Basil and Bonkers

We have our BBQ this weekend with the neighbours....thanks England....which we're really looking forward to. Our homestay students are driving us Bonkers, so it will be nice to get away from them. Got to just keep grinning and bearing it, and think about the extra cash.

Had my birthday, turned 34, now feeling old, well oldish. Next year I'll be half-way to 70. Nice. Megan took Basil and me up to Peregian Beach on the Sunshine coast for a nice weekend away. We all loved it and had a wonderful relaxing time, except maybe the time I had to chase Basil down the beach with a small jellyfish in his mouth. Needless to say he's starting to get very quick - not as quick as Usain Bolt mind you, but I give him another couple of weeks until he's making me look like a 90 year old marathon runner. Oh, and also got some lovely cards and pressies from everyone, so thank you, and even managed to get a light tan.

Megan's conviced we should both chuck in our jobs and open up a cafe somewhere up the sunshine coast to escape from the endless grind and monotony of slaving away all day every day to line someone else's pockets; am tempted to agree but somehow feel that this would be swapping one type of grind for another that comes in a mug. Decisions decisions.

Off to Byron Bay with Basil and MC and possibly also Carls and Matt at the start of October. Really looking forward to that. In the meantime we'll just be getting on with things, trying to plan our return to the UK and generally just enjoying the great weather we've been having.