Back to School...

Well, yesterday I started my web page design course at Tafe. It’s a smaller group than I expected, only 7 of us, but a nice mix of interesting people all with different reasons for being there. It was mostly theory yesterday; we didn’t actually even have to turn the computers on, but we learned a lot about the set up rules and the importance of having a plan for what it is we want to achieve from having a working website. We were asked to stand up and introduce ourselves and give a bit of a background, I froze at the thought of it, but then I thought, everyone is probably feeling the same way as I was. The first guy stood up – he didn’t look nervous – he actually looked quite comfortable (obviously done it before), but then Bill got up, bugger, he did really well too!! The next one, yep, you guessed it, no problems. I was next – I was so nervous and I’m afraid it showed, my heart was pounding, I could feel my face going red, I was over thinking what I was saying, to sum it up, I totally bombed, I’m sure none of them got very excited about the things I do or have to offer and I was so grateful when it was over and you know the old saying, “what doesn’t kill you, only makes you stronger! Hopefully over the next few weeks everyone will realise that public speaking just isn’t my forte and they’ll see that I’m more of a one on one kinda girl??

As soon as I got home, Joe and I went up to Westfield to have some lunch and grab a few groceries. Jo rang while we were there and asked if Jayden wanted to come over and pick up some things she had put aside for him after their garage sale. She had some household goods she thought Jayden could get some use from when he finds a place to move out to. (Not happening anytime soon. One of the boys he was looking for a place with had an accident in his car and now has a $2,000 repair bill to pay and can’t afford to move out of his parents house just yet). But the stuff will come in handy when they finally get themselves organised and we’re really grateful to Jo for thinking of him. My kids are really fond of Jo, she’s always been great with them and even though she’s known them since they were 8 and 6, over the years she’s become just as good a friend to them as she always has been to Joe and I, although she is more like a little sister to me, we all love her very much.
On our way over to Jo and Andy's, I gave Jessica a quick call, she was getting ready for a 'Pirate Party', she seemed very excited about the night ahead and told me that they had gone to Toyworld on Thursday night and got some Pirate of the Carribean dressups. I asked her to take lots of photo's, so when she sends them to me, I'll put some up.

We couldn’t stay long at Jo and Andy’s because I had to get home and get ready for a birthday party we were going to. I had so much to do and we were running out of time. Jayden had taken Joe’s car somewhere and we had forgotten to take TomTom out before he left, so we had to call him and ask him to bring it back home for us. Just as he arrived home, we were nearly ready to leave, so while I was finishing off, I left Joe to put the address into TomTom.
The party was in Ormeau, so when we passed the Ormeau turn off and saw that we still had 15km to go before we needed to exit the motorway, Joe was becoming a little concerned. I asked him what address he had put in, he told me and I looked at him and said, “You’ve missed a part of the address”. I quickly reset TomTom to the right address and as soon as I did it directed us to take the next exit. God only knows where we we’re headed, but at least we realised our mistake before we actually reached our destination. We finally got there, albeit a little late, but we had a really fun night. The hosts, the food, the company, the atmosphere AND the slurpie style ‘Strawberry Daiquiri’s’ were all really great. We were home by midnight, my boy child was home asleep in his bed and no hang over this morning – Ah, life is good!

We got Jayden to take a photo of us before we left for the party:

Jayden's girlfriend, Amy, had her 21st birthday on the weekend and I did her invitations. When I got home from Tafe yesterday, these beautiful flowers were on my kitchen bench: A thankyou from Amy - isn't she a sweetie!