Wangi Point, August 2012

August 2^nd, The fish are scarce after all the bad weather we have been having, at least where I’m fishing anyway. I did bring in a 26cm bream today, which doesn’t give a big fillet but beggars can’t be choosers, so they say.

August 3^rd, Went out fishing this morning but no luck. We went to Carole and Rob’s, at Charlestown, for dinner and tiles.

August 7^th, We went to Sandra’s, at Bluehaven, for lunch and to catch-up on all the gossip. We went to the Wangi Workers for raffles, dinner and a flutter. Val won a meat tray and we left the pokies with $20 still in our pocket, so that’s a good night.

August 8^th, Carole and Rob came over for dinner and tiles today.

August 10^th, went out fishing yesterday morning and only caught a small flounder, so after thinking about giving him a kiss, sent him on his way to grow bigger. It is the worst day we have had for some time. It blew all night and carried on today with the strong wind coming from all directions and finally we got more rain with a gusty southerly. Not pleasant at all when you’re living in a Caravan. The only bright spot for today was when I checked last night’s Powerball, we had won $50.

August 12^th, Rob went into Lake Macquarrie Private Hospital this morning so we went over in the afternoon, for a short visit. He was in good spirits and looking forward to getting on with his operation. He has a large benign Tumor being removed from his chest. It’s a big op, similar to “open heart surgery”, and recovery around 6 weeks.

August 13^th, We went over to LMPH after lunch, Rob’s op. was scheduled for 2pm, so we stayed with him until he went down to be prepped for his op. Val stayed on with Carole, for company, while I went to Carole and Robs house and used his shed to modify one of my annexe tent poles. I rejoined the girls at LMPH waiting room and we stayed until the Doctor came out to inform us the op. went very well and he was very pleased. Rob was to be kept in recovery until tomorrow afternoon and depending on how well he recovers from the anesthetic, would be moved back into a private room upstairs.

August 17^th, Val had been getting daily reports on Rob’s condition, from Carole, and Rob took until today to be fully alert and able to have us visit. We arrived at the Hospital around 4pm to find Rob looking very well and recalling some of the antics he had put on the Staff, during his recovery. When we left the Hospital, we drove 5 minutes to Joan and Roberts at Cardiff, for dinner and Tiles.

August 19^th, We went to LMPH to visit Rob and Carole, the 4 of us spent an enjoyable  afternoon, in the Visitors Room, playing Tiles. Rob was expecting to be home tomorrow after seeing the Surgeon.

August 21^st, My fishing outings, on the few good days that we have had lately, have been very poor (didn’t catch a thing). I decided to stop Val nagging me and rework the old set top box shelf to now store our DVD’s, that the boys had given us as part of our combined Birthday presents, and I was very happy with the finished job.

August 24^th, We went to Carole and Rob’s place at Charlestown this afternoon, for Dinner and Tiles. Rob has had some up and down days but is still making good progress with his recovery.

August 26^th, Tonight we met Joan & Robert, Carole & Rob at the Wangi Workers Club, for the “Fathers Day” raffles. It was mainly a tools raffle with the top prize being a Lawn Mower. We didn’t win a thing but we had a nice meal and enjoyed the night.

August 28^th, I took Val to Glendale Shopping Centre today and dropped off the Caravans spare wheel rim at “Argy Tyres”, to have a new steel belted radial tyre fitted. Total cost for the tyre was $109, which I was very happy with. I was to pick up the wheel after shopping and on the way home but left it too late and they were closed.

August 29^th, Drove back to Glendale to pick up the spare wheel for the Caravan. It was a sight, to see a spare fitted in place at the back of the Van. I couldn’t leave it any longer, It had to be fixed before we got back on the road in, 2 weeks time. It was nearly 6 months ago that the tyre blew, you can’t rush these things! The single wall spare tyre also made for a good talking point.

August 30^th, Today is Carole’s Birthday and they weren’t doing anything, so we invited Carole and Rob to our place for Birthday Dinner and a night of Tiles.