Cate's Diary

cate said:
We don't even need air-con
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That's it, I'm packing my bags and moving to Australia. I can't tell you how many times I've wished to live somewhere with less heat and humidity. I'm so hot by nature I wear shorts until halfway through winter. :eek:

And I definitely think you've earned a chance for some R&R with all you've been through lately.
 
cate said:
Have you visited Tassie & if so where did you go?
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I went to Tassie with my family when I was about 12-13. I remember what the places looked like but not names. We were only there for a week and it was lovely besides the way my dad drove on the windy roads. Was planning on coming back with ill family member but hes not able to travel anymore but would love to go again as an adult- things always look different when you've grown up a bit.

Have you seen much of Aus?
 
LaMaria said:
I'm glad you have a gp who is willing to listen and take her time to find out what might work for you specifically. I agree that crying's exhausting though!
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For sure, LaMa. I will stick with her & hope she doesn't move away. I was much less emotional yesterday, so I think talking to her helped & the crying :(
 
Mowens- Tasmania is about the only place in Australia that doesn't get REALLY hot during Summer. I love it!
Katy- I grew up in country Victoria & then Melbourne. I have been to Sydney a couple of times, including via the coast once, various other parts of NSW, including the Hunter Valley, WA a couple of times, Adelaide & parts of SA( Claire Valley & the Barossa) a few times, Darwin, Cairns, the Gold Coast.....I haven't been to Alice Springs or Uluru. G & I prefer to fly rather than go for really long drives. We will never be grey nomads. We would like to get around Tassie more & do more touristy things. We always say we are going to, but life gets in the way.
LJ- Thank you! I think even just talking to the doc really did help me. It's nice to be told that you're not going crazy & not over-reacting. She made me feel much better about myself. It was reassuring.

I played golf with the women yesterday & it did me good. I played absolutely woeful golf again, but, hey, I did play 18 holes of golf, pushing a non- motorised buggy. It is hard work, but I'm not hurting as much. I am done with chiropractors & bone crunching. I am booked in for another massage next Tuesday & am going to have a massage a month.

We had a very lengthy meeting after golf. The women get so bogged down with procedures. B was a pain in the a.... to me, but I didn't let her get to me. She constantly tries to deride me & anything I do, but I am not going to let her get away with it anymore. I didn't lose my temper with her, which was really good. We elected new office bearers & I came away without any new jobs. :)
I feel much better today & G & I have a day at home.We are going to go get some more firewood. We have been selling some lately, which is handy.
Thanks for your support folks, xoxo
 
I have no patience for negative people in my life. Doesn't matter what anyone does for them or how nice people are to them they are always negative. I always think to myself " you must lead a very unhappy life to be this miserable". Then I think " nothing I can say or do to you that would be as bad as leaving you to live the life you lead". It is sad really. Life is way to short to live it with a chip on your shoulder. Don't pay any attention to her, Cate. I know easier said than done but if you don't let her get under your skin she will see that it isn't bothering you and she will stop--- eventually-lol.

I have always wanted to visit Australia. It is on my bucket list for sure. The trip that I want to take, we can fly there - spend a month or so there then there is a cruise that leaves there and travels back to Vancouver going through Tahiti and Hawaii and other places along the way. I think that cruise is a month or so. Sounded like a good trip. Expensive though-lol.
 
brawny77 said:
I took a college trip to Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, and Fiji....had a blast...would love to go back some day
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I love that you listed Tasmania separately to Australia. We do that. If you ask most Australians where they come from when they are OS most would say Australia. When you ask a Tasmanian they will almost always say Tasmania. I think it's the Island thing. If you ever get back to Tassie brawny I'll catch up with you. We live up North, not too far from Cradle Mountain.
Little John said:
So.... you basically play golf with a high school bully?
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Yep! I'm getting better with how I deal with her at least.
cowboy48 said:
you must lead a very unhappy life to be this miserable"
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Thanks, Cowboy. She is a very unhappy, negative person & I have had enough of her. You are right in that I have to not let her think she gets to me. I will work on that.
I hope you do get to Australia one day.

I let an opportunity go by once to catch up with a woman from the forum who was visiting Tasmania. That will not happen again. I'm not sure exactly why I did not make the effort & I felt really bad about it. I did not have the self-confidence that I do now. I think I felt she might be disappointed. Instead, I let her down anyway. I try to learn from my mistakes. I have made some wonderful friendships through the forum. I would love to catch up with any of my WLF friends if you ever get to Tasmania.
It's a beautiful sunny, Spring day today & I had better get off my butt. I'm attempting a fast day today! I woke up not hungry.
 
Ooo spring! I´m still recovering from the heat of summer but this morning I need a blanket and thick felt house shoes to stand sitting still by my computer... which reminds me I should turn up the radiators. Not sure if the pumps in our complex have been activated yet though.

Also: nobody could be disappointed meeting you; you´re quite wonderful.
 
I can see I still have a long way to go after my reaction to that lovely comment LaMa :svengo: I am as guilty as anyone of being hard on myself. If I heard anyone else saying what I think when I get a compliment I would tell them to stop & give them a lecture about self-love. I just told myself off mentally. Thank you sweetie xoxo
 
cate said:
I let an opportunity go by once to catch up with a woman from the forum who was visiting Tasmania.
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I think the problem is that it's hard to coordinate schedules/itineraries. I know when we travel as a family, we have to do A, B and C; and fitting something between B and C can be dang near impossible. And business travel, just forget about it!
 
No LJ. It was me being self-conscious & I should have made the effort. It won't happen again.

I'm off to golf with G today & then we are heading for Hobart in the morning. I'll come back tonight & post again, but then may not again until Monday night.
I woke up feeling good. Now, if I could just get around 18 holes of golf & concentrate on the golf I should have a good day. We are playing in a group with a lovely guy & a woman who asked me the other day if I was playing. I will have to be careful what I say to her as she's a big gossip & gets things wrong all the time. She's the one who went home & told her husband that G has cancer & it's in his bones. :svengo: I get along fine with her, but it helps to know what she's like.
 
I have a coworker like that; always manages to twist my words or attempts to find hidden meanings in what I say, even though I speak plainly my intentions.
 
I know, I know. I think I got through the day, relatively unscathed, but only time will tell. I am caring less & less about many of the women golfers. I hate gossip & bitching. I deflected lots of bitching today. I put on my invisible shield. Boom! :D
We got rained on a lot. It was not a good day weather-wise, my golf was ordinary, without being awful & we won the booby prize (last out of 8 groups). Playing ordinary golf was much better than my golf of the last 2 months.
I won't be back now until Monday night.
I am so looking forward to our trip to Hobart tomorrow. It will be fun. BBQ at our son's, excellent company, live music.....what could be better?
Lots of love to you all, xoxo Cate
 
:D I like the term "booby prize" and I assert that it´s not allowed to have anything to do with birds, blue-footed or otherwise.
 
cate said:
I put on my invisible shield. Boom! :D
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This reminded me of my son. "Boom" is his latest catch phrase. When he finishes his homework...."Boom! ..Done!" haha! Anyway, put the shields up high, and don't them get to you. :)

Enjoy your trip tomorrow! Sounds like a lot of fun! :)
 
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