Cate's Diary

Sounds like that holiday can't come soon enough, you have a fantastic ability to bounce back :)
 
Mystic- It is getting better & I must admit I realise it's much better when I have a break from golf. :( Now I just have to try not to play too much golf so that it heals properly! Hmmm....
Tru- Do I? I suppose I do. You're so right though. We both are really looking forward to what is starting to feel like THE GREAT ESCAPE! 3 weeks from now we will have spent a full day in Rome :D :D
I emailed the hotel yesterday & they are going to buy me something gluten-free for breakfast(it's included) & will also have a driver waiting for us to take us to their hotel. Very happy about that! The thought of finding our way from Fiumicini Airport to the hotel after umpteen hours travel from Australia, via Dubai, had been feeling somewhat daunting! It is much less than a taxi & not that much more than catching a train. :D We are ticking off lots of boxes. Still lots of things to organise though.
We have ordered one of these-

I hate buying water in plastic so although it isn't cheap I think it's a great idea. We'll just have to travel more to justify it ;)
Bye for now xoxo Cate
 
Yesterday-Travelled 80km return to see the podiatrist & he padded my orthotics quite a bit more. He really thinks I shouldn't play golf before our trip! I KNOW he's right. I got quite depressed about it I must admit. He thought Ii should get some really good Brooks sneakers. I tried finding some but the current ones (choice of 2) were horrible. My old Nikes would be better so I may take them.
Today- Travelled 120km return for a Nuclear medicine bone scan of my foot. I have felt really nauseous since & have a horrible metallic taste in my mouth & can smell it. Weird really! We picked up the Camelback water filter & a universal sink plug, found out our power converter that we used in Vietnam is good for Europe, caught up with a sister-in-law for a couple of hours & did LOTS of shopping for the 30th birthday party function(100 people) the 2 of us are doing the bar for at the golf club tomorrow night. I feel absolutely stuffed tonight! I hope I feel more energetic then!
I had better try to take it easy tomorrow. I will have to visit my Mum but won't do much else. I might try & factor in a "nana nap' in the afternoon.
Hope all are well xo Cate
 
You take the opportunity with your injury induced golf hiatus to work on your putting and chipping. As long as standing isn't too much of a chore, that shouldn't be too bad.

Trip must be coming up soon, must be excited.
 
MrVee said:
You take the opportunity with your injury induced golf hiatus to work on your putting and chipping. As long as standing isn't too much of a chore, that shouldn't be too bad.

Trip must be coming up soon, must be excited.
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Good thinking Mr Vee! I will! Turning a negative into a positive is always good. My chipping from just off the green is the best part of my game, but putting can always be improved. Great idea. I might go out on Wednesday, when the women play & practise putting for an hour or so & then join them afterwards. That way I won't feel I'm missing out as much. The day is sponsored by my 2 favourite players, who are becoming great friends. Thank you for that idea!

I am excited about our trip. My heart feels like it's about to jump out of my chest! 2 weeks from Monday! OMG!!
Trying to be calm is my next 2 weeks' challenge! It would not be good to have a heart attack before we go! Cheers, Cate
 
Aaah ticking off those boxes must give you butterflies - it normally does for me. Cate you reaaaaally need that well deserved holiday, hey? Just to chillax and re-group the frame of mind.

Glad you are feeling better from the last time I was here. Sorry I haven't been here this week, it's just crazy busy at the moment.
 
Mands- No need ever to apologise to me sweetie. Congratulations on being back in the 80's!! Butterflies? Mine are more like the prehistoric kind- HUGE!
Some days I have felt really sick. Others I have felt like my heart is going to burst out of my chest. Today I actually feel quite calm, but that could be because I had very little sleep last night & am drinking champagne right now.
My lovely husband & I did the bar for a 30th birthday party last night & worked (unpaid) from 6.15 pm to 3am(got to bed at 3.30 & had trouble getting to sleep!), have had the grand-kids all morning(since 8.30am) & have done some more 'work' at the golf club this afternoon, including taking all the rubbish ('trash) from last night to the tip ('dump'). I like the idea of the treasurer of the GC going out to the club, seeing all of the money taken & looking around & seeing the club looking like nothing has happened. We do a good job of running a bar. It was something we did together, 7 days a week for 18 years. It is almost second nature.
They were an absolute delight to serve & it was a really good money spinner for the golf club. It worked well both ways. The 30th birthday twins had a great night, they & all their friends enjoyed a very inexpensive night, the club made some good money & everyone enjoyed themselves. No-one played up, no-one was aggressive. They were polite, they were sweet, they were funny, they were sensible & left their cars & got taxis home etc. I sent them a message on Facebook saying that the world would be a better place if more people were like them .
I am so sick of negativity about younger people. I find most people are good.
I did very well to resist all of the home-cooked supper. You should have seen it!!! Eating gluten-free strictly really does reduce temptation & LOADS of calories!
Time I got some dinner organised.
Have not lost any weight but feel pretty good about my body & where I am at the moment. 2 weeks from tomorrow I will be on that plane to Rome.....OMG.....pinch me!
xoxo Cate
 
Hi Mands! I did enjoy the champagne but also ended up having another 2 glasses of red wine as our OS & his GF invited themselves for dinner. I went to bed about 11pm & slept like a baby until 7.45 this morning! Today I feel great.
Only 2 weeks to go!!!!!!
I feel really excited today about our trip. There are still lots of things to do but nothing major. Mind you, the super hasn't arrived yet! If it doesn't go into our account today I'll call them again. It's our spending money for the trip & I need to get a travel card, loaded with euros! SOON. My MIL would lend us the money I know, so I'm not bothered.
Meeting my SIL today at my MIL's & we will go out for lunch. Need to work out which clothes my MIL will take to the home next Monday & also need to get them labelled. I had better go now I think & get some things done before I see them both.
Cheers, xoxo Cate
 
I've only been to Europe once and then only to one city (it wasn't a vacation, it was for work). That said, it was a helluva nice city and I spent a whole week there and had a very good (and somewhat drunken) time.

Hope your trip is even better.

I actually don't really do vacations. Never really had the financial security. Starting to get there though.
 
Mr Vee- something to look forward to in the future, as a slim & fit person. :) It has taken us a lot of hard work to get to this stage, but we will probably enjoy it even more because of that. Which city did you visit with work?
Hi Hana- I know, I know, it will be fab! I haven't used that expression since the 60's, but love it! Groovy too! I'm getting VERY excited now! A little wine is very good for you. Thanks for your visit sweets & it's nice having you back, even if you may think it's for the wrong reasons, xo Cate
Mands- Champers, wine, Rome, Switzerland, Paris!!!!! WOOT WOOT!!!!!!!!!!!
Yesterday-
I was running on adrenaline. I got SO much done it was AAAMAZING!
Feeling good!
xoxo Cate
 
cate said:
Mr Vee- something to look forward to in the future, as a slim & fit person. :) It has taken us a lot of hard work to get to this stage, but we will probably enjoy it even more because of that. Which city did you visit with work?
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A city in Norway that is not Oslo. :D
 
Oh Cate I'm so jealous;) but you deserve this hols!! You better take loads of pix so I can see plzzzzz.
 
Hi Mr Vee & Mands, & anyone else reading my diary. I won't talk about my day yesterday, as, if I start, I may not stop. I think from now on when I do something with my MIL, it will just be her & I. I ended up stressed to the max on what should have been an ok day. Enough said. I don't get as cranky as the rest of her family.
There is still SO so much to do before we are ready to leave on our holiday.
The superannuation partial payment has not arrived &, apparently, the application has been sent back to us with a query over the witness's signature. We leave the country in 12 days & right now we have NO spending money for the trip. Couldn't they have rung us? So, hopefully the form will be in our letterbox this morning, we will add a note to it & take it into town(22km return) & post it Express Post (next day delivery) & then, hopefully they will deposit the money ASAP & then we will go to the bank & get a travel card & load it with Euros. Probably with a day or so to spare!
Cate- CHILL!
I need to get all of my MIL's clothes sorted out & take to have labelled. I was thinking I needed to have that done before Monday, but really I don't as we will still be here until the Monday after. I was in panic mode yesterday. It all caught up with me.
I have been neglecting my mum doing so much with my MIL, when really her family should be doing more.
I'll stop ranting & raving now & start making some calls so I can tick off a few more boxes.
Bye for now, Cate
*edit- the form did not arrive. Turns out it is my LH's fault for not checking what needed to be done! He admitted it this morning when I suggested letting the super company know that we may change to another company.
Spent ages on the phone notifying people re the MIL, took the clothes to get labelled.
Forgot to visit my mum! :( :(:(
But am feeling a bit better now that we are getting better organised. I am usually super organised.
 
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Edited my morning's post but should have started a new one. My problems are nothing compared to many- 1st world problems! At least we are able to do the things we do. :blush5: Sorry folks!
 
If you can vent on the internet, where can you vent? They don't let me do it in the post office anymore. :D

I think for the most part we're all pretty fortunate. But I'll complain with the best of them sometimes. It's therapeutic, or at least that's what I tell myself.
 
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