We started with a lazy Saturday morning today but the kids
were excited about a few of the kids’ club activities on for the day. Sami went to play a mini-golf championship just
before lunch today making some new friends along the way but we didn’t allow
Zoe to join her due to one of her stubborn rants. Anyway… this afternoon we spent quite a few
hours at Harbour Town walking around the shops.
It’s a huge shopping centre only minutes from the caravan park and there
are some great things to buy. However, we
are unemployed and living in an extremely packed caravan, so it doesn’t allow
for great purchases of any kind. Josh
was going out with some friends tonight so the girls and I stayed in and did each
other’s nails, watched a movie and played board games.
Our Sunday morning was much the same as yesterday, lovely
and quiet. We didn’t do much all day but
in the afternoon, we had friends to the van for dinner and it was lovely to see
Joey and finally meet his stunning wife Louise.
The following day Josh had his first day of consulting work to head to
so I was couped up with the girls for schooling for the day. This routine ran all week and it was more
than a little frustrating to try and get the kids to concentrate on school
work. I tried to bribe them with
activities around the caravan park and even used the theme parks to try and encourage
them, but it was pointless, it just kept taking all day to get to all the
schoolwork required. Fortunately for all
of us, the reprieve has been the pools in the park and the basketball court
directly behind our site. At least there
is an outlet of some kind. Late in the
week the kids had also made a few friends to play with away from the school
work so I think they really appreciated the interaction with someone around
their own age.
Saturday rolled around again (9 January) and we finally left
the caravan park. We all jumped in the
car and went for a drive to some of the gorgeous surrounding suburbs not far
from Biggerer Waters including Paradise Point, Sovereign Waters and Sanctuary
Cove to name a few. We ended up in
Surfers Paradise and decided to go back to the top of the Q1, this time in
daylight. It was great timing as the
Nutri-Grain Iron Man was underway and we had a pretty good view from where we
were. We were not there too long as the
parking didn’t allow us to stay so we went and moved the car and took our butts
down to the beach to watch a bit of the live action. The kids had squeezed their way into perfect position
for the finishing of the race whereby Ky Hurst had come second to Kendrick
Louis. We headed back to the van and
Josh pulled the boat out for a quick spin along the back canals and took Sami
along for the ride.
On the Sunday, we got some washing done before heading to
Main Beach for a refreshing dip. We
weren’t there long when we spotted a few bluebottles floating about. Unfortunately, there was one in the whitewash
that had just landed upon us and my left arm had started to sting pretty
bad. Looking down I could see the blue
thread that had wrapped around the lower part of my arm so I quickly detached
it and headed for the lifesavers who gave me some ice to sooth the pain. It stung and tingled badly for around half
hour before the pain started to subside…. but at least it got me and not one of
the girls. We didn’t hang around after
that, we simply grabbed the towels, jumped back in the car and drove around the
broadwater for a while. Upon returning
to the van, the kids went and played with some new friends (Stephanie and
Jessie) while I sat and chatted to the parents (lovely to meet you Brie
Kerr). Shortly after, Joey and Louise
had dropped in and Josh took them for a spin on the boat for a while. After dinner we settled in for a quiet and
early night ready for work and school again in the morning.
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