Another day at the beach

Second day at the beach in less than a week, are we becoming Aussies? Or just slackers? Probably a combination, and I'll leave it to others to assign the appropriate (individual) designations. This time we were down on the south coast of New South Wales, at an area called Batemans Bay. This is the closest ocean spot from Canberra, so guessing we will be making plenty of visits here. The drive itself was something of an adventure, as I was left with a quesy stomach on the way in with Kirsty driving, and flayed skin on the way back from Kirsty's radioactive glare while I drove home. We may need Mika to drive next time to keep the family peace somewhat intact. Once there and settled we had another good day. Body surfing in the morning, and then after lunch Mika and Kirsty bought boogie boards and tried those out.

(hmmm... blogger is not happy with the video upload of said bogie-boarding I've been trying for the last 12 hours. I finally gave up and uploaded to You Tube - You can watch here if interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8mcNgl8ipQ)

Before finally hitting the road for the trip home, decided to stop at the grocery store across the street from the beach and get some drinks and ice cream. Not sure if it was heat stroke, or just my sick of being charged 8X what I would normally pay in the states (three-fifty for a soda, 5 bucks for an ice cream, $18.75 for a thimble of beer), but I finally cracked and bought an 8-pack of ice cream bars. Yes, there are only three of us, and it was a two hour plus drive ahead, so obviously no saving for home. So it was a quick two apiece outside the store, before a brief respite, then two more in the car. Fortunately, the Aussies are much less judgmental than their European forefathers, so this behavior went by unnoticed.

So what led to this excursion (aside from the obvious)? Final closure on Mika's school! She's in! (Was starting to worry about that whole home-school thing, although not as much as her). Met with the principal and vice principal on Friday, they accepted the paperwork, and we even slapped down a deposit on her first school field trip (where? the ocean of course). So, tomorrow will be her first day of school, as well as Kirsty's first "official" day at her job. Which leaves me with…. blogging! Woo-hoo! I can just feel the excitement. Or maybe thats just the wind generated from all those browsers shutting down at once. E-breeze?