Feelin' Groovy

Holiday : "Leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure"

Leisure time ? Yes!
Away from work ? Yes!
Rest or pleasure ? Yes and yes!

I guess I had a holiday! Away from work, like about a thousand kilometres! Leisure time was like lazing about the pool, or taking a ride on an attraction that "may result in unanticipated thrills" and have "unexpected movements". Rest would be like spending a day doing NOTHING or watching the cricket with my brother. Or doing a jigsaw puzzle. And as for pleasure... well, it was our wedding anniversary while we were away. :-P

And the two-ish weeks on holidays felt like longer than two-ish weeks at work. A good time was had by all. The weather held up (and no-one got sunburnt) and I spent less money than I thought I would. It's all good. Dreamworld is the same as it was two years ago, except for the new Mick Doohan ride. That wasn't too bad - and the older kids could ride too so we did that quite a bit. We even got up to the Sunshine Coast a couple of times. If you find yourself at Eumundi markets, I can highly recommend the German sausage with sauerkraut for lunch.

The worst thing about the holiday? I lost the golf tee off my thong! (see last post) Bah!

All in all, I'm feelin' groovy......

My mugs

Souveniers are the nicknacks that we pick up on holidays to remind us of how much of a great time we had.

The best souvenier I have is a coffee mug I use at work. I picked it up at Dreamworld a couple of years ago. Reminds me of the great family holiday we had. What sticks in my mind is how relaxed I was, how it was just a time where we all just enjoyed being together, doing things or doing nothing. The kids watching Spongebob or me and Mrs watching American Chopper on pay TV. Going to the pool late at night in the rain. BBQ's every second day. My coffee mug reminds me of this almost daily. This is why I go to work and this is what I have to look forward to when I get home from work each day. Even if just a little bit.

Do you have any souveniers like this?

I'm planning to get a brand new mug next week. Maybe Australia Zoo will have one that takes my fancy. Does anyone know if there's a Ren and Stimpy marathon on Nickelodeon next week? Fingers crossed.

Smile

I'm happy.
My car broke down, I have heaps of bills to pay and I can't get the right part for my espresso machine.
But I'm still happy. That's because next week I'm on holidays!

Queensland! Beaches, Fun Parks, Family, BBQ's, lazy every-days, Australia Day party

Woooot! 6 more sleeps!