So I’m back in town, and back into the swing of things.

The house we stayed in was really nice, just across the road from the beach with very nice views of the ocean and an island (which was pretty much in the ocean). On our first trip to the beach I caught my first ever fish (it was a ‘respectable’ whiting, according to the family fisher-types), which we then cooked and ate. The following evening I caught a crab on my line, which bit Nadia and then scurried off to safety back in the ocean. Jamie caught a flathead around the same time as my crab was making his dash for freedom, but apart from that our rods were barren for the rest of the week (although we did get some abalone which tasted pretty good).

I managed to get in quite a few swims, some kayaking, a decent run (which produced a number of blisters because I ran in shoes without wearing socks), quite a few walks, some board games (I love my new Christmas (no x-mas’ here, Michael, although I do like the look of ‘x-mas’, because it looks like the name of a superhero or something) copy of Risk), quite a bit of guitar playing, and plenty of reading. All in all, a very relaxing time away, with loads of good food and drink, and nice time with the family.

I made the trip home alone so that I could get back to work, and Vanessa has stayed with the family for a couple more days. I expected to be tired after the drive, but instead managed to get the washing done, catch up with a few friends, then ended up getting Thai takeaway (Kee Mao noodles with duck, one of my favourites) and a couple of DVDs (Shooter and 300) with a friend. The downside to this was that we didn’t finish watching 300 until about 1am, and then I had to get up early this morning for work, so I may have undone all that good relaxing… especially seeing as tonight I just got home from seeing Kings of Leon (who were pretty darn good) at the Hordern (which has been significantly tarted up since I last saw a band there).