Oops - one problem with this blog is it conveys the impression that we're consumed with Tara's leg 24/7...when actually it takes up only a small part of our day. The only reason the blog focuses on Tara and her leg is to provide updates in the easiest way possible for everyone who's kind enough to ask. And to not bore you with all the other stuff!
But in real life - we're pretty hectic with full on activities like everyone else. Just in this past week we've spent an evening out at the most divine organic pizza restaurant that Geoff & Jen discovered - it feels like you're in Africa, or at least Nimbin, with a dirt courtyard where some guys play drums and a girl does fab fire dancing. Tony had a Fiji surf reunion in New South Wales. And the girls sang beautifully in the school's Twilight Concert. Their afternoons were filled with gymnastics, choir, gardening, drama (Tara does all, except the gym, hopping on one leg).
We've played on the beach (this morning we got caught in the most divine rain storm - we ran for cover in the coastal fairy forest and could hardly get Cassie out, she just loves that wild weather so much). There's also been swimming in the indoor pool (it's bigger than the outdoor for training), many lattes in Tedder Ave or Ferry Market; heaps of work and client meetings; lots of homework, monopoly, playing at Granny's, building hide-outs with cousins, singing in Church, sashaying down a modelling ramp (that's Cassie); reading Pierre's biography (a wonderful and major trip down memory lane!); and we squeezed in a fantastic night out at the Patons (Tone's still dizzy!) where the 'chicks' put on a fabulous show to the beat of High School Musical 2 (Jadie doing flick flacks, Cassie modelling, Tara dancing amazingly, Bella photographing, Lily grooving and Evie spinning everyone into TV sets and tables!).
And that's just in the last week. In between all of that - there has naturally been Tara stuff and a great meeting with Tara's future prosthetist - which was fascinating for Tone and I, but Tara almost dozed off. She's far more focussed on school than her op - we had to postpone Friday's meeting with the therapist to Wed coz she didn't wanna miss drama, French, Art and RE.
But so - that's a slice of what our life's really like - a mixture of a million things - which I'm sure you're now relieved to know you don't normally have to hear about! But just in case it seems we're in a tunnel heading straight for 25th March with nothing else on our plates! We're not! What a luxury that would be!
On the Tara front - her very Aussie prosthetist told us a fab story about a leg he made for Heather Mills about 12 years ago and how sexy, determined and persuasive she was back then (his exact words: "I tell you mate, she could hitch a ride off a dead man!"). He's a fab guy - works with the Australian para-olympic guys and has photos on his walls of amputees skiing, cycling, hiking, doing EVERYTHING they set their hearts to!
Lots of love to everyone. And thank you for all the beautiful messages - they fill us and the girls up soooooo much - like little flowers, we blossom every time we get a new one to read!
2 comments:
Who's Geoff????
And who's Heather Mills?????
Ted
You are incorrigible! If you seriously don't know who Heather Mills is - google her. (No really - if you really, really don't know - of course I'll tell you - but I'm sure you're having me on!) And Geoff's a South African friend who lives nearby - him and Jen have lived here for over 20 years, friends of Stan the Dentist from London who's originally from SA! Whew. Got it?
j xxx
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