Justin Graduates

Tuesday 23 April 2013

Today Justin graduated with his Bachelor of Arts degree from the Australian Catholic University.  Mark, Lily and Sophia went to see him graduate.

Doctor, doctor

Sick with the flu, I went to see the doctor on Monday 22/4/2013.

She gave me 2 days off work.

I also asked about my itchy finger, which after looking at it, she instantly said "dermatitis" and wrote me a prescription for ointment.

I then also asked about my sore knees. She got me to get up on the examination table and proceeded to prod my right knee, which is the sorer of the two. She then got me to bend them and could hear the clicks. Shaking her head, she said it wasn't good and I'd have to go get an ultrasound. She also asked if I had private health cover. Looks like I'll need to see an orthopedic surgeon if there is a real problem.

Anyway, I made an appointment to get the ultrasound on Friday 3 May at 3.30pm, which was the earliest they could fit me in. Will have to see what eventuates.

Picked up x-ray and ultrasound on Saturday morning.  Made appointment to see Dr Brinda on Thursday afternoon at 5pm.

Saw the doctor on Thursday 9 May 2013 and she wrote me 2 referral letters. One to Dr Daniel Rahme, Orthopaedic Surgeon and one to Dimity Locke, Physiotherapist.  Said I should start physio straight away and to make an appointment to see Dr Rahme straight away, but as I was going to be away for a week and a half, thought I'd wait until I got back.

X-Factor auditions

Sunday 21 April 2013

Ken managed to get tickets to the Sydney X-Factor auditions, initially to be on Sat at the entertainment centre, they changed it to Sun at the Allphones Arena, Homebush.

U.David, A.Cath, Evan and Ken came over to Strathfield after lunch on Sunday.  I was not feeling 100%. Had the beginnings of the flu and my nose was congested, and even though I didn't feel like going out, FOMO took over.

The ticket said the doors would open at 5.30pm and close at 6pm.  I drove us all there in the "blue bus" and we managed to get a parking spot out the front of the arena, thanks to U.David's disabled pass. We got there just before 5pm and joined the queue.  They didn't start letting people in until around 6.30pm.  The show started at 7.30pm. So lots of waiting around. Lucky it wasn't a bad weather day, a bit cool, but no rain, so glad.

When we finally got in we managed to have seats which were to the side, not too far back, but also not close to the stage.  U.David had problems hearing the judges speak, and ok we didn't have close ups of the contestants like on TV, but otherwise I would say our seats were good.

This year, there wasn't a lot of outstanding performers. A 14 year old asian girl who sang a Whitney Houston song was the highlight. Another asian performer came out looking like Psy and did Gangnam Style - lucky they gave him a second chance otherwise he probably would not have gone through.

The judges this year were, Danni Minogue, Red Foo and Ronan Keating. Nat Bat was MIA - expecting a baby anytime. Missed Guy and Mel.

The show ended around 11pm and lucky for us, it didn't take long to get home. JT, A. Cath and Lily made 3 min noodles. JT had earlier baked a turkey roast, so we had that with the noodles. Late supper at 12 midnight followed by Bindy's ricotta baked cheesecake.

Called in sick on Monday and went to see the doctor.

U. David's 78th Birthday

Sunday 14 April we celebrated U.David's birthday by having dinner at Hurstville RSL with the family. Only 10 at the table, U. David, A.Cath, Evan, Ken, Bindy, Lily, Janet, Nathan, Kaylene and I.  Angel is still in HK, Mark was working, Justin was at a ice hockey game and Darren was studying and then going out to a friend's party.

After dinner we had the cake at the restaurant, then went back to their place for tea and coffee.

We gave him $50 and a leg of ham and Janet threw in some home grown lychees.