Categories: work, family, reading, food, sydney
Date: 27 August 2010 06:18:00
After a start to the week that is best forgotten [and comments appreciated and advice attempted Dith], I took yesterday and today off work. It was hard to do, but I think the right thing to do as I wasn't achieving much or being particularly pleasant [stress/anxiety brings out my inner snapper].
Yesterday, on a cool and windy day, I drove up to Palm Beach, travelling a different way as I stopped off for an indulgent iced chocolate from San Churro at Parramatta. I had a nice toasted sandwich with a gigantic vanilla malt milkshake, which I finished off with a rather nice cheesecake. After walking along the mostly deserted beach, I scrambled over some rocks watching the waves crash and birds fly. I then visited my sister, brother-in-law and nieces where I read The Saggy Baggy Elephant before heading home.
Today I picked up two new [for me] Terry Pratchett books from the library after reading the third in the series before heading off to the Cumberland State Forest for a very nice lunch and dessert [steak with baked potatoes and vegetables and lemon lime bitters, followed by a decadent chocolate tart and a flat white], followed by some walks in the state forest. It is a very nice area, my first time there, of forest within the Sydney area.
Two wonderful days. Thanks be to God.