Adelaide

Wednesday 17th-Tuesday 23rd
So after getting to australia obviously I was desperate to go and pay Gina and the rest of the family a visit! With hoping to pick up work soon and having to wait a while to receive my tax number I was eager to make a trip before I was going to be tied down to a job.

Wednesday 17th
I got up early and got a shuttle bus to the airport. My flight was just under two hours and I had extra legroom in the emergency exit which was good...so I slept for the entire flight!! I got off the plane and was surprised at the gate by a smiley auntie G and baby jess!! 😃

The afternoon was spent getting to know Jessica and it was so lovely that after around half an hour she came and trotted over to me and put her arms up to sit on my knee !!!! 😍 We ate lunch in the upstairs living room, soon to become my favourite spot, and I felt at home straight away! Ham rolls, Salad creme, a cup of tea, and Coronation street!!!!! Fantastic to have some home comforts!!! Then we went out for a coffee down at the cafe by the beach and took jess to play on the swings! That night Matt and Debbie came round and we had a delicious home cooked dinner! ( to save repeatedly using words like delicious, scrummy, amazing, and gorgeous to describe my food, I will summarise and say that everything I are this week really was that good!!!)

Thursday 18th

Gina had a class this morning so I made use of the time by jazzing up my cv and looking at jobs on gumtree. I did sneak to the quilting class for the last half an hour to have a nosey at what was going on and it was actually great to see Gina teaching! Then we continued being productive and set up Gina's old iPhone for me to use and got some work clothes for a job I was hoping would come when I returned to Sydney. 

That night after hours of chatting and catching up, I mentioned that I enjoyed seeing Gina's quilting class, and with that we headed into the workroom accompanied by a glass of wine and some stevie wonder and began to make a quilt for Emma's friend Rihanne who was expecting a baby over the weekend.  To everyone's suprise, after around three hours in the room Emma messaged to announce that Rihanne had suddenly given birth to a happy and healthy baby Ava!! We couldn't believe that we had been making it on such a whim and it ended up being at the same time she was being born! It definitely was a very special quilt!!!

Friday 19th

Jess came around again for the day! I caught the train around mid day and took a trip into Adelaide city centre! I signed up to join Gina in a charity walk which was happening over the weekend, and enjoyed walking around in the sunshine and mooching around in the shops! Later when I got back I played with jess in the garden- a great game called "water te flowers" which she liked to do again...and again... And again! Then Matt and Debbie came around and treated us to pizzas which we made a good effort of working our way through- THEY WERE HUGE! Then auntie G and I took our positions on the recliner chairs, pjs and dressing gowns on- and had some TV time! (Can't explain how good this was after not doing it in over three months!)

Saturday 20th

So we decided we best do some training for our intense 3km walk ahead tomorrow....and so we went to get pedicures!!! 😉 blissssful! We went to a big shopping outlet where we also had a nice big lunch before spending the rest of the afternoon walking it off making sure we didn't miss a single shop along the way! When we were well and truly shopped out we headed for home. Yvonna, Gina's friend then came round with a bottle of champagne which we enjoyed in the garden in the sunshine along with some Brie and grapes. 

Sunday 21st

We were up nice and early for "race day." Yvonna picked us up and when we arrived we learnt that there were around 36000 people participating in either 3, 6 or 12km! (Gave me the buzz to start running again!) we met up with another two ladies and we all walked together. It was in aid of a charity that supports a children's home in Kenya! Afterwards the lady who ran a charity had set a breakfast up which we enjoyed after our walk. Then we all headed for a coffee before we went back to Gina's. Matt, Debbie and jess came over again that afternoon. The whole time is been in Adelaide Matt had been going on about a field near the house which a mob of kangaroos seemed to have inhabit! So with that we jumped in the car and the two of us headed out to see them...and he was right there was probably about 70 kangaroos there, and just as we were about to drive off, a small great goat appeared from nowhere and started chasing them around the field which we found rather amusing!!! Then Matt drove along the coast and I hopped out to take a few pretty photos! We spotted his rowing club from one of the beaches and we just had to head there where he persuaded me to have a 'schooner' of the local beer- Coopers. 🍻  Gina and I then went for a local Chinese which looked out over the water and we saw the sun set as we demolished a lovely Chinese banquet!! (Finished off with fried ice cream- so bad but soooo good!)

Monday 22nd

This was a lovely last day of my trip! We went along with Debbie and jess to kindergym where she loved walking up high on the beams and playing in the ball pool! We went out for some lunch together and met Gina's friend chris. Then we went on to the McClarrenvale wineries and visited two different ones....and maybe we got a bottle of white in the first one..... and maybe a delicious sparkling which we had that night with our roast dinner! We finished the quilt for Rihanne and baby Ava and had our last night upstairs tuning into corrie and my favourite, the vicar of dibley!

Tuesday 23rd

Although we were up early to get back to the airport I felt like a new person after the week in Adelaide!! Home comforts and TLC were amazing and much appreciated! Thanks again Auntie G!!!❤️