Friday night update

We have just got back from our evening out - had a LOVELY time. The only thing was that dinner was a little rushed as we had to get to the movie by 6.45pm. But anyway, we made it. I had tomato tortellini - unfortunately I didn’t ask if it was a tomato based sauce and it came out as a creamy sauce with sun dried tomatoes in it - what to do but eat and enjoy. We didn’t have time to go anywhere else and I couldn’t really afford to pay for something else. I thoroughly enjoyed it so will do what I can to minimise the extra points I would have used. Actually, have no idea how many points it would have been but thought if I said 11 or 12 I would be safe as I didn’t eat the whole serving. We saw Mr and Mrs Smith - very light and entertaining (or in K’s words - rathe action packed !!) - I enjoyed it except for the bit when they were fighting and he was hitting and kicking her - that really didn’t appeal to me at all. I don’t suppose they could have left it out but just don’t like the fact that it had to be included to make sense of the story (to a certain extent).
Got home and have just got off the phone from Al. They didn’t work today as it was a typhoon holiday - second typhoon in two weeks.
Last night a friend at Coles told me about her brother-in-law who had been in an accident in Christchurch where a car hit him from behind and then landed up flipping over and landing on his car roof. She said that they had to cut the car in 3 places to get him out and it was only because he was a small man that he had survived but he has extensive injuries and will probably be in hospital for quite a while. This got me thinking and then I thought about Kim and then Mary’s friends and I realised that, while it is difficult with Al away, I have so much to be thankful for. What is the point of sitting at home and behaving like a sookie-la-la when I should be doing what I can to enjoy life.
So - my weekend plans so far - off to the doctor in the morning, then the library, then to Marina Mirage (because K wants to go there - not sure why - just because) and on Sunday we are going to friends for a late lunch early dinner BBQ. I have also promised myself some exercise - haven’t decided what yet as it depends on the weather. My shift at Coles tomorrow night is 6-9 or 10 and I have promised to look at some medical aid stuff for my folks and do their tax return for them. Maybe I should do ours at the same time although I think that I probably won’t feel like it and will put it off for another day.
Thanks for reading. While I always felt that I wanted this to be inspirational for people reading it and not just an account of my day, I really miss the e-mails I used to send to my folks telling them about what we had done. Now I get to tell them in person but I still enjoy the therapy of typing - sounds strange I know but, hey, that’s me !!!! So from now on, my blogs may change a little - for those who like the change - thank you for continuing to come back and leave the beautiful comments that you do and for those who don’t like the change, I want to say that I am sorry that I have changed but this is something that I need to do for me, so thank you for stopping by and take care in the future.

TFTD : Remember, happiness doesn’t depend on who you are or what you have, it depends solely upon what you think.

TIAGF : Being alive