Sunday the 12th through to Wednesday the 15th

Sunday, August 12th

After a very busy Saturday night at the footy club party (the theme was "I can't believe you're wearing that!"), we had a slow start on Sunday morning. Some of us had a slow start until Sunday afternoon;) Anyway, Melissa and Kelsey headed back home earlier in the day and we spent the day lounging around and working on lesson and other plans. 

That night, I had a netball game. Tor came to pick me up and was a little on the late side. Last week, I had taken home the bibs (pennies/jerseys) to wash them. They had been washed and carefully placed in a bag on my bed to take with me to the game. Unfortunately, by the time Tor got there, I was getting a little stressed out and quickly rushed outside to get into the car; forgetting the bibs. So...we got to the game late, and they were already playing. Blake yelled to me, "grab a bib and get out here". So I ran in, and joined the game; we were seven or eight points behind. We played the horrifically unfair game (both umpires knew all of the other team players by name), and we actually played quite well. Unfortunately, by the end of the game at which we were whistled at dozens of times, we were still behind by seven or eight points. Which is good to know that we were doing well and actually holding our own once we had a full team on the court. Anyway, we lost the game, but Kylen came to the game because we all went out to a restaurant called "Persian Flavours" which was absolutely fantastic! I haven't really had a lot of experience with Arabic and middle-eastern food, and the things we shared (family style) were absolutely delicious! Dinner was great with a few of the players from our team, and I headed to bed after getting home.

Monday and Tuesday

Dave's Memorial Service was on Monday morning (or, Sunday Afternoon). I was able to send in my video so it could be played at the service, and I was also able to be Skyped in for the whole service! I bitch about technology a lot, but what it did for me at the beginning of last week it was absolutely incredible! I got to watch the service, and after, my mom carried me around (on the laptop), so I was able to experience a large portion of the reception as well, even if I didn't actually get to eat the snacks, including maple bars!! Thanks so much to everyone who made that possible, including Sam, Dad, Mom, Brian Plog, Lorraine, Dave, Celeste, everyone:)

The beginning of the week was pretty slow; I was still feeling pretty crappy with a stuffy nose and a nasty cough, but I did my best; especially considering that I had more or less full control of the classroom on Monday, as Blake was at the District Athletics Tournament all day.

Wednesday

Still not feeling 100%, but starting to get a little better off - finally!!
The day at school was pretty standard, but after chatting with Blake after school during planning, I convinced him to go bowling and out to dinner with Kylen and I.
I had a coupon for AMF bowling at the Forest Hill Chase across the street. I'm generally a pretty good bowler, and so I was pretty comfortable 'making it interesting'. I was wrong. I absolutely screwed myself over. I haven't bowled that badly since I was about six years old. Blake won and then Kylen won, and I ended up buying our second round of drinks (because of the first game) and the dessert at dinner (because of the second game). Absolutely destroyed. Ugh.
Anyway, after the terrible bowling game, we went to Mi Va Il Gusto, the Italian restaurant to which Jocelyn and Rick took us on our second night in Australia! We went because the food is absolutely delicious, but the desserts are Oh. My. Goodness. Kylen ordered the Tirramisu both times, and I ordered the amazing After Dinner Mint ice cream thing. They were so absolutely fantastic, we will obviously be going back. Often. It was wonderful.