I bet you're all thinking that this weeks entry is going to be rivoting with the 'weather' being in the title?! NOT! It's just that alot of what has happened this week has been determined by what the weather has thrown at us. It is 'storm season' here in Queensland and let's just say it has lived up to it's reputation! We have had such wild devastating storms come through over a few days which has caused millions of dollars worth of damage all around. Luckily the area where we are only really copped some extreme rain and wind with some homes losing electricity. Other areas very close by had roofs torn off their houses, trees being up-rooted and blown metres from where they once were and flooding also just to name a few! It all started last Sunday afternoon where Ian, Bailey and I were down at the lagoon. The sky was coming over really black and the wind was picking up and there was an announcement over the speakers saying that a bad storm was just about to hit. We left straight away and not long after we were home it hit. It wasn't until the following day that I saw just how devastating it had been on the news and in the paper. There were mini tornadoes sweeping through some areas and leaving nothing but rubble in it's path afterwards. It hit again on the Tuesday and again on Thursday! There were messages on the radio to ask people to stay off the roads so that the emergency vehicles could get to the areas a.s.a.p. and with Ian driving around all different areas every day he saw some very scary sights and had to put up with lights out here and there and the congested traffic. It made his week difficult to get around. It affected me with lots of cancellations as people either didn't want to venture out or were waiting for things to get fixed, caught in manic traffic or had no electricity! At the beginning of the week I only had 1 or 2 spare appointments all week, practically fully booked... but by the end I couldn't believe how many I missed out on doing! On the Thursday night I was in the middle of a massage and the rain was deafening outside and the lights were flashing on and off and made it a really eerie experience for the client and me! Being a sufferer of headaches too, I had a non-stop headache all week because of the unsettled energy in the air and so did the majority of my clients too. I think some people thought I was slightly strange when I said that maybe their headaches were weather related but I know for me they can be!
I got a message from my brother Shane last night who is in the Blue Mountains and he said it was snowing and like winter!!!!! In November!!!! It's just very bizarre. Strange things are happening!...
Anyway enough about weather...sorry!...
We spent today at the beach up at the Sunshine Coast today. It was beautiful and warm but ever so windy! We were getting whipped by the sand flying around furiously and things were getting blown everywhere. Our blow up boat took off in the wind and Ian had to do his best ironman beach run to capture it before it went out into the ocean! Quite hilarious actually with a few people along the way trying to stop it too! We stayed for a few hours as the water was beautiful and we were having fun. We went up with Nicky, Sean and Victoria and met the Hankins family up there with some of their extended family. We also spent last night with Nicky, Sean and Victoria coming over for dinner and drinks as it was Nicky's birthday during the week so I made her a Coq-au-vin and her favourite dessert-tiramisu. We sat around listening to music from our past and reminiscing about what the songs meant to us and having a laugh along the way also. Bailey had little Alfie over for a sleep over also and they didn't end up getting in to bed until quite late...up early this morning though and then they both snoozed this afternoon coming home from the beach today.
I can't really remember what else happened this week, just work, study...normal stuff. The focus was on the weather and the fierce storms with everyone on edge and not knowing what to expect. Here's hoping for a non-eventful calm week!
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