just one of those months where I was really managing my time and agenda to fit everything in.
I am looking forward to a quieter and calmer June.
May looked something like this…
Listened to -
* Aussie Rock Classics on Spotify
* Top Christian Contemporary on Spotify
* Simple Families Podcast with Denaye Barahona
* Where Should We Begin? Podcast with Esther Perel
* The Terri Cole Show
* Imprint Podcast with Natalie Walton
* The Real, Raw Relatable Podcast with Kat Johns
* The Lively Show Podcast
Read -
* The Model Wife by Tricia Stringer
Splurged on -
* Digital Radio
Watching -
* Have You Been Paying Attention?
* NRL football games
* Grand Designs
Went to -
* Le Diner en Blanc (white party) with my boyfriend, finally after it was postponed in January. It was held in The Domain - so soggy
* an ice bath and breathwork with Embodied Breathwork
* Kashi Indian Restaurant with my boyfriend for his birthday
* Mothers Day dinner at my parent’s place
* collected donations for Red Shield Appeal at Rouse Hill Village Centre
* Chinese with my boyfriend’s family for his mum’s birthday
* dinner at The Fiddler with my boyfriend
* Outback Blacktown Country Music festival with my parents and my niece
* Sharks vs Roosters game at Cronulla last weekend with my boyfriend
* Hills Community Forum on rubbish
Booked -
* ticket to Styling Your Home Workshop for September
* tickets to Ladies Night at Mitre 10 this Friday. Taking my mum and my boyfriends mum
Cooked -
* Lemon and Poppy Seed Cake, Cheesecake, Chocolate Brownies, Chocolate Mousse
* Moroccan sausages, Lamb Shanks, Coriander Fish with Garlic Rice,
What's new -
* Home improvements - My boyfriends’ cousin is a tiler and so came to stay with us for four days and did all our tiling - our ensuite, upstairs balcony, and front verandah. One step closer…. Look so much better. He did such a good job. My boyfriend glued the drainage in, in the ensuite and sealed the tiles on the balcony for leaks. All walls have been plastered with their base coat, now just need top coat. Windows have been delivered, now just to get out in. Booked in a council clean up to pick up our old mattress
* picked up our new mattress. So soft and so good. Been sleeping so well
* my brothers’ second daughter was born healthy and without complication. Proud Aunty of Isabelle Anne Woodbury
* my parents celebrated 45 years of marriage. It was torrential rain on the day of their wedding, their reception place had a blackout so they did it all in reverse, dancing, speeches, and cake while dinner was cooked by generator
* been looking for ways to fill my Saturdays since my boyfriend works for most of the day so decided to work for AEC for Election Day. Long day 7 am to 9:30 pm but was fun seeing lots of locals that I knew and working with good people
* upgraded our Internet plan - went with Circle.Life and now have 100GB a month
* teaching Stage 1 Health RFF program - that means the same lesson 22 times over the week. The topic is safety so thankfully it is not too boring and the kids are interested. Did mean I had to mark 400 assessments and grade them for reports thou which was not much fun
* my boyfriends birthday was earlier in the month. He doesn’t like presents so just went with the one off gift and made him a photo book of Dusty; his dog who passed last year. He loved it. We also got in our last bike ride for the season
* went for my annual skin check up. Got the all clear which was I was grateful for
* two of my cousins had babies so finally got to meet them on Mothers Day. Was very special
Looking for -
* a quality shampoo that doesn’t dry my hair out
Sold -
* kids motorbike helmet
Started -
* bought a map of America so we can start planning our road trip across the country
Attempting to -
* train twice a week. Feels so good to train in the cold
Is there a particular time of the year when you are busiest? How do you like the cooler weather? We would love to hear your thoughts. Please feel welcome to join the conversation and leave a comment below.
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