The last post I did where I mentioned what I had been up to was when I went to Healesville. I just checked my diary and that was back on the 26th of August. I will now check my diary to fill you in on what I missed telling you.
On Wednesday the 29th, we were going to go to the movies with my friend Melanie, Patrick, Andre and her Japanese border. Melanie won 2 free tickets to Lady Chatterley and invited me to take the second one - the others were going to buy tickets. Since the whole showing of the movie was just for freebie winners, they allowed all of us to go in for free. So that is a trick you might like to try next time you win a freebie at the Classic - bring all your friends along too.
The next day I had a cousin down here visiting from NY. We went on the foodies tour of Vic Markets. There are organised tours around the food market and we learned a few interesting facts. It was lovely to see my cousin again. I saw her almost exactly a year ago when I was in the US - same trip where I met Patrick.
After dropping her off, we then caught up with Judith who was down from Sydney attending a Palliative care conference in Melbourne. That was handy for me. Apart from being great catching up with her, I was able to discuss the latest pain drugs out there. The next day Dave - her husband came down for the weekend so it was also fantastic to see him.
Which reminds me - not in my diary because it was unexpected - Stephen also dropped in from New Zealand. His father had an emergency heart operation and so when he knocked on the door I was taken by surprise. It was a pleasant surprise - and good that his father recovered well too.
On Friday I went to work for yet another farewell lunch. This time the PD Manager. It is sad when all these people are leaving and all the changes are happening while I am away.
Sunday was fathers day and I organised to have a picnic in the park with my parents, brother and our partners. That was my second picnic in just a week and winter is only just over by 2 days. That is because the weather had been absolutlely perfect. Almost everyday for the last fortnight has been wonderful. I just love it when the sun is out.
The next day we were going to watch 'White Planet' at the classic because I won another freebie but Jack had some free tickets to a comedy club so we went there instead. Damn, 2 freebies in one night. I keep getting free tickets to the Classic Cinema because I'm on their mailing list and they have competitions all the time where you win a double pass if you are one of the first 50 to respond. Well I seem to be sitting in front of my computer all day so as soon as I see an email from the Classic I reply straight away. There you go - 2 tips about getting freebies at the Classic.
The next day was Patrick's birthday and he wanted to go to the 'Little Hungarian' for dinner. I organised a few people and a cake and a nice time was had by all - I think.
Just on Sunday, my parents had an auction for their unit which we all thought went very well. They're selling up and going to a retirement unit. They are feeling very relieved that all the pressure is over with and now they can go and retire - Almost 20 years after they should have.
I was hoping I would be able to be in Granada Spain in just under 2 weeks for friends of mine who are getting married. Well it wasn't to be but if Raquel and Don are reading this, I hope you have a fantastic time. I know it will be a lot of fun and hope you all the best for a wonderful life together and of course wish I could be there too.
Well tomorrow I go back for my fifth chemo session. I'm getting pretty used to them now.
Be sure to check my previous post about the Alimta Campaign.
Photos:
On the top left is My cousin Elana from the US in the middle at a family Friday night dinner.
On the right is my parents with the new owners of their house after the auction.
Bottom left is Dave and Jude down from Sydney.
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8 comments:
Hey Anita,
Good to hear your news, and nice pic of Dave and Jude. I was really happy to hear that the sale of your parents' house went so well.
Love Ruth
Thanks Ruth. Yes mum and dad are really happy about the sale and they look it too.
Hope the chemo session goes as well as it can. Mine ( thru Cabrini as well ) has been delayed this week- who would have thought I'd be upset about not doing it! Will drop in from time to time to see how you are going. Best wishes. S
Hi S: I came home early today as they needed my room and I didn't want to change - I had a private one this time. I'm not sure who you are as I don't know anyone else who is doing chemo at Cabrini. You can send me a personal email if you want directly at the email address in the blog sidebar. Hope your chemo goes well too. All the best Anita.
hi anita,
nice to see shots of dave & jude. i am so slack keeping contact so your site is great for the lazy bast**ds like me.
hope you had a great shana tova
david. s
Hi Anada!
I love being in "contact" with you this way! I loved seeing the pictures - especially good seeing Jack - we haven't been in touch in ages.
Stay good and may the luck with your health be as good as your luck with your free movie tickets!
On Thursday I leave for San Francisco to seet Shai-El and Matan for 2.5 weeks.
Shana tova,
Love,
Batya
hi anita,
I have been following your blog and I am glad to see you are going well. I keep looking for a time to catch up but the kids and Andy have had one virus after another and I did not think it was good to make a plan until we were all well. Andy has also been very busy with football but now that is almost over so hopefully we can catch up soon. By the way, do you follow St Kilda or is your footy heart still in Adelaide?
Love Maxine.
Well Dave, you can see from the frequency of my post that I'm pretty slack too.
Hey Batya, you are probably back from San Francisco already. How was it? How is Shai-El and Matan doing?
Maxine, good to hear from you. Yeah I follow St.Kilda - you can see me at the footy a few posts down. I must say I am not a really big footy fan so I didn't get too upset when the Saints were out of the 8.
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