A photo a day: Week 21

May 20

I've been waiting a long time for season 2 of Downton Abbey to start and it finally did.  I just love Lady Mary's voice, she has such a beautiful deep, smooth voice, I love listening to her.

May 21

Some quiet time at the dog park, letting Amelia run out some of her endless energy.

May 22

A day at the zoo with Toby's class.  We were able to watch the keepers clean out the gorilla's enclosure and then see them come bounding out for their food and treats.  This silver back is such a big fellow, he seems to have quite an attitude towards the people viewing, mostly he was just showing us his bottom.  Mind you I think I would get a little tired of hundreds of people watching me everyday too!

May 23

The first of the State of Origin Rugby League matches was on.  Our house is a little divided between barracking for Queensland or for New South Wales.  So far Donald is the only one with a Queensland jersey, he's a die hard Queensland supporter.  I kind of lean towards New South Wales as I was born here and have lived here for the past 12 years, even though I grew up in Queensland.  I guess I like supporting the underdogs.  As for the boys, Donald is trying to convince them to support Queensland, but they seem to like New South Wales as that is where they have lived their whole lives.

May 24

Another visit to the fracture clinic.  This time we had to wait a bit longer for the head orthopaedic surgeon to view Sam's latest x-ray as they weren't sure whether they were going to have to try and move the bone into place again.  Fortunately for the moment they decided for Sam to keep his full cast on for the next two weeks.

May 25

Rain and Autumn leaves are such a lovely mix.

May 26

Sam and I went to watch his team play soccer on Saturday morning,  I think they were pleased to see him and all wanted to sign his cast but we didn't have a good thick marker pen on us, maybe next time.

It's gum boot weather again!!

I have really loved the sunshine and blue skies that Autumn has been providing for us this year.  However I also love it when it rains, the colours of the leaves stand out even more against the wet ground and dreary sky.

These instagram pics are from my little wander around the neighbourhood this morning.  Amelia is so good when I keep stopping and taking photo's, she waits patiently and knows that we will continue walking in a minute.

I have had a rotten week with migraine.  I was talking to Sam about how I don't like doing things like parent/teacher interviews, going on a school trip to the zoo, visits to the fracture clinic, driving at night, taking boys back and forth to the disco when I have a migraine.  He replied with a rather sad tone, that he thought I liked parent/teacher interviews and doing things with them.  I just had to clarify with him that I love doing those things with and for my boys, it's just I hate having a migraine when I'm doing them.  It is a constant pain in my head and all I want to do is be alone and hibernate in the quiet which is kind of hard with a busy household to organise.  Now the weight of the migraine has moved on for another few weeks, I feel a little normal again, it's how I should feel.  That's why I spend so much time admiring the beautiful colours of Autumn and marveling at the weather and the sky.  It brings me hope that there is still good in the world when I'm not feeling so good.