Skipping the heat

I decided it was a good idea to get out of town for a while, considering how hot it is in Bendigo. So I booked a return flight to go to Sydney for a week. I booked with Qantas. I got the numbers wrong and had to rebook. But I made it to Sydney ok. The weather is nice up here.

Boy, is it hot.

It is really hot. I had the day off as it is Wednesday. I found out that i did not have an appointment with the doctor at all. I had forgot to book. We had the Shiraz club in the evening. We met at Geoff Bray's house. Peter Buis was there, but Kevin Furness was not. We watched a really good video that featured Peter Bell. It was a pretty good night generally.

It's getting seriously hot

Right now we are in the middle of the worst hot spell since about the 1920's. I don't remember it this hot since the summer of 1996/1997. We are having six consecutive days over 40 degrees Celsius. That is seriously over the top. I am glad that where I work is air conditioned and that i have got an air conditioner at home. I also had my first meeting this year with Tom at BEST.

My 55th Birthday

I am now 55 years old. I really do not care. Just another year closer to God really. My birthday on the 24th was very quiet. I did not do much except watch a video. I was back at Connect Church on Sunday where I met a few old faces, including Lorraine Hunter and Val Pilcher, who I did not recognize. Lorraine and I shared a coffee and she told me that Terry was running his own carpet cleaning business in Brisbane. He is not back in the Ministry.

During the Sermon, the pastor told us to expect something big from God. That is an interesting thought. It means expecting something that only God can do.

A long day in Pathology

After an almost sleepless night, i ended up going to Pathology to get my blood sugar tested. I did not realize the test would require me to stay for two and a half hours. I had fasted since the previous night. I got three injections in all plus a bottle of drink. I did not go to BUCO until 2.00 pm. Peter Darlow drove me home. I have not drunk any soft drink at all today. I exercised later and it felt good. A cool change has arrived.

A momentous Wednesday

Today was a significant day in my life for two reasons.

1. Barack Obama is the new President of the USA (hooray) which means that George W. Bush is at last out of office. Hooray! I did not watch the inaugration on TV, but settled for watching the news replay's.

2. I visited the doctor again today to get the results of my blood test. Generally, most things were OK such as hemoglobin, cholesterol etc. But my blood sugar is a bit too high. I am going back to Pathology tomorrow to have it checked. The doctor said that to get my body mass index to the correct level, I need to weigh about 80 - 82kg. That means i need to loose about 44kg, which is about 100lbs. So I started my weight loss routine today. I will give up soft drinks, and start exercising according to the way recommended by Kathryn Avramakis. I will try to be about 80 kg by Christmas. I will pray that I stick to this task.

A busy Thursday

I was late getting to BUCO as I had to go to Bendigo Health Care Pathology to get a blood test. Once at work, Kath found me some extra work. In the evening we held the first men's Shiraz group for the year at the Furness's house. About 8 people were present and the evening went for about 4 hours.

A Medical Check up

I had the day of work at BUCO so I went to the Primary Care Clinic for a check up. I was attended by Dr Ming Wu. It turns out my blood pressure is 165/94 which is apparently too high. I will go for a blood test tomorrow. It turned out that the Shiraz group will be on Thursday night, not Wednesday night. The temperature reached 41 degrees Celsius today. Fortunately, a cool change has come through in the evening. I do feel that the Lord is saying to me that "changes are coming". Cool!

Incredibly, I lost my watch this morning and could not find it until later in the afternoon.

Sunday once again

I got a lift to church today with Christopher Wiggins. The service was ok. The weather has warmed up again. It was a hot day.

A new database project

I was very busy today at BUCO. We had a lot of customers yesterday, so I was flat out doing the data entry. Plus it reached 35 degrees Celsius. I got a surprise when I was asked to do another database program, this time for the Back to School project. I was really tired when i got home.

Back to BUCO

Today, I went back to BUCO. I did not have to go but as I do not have anything else to go to, I decided to go there. They were glad to see me back and I enjoyed the day. The day was hot, as summer has finally arrived!

First Sunday of the month

It was back to church again today, at Connect Church again. The pastor preached on "Strengthening". That was good because I feel right now that I need some strengthening in most areas of my life.

Into 2009

I did not update this blog on the first day of January in 2009 as i was still not connected to the internet when I got back from Sydney. I am slowly learning that it is not always a good idea to travel on a public holiday. It costs you more than a normal day.

Thursday the 1st of January 2008.

Mum and i left her apartment at 8.45 am to go to the airport. The flight left at 10.30 am and got to Melbourne at 12.00 noon. It was an uneventful flight. I waited for the bus to take me to Bendigo but it did not turn up for some reason? So i caught Skybus to the station but I had to wait an hour and a half for the train to turn up. Because it was a public holiday, the trains ran on Saturday time, ie every two hours, not one. So i had a bit of a wait. When i got to Bendigo station i found out that the buses were not running even though the signs were lit up so i had to catch a cab home which cost extra on the public holiday. When i got home i unpacked and had to clean up the fridge, which had gotten a bit moldy from being turned off. I walked up to the supermarket but i was a bit late getting there. They closed at 7.00 pm so i had to go to the convenience store and pay extra for things. I was very tired and irritable at the end of the day, but i was glad the day was finally over.