I just don’t seem to be able to find the time, or maybe the energy, lately. I guess what energy I might have for sitting in front of a laptop doing “webby” things at night has gone towards the boys’ soccer website over the last 12 months. You can see the fruits of those labours at the Unley Rangers website. Fortunately it has become a key communication strategy for the club and its players and supporters, and as a result I have found it a rewarding exercise.
Life goes on of course and there are a few things that deserve a mention I guess. These are in roughly time order.
One of the most disruptive, certainly for Matt at least, has been his knee reconstruction back at the end of March. The next couple of weeks were far from easy for him, all those school holidays spent basically sitting around doing nothing were pretty boring. He has had a couple of minor setbacks along the way, the most worrying was a stumble on the stairs at school which resulted in him being back on crutches for his year 12 formal late in April.
He is well and truly on the mend now. He is walking unaided with only the slightest of limps and is able to ride the exercise bike to try and start building up what is now a pretty thin left leg again. He can still only drive an automatic though.
This would have been a huge issue for us (we only have manual cars) were it not for the generosity of firstly his cousin Nicole, who loaned him her car for 3 weeks while she was away on holiday, and the Rodney and Karen who have let him use one of their loan cars for the following 5 weeks or so. Thanks heaps guys!
His soccer this year has of course been limited to admin roles, but he was a major organizer of the Rangers’ Ladies’ Day breast cancer fundraiser and has a team manager type role for the Div 1 team each Saturday.
At around the same time Hedy had a job shift, into a management role with a global consulting group. She is the SA Operations Manager and has, I think, around 12 staff reporting to her. I was not surprised to hear her say the other night that she is finding it enjoyable … I think it gives her a chance to still apply her technical skills while also giving her the influence needed to fix things that she feels need fixing. Her health remains good, although she is still easily tired out.
Jez and Laura’s wedding in mid-April was a wonderful evening, with the reception at Bird in Hand winery providing one of the more memorable “function” meals we have had. We had a great night, although I at least felt a little tired and emotional the next day when we journeyed back to Hahndorf for breakfast and to pick up the car we had left there the night before.
On Anzac Day Hedy and I tripped up to Mintaro again for the day to check the progress on the Payne country house. We, along with the Littles, had an enjoyable lunch with Andy and Seona on their verandah … each trip for us brings their vision into a bit more focus, the ruin is gradually becoming a livable house, very gradually!
I will have forgotten something for sure, but these are things that come rapidly to mind right now.
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