Anxiety is creeping in as a new school term looms ahead, but I am going to try my very best to be positive and do an excellent job. I mean, I am on my second of three extra days off which I didn't even need to take rec leave for - it's so nice to see that lovely leave time building up!

It's been an eventful few days. We drove up to Hervey Bay and visited with Lisa at Whalecove resort. She literally lives on a resort, and the weather was perfect for lots of pool time. We went for a swim in the ocean there, which was not all that exciting, since the beach is sheltered by Fraser island and there are no waves whatsoever. It was refreshing, though, and perfect for Lisa since she is not a big fan of surf - it was kinda like an ocean-y lake! We made our big Canadian Living feast and it was absolutely fabulous and just relaxed and caught up. Thoroughly enjoyable!

Some more family made their way here a couple of days ago. Daniel (cousin) and Corina (cousin's fiancee) have moved to Melbourne to work for awhile and Joey (Daniel's brother) flew to Australia for a couple of weeks to spend time with them and see the country. They've been very busy - they flew to Sydney and then took a 5 day surf trip from Sydney to up the coast to Brisbane. I met them in the city on Monday and gave them the Brisbane tour. Jeremy impressed everyone with his cooking skills as usual, and then we went out and experienced Brisbane night life, although not many places were open on a Monday night. Tuesday, I recommended they go to the Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary but didn't accompany them as you can only go there so many times! That evening, we chilled out at home and watched..........................THE CASTLE!!! Yes, I subject pretty much all Canadian guests to this movie which means I've seen it pretty much 23 times. Dropped them off at the airport this morning and spent my day in the hammock out back with the highly addictive Hunger Games series...yes, I went there...