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Tuesday 1st -Start of new financial year.
I had a consultation with a optician to check on the appearance of floaters and foggy vision. I had a change of glasses in November 2024, so thought it was too early to these sudden changes which I attribute to the medications I'm taking for the psoriatic arthritis. The optician thought it could be dry eyes and prescribed some drops, but they aren't helping at all.
Saturday 5th - spent part of the day helping Jose cut down branches from our lemon tree. This year the tree was full of citrus gall wasp (lumps on branches) that can eventually damage the tree and reduce fruiting.
Thursday 10th - Full moon.
Friday 11th - Jose and I had lunch with friends W and L at Mela Indian restaurant in the city, too chat about their upcoming holiday to Africa and Europe. Food was just ok and both men, who had eaten spicy prawns had mild gastro issues.
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| Various curries and avocado ice-cream |
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| Weather outlook for the upcoming week - from Sat 12th |
Saturday 12th - Jose and I attended the "Ageing Well Expo" at the Perth Convention and Exhibition Centre. Even though we thought we might be a bit too young for this type of information, the visit was quite informative and we came home loaded with pamphlets about services, etc. we might need in the future.
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| Perth Convention Centre (on the right) |
At night we readied ourselves to go to dinner with our friends Mena, Tony and Kei at 7 Spices Indian Restaurant - Indian weekend it appears! And Jose had thought of making prawn curry for dinner on Thursday, but I told him I had booked an Indian restaurant for Friday 🤣 but didn't know we would be eating Indian on Saturday too!
Sunday 13th - Little P's 5th birthday at a Jungle Gym.
Wednesday 16th - meeting with our financial advisor to discuss our plans for our retirement income.
Friday 18th - I met up my just retired colleagues Sue L and Sue J and Dr S. for lunch at Praline French Cafe in Mt. Pleasant.
The colleague that had started working in May (the one that lived 70km away from work), decided to quit, and this was her last day. That left us again in a difficult situation as we were again short staffed, with 2 ladies having retired end of June, 2 part-time students and me, who unfortunately feels compelled to hold it all together! My boss had been on holidays and had just returned 4 days before that young girl left... All very messy and my stress levels at all time high!
So glad I had already told my boss I was retiring at the end of September, at that stage I was ready to go right there and then!
Sunday 20th - after the sunny day, we had a very cold, wet and stormy day in Perth! We stayed home all day.
Monday 21st - I found ice in my car window, and had to pour water over it before driving to work. It was 3°C at 7,20AM.
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| It showed 3C when I started the car at 7,20 am to drive to work |
Wednesday 23rd - I joined some friends of my italian friend/neighbour Maria at her house for an Italian themed dinner and I was responsible for bringing dessert.
Thursday 24th - We woke up to the coldest morning in 15 years, with a temperature of 0.3°C at 6am. The maximum temperature reached 15°C.
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| Ice on the window |
In the afternoon a truck picked up our "green verge collection" (twice yearly collection).
Jose is coming to the end of an online "Cyber security" course and that evening we attended the end of the course presentation at a bar behind Burswood Casino.
Nibbles and soft drink were free, beers could be bought for a fee. There was music, dance, and lots of games with prizes. It was a fun night and Jose got to meet the lecturer and course colleagues.
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| View of the 2 bridges seen from Burswood |
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| The bar full of students having fun - Burswood Hotel |
They had a photo booth, which was quite popular with lots of props to choose from.
Sunday 27th - 41 mm of rain fell in Perth, making it the wettest day in Perth in over 1 year.
Jose and I had lunch at a Chinese restaurant we had never been to - Emperor's Kitchen.
When we got home we had a slice or two of a tiny "Honey cake" from Madeira, that a friend had given to us a few months ago.
Monday 28th - Managed to buy tickets to Ed Sheeran's concert in Perth at the end of January 2026. So looking forward to it!
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| My number in the queue |
Wednesday 30th - Sandra, a wonderful strong lady that I met a few years ago at one of our Portuguese get-togethers died after battling ovarian cancer for 5 years. She was looking forward to her 50th birthday party at the end of November 😢.
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| Sandra on the left and me next to her |
