Birthday week

Every year since Catherine was born, Phil has attended a conference that falls on my birthday week. The first two years the whole family tagged along which made my birthdays exciting as I celebrated it out of town (one year even overseas). Since then, Nicholas started school and air travel as a family became more expensive so I opted (relunctantly) to stay home and waited to celebrate my birthday until Phil returned.

This year I was really torn between going along with Phil and staying home, having visited Adelaide previously and loving it. Since Nicholas still had school and lots going on, I decided we’d stay home and go away together for the weekend after Phil got back. Phil left early in the week and I survived the three days without him with the help of family and friends.

I booked dinner with friends the night before my birthday and for our short holiday, I booked a lakefront beach house in Lake Tabourie for two nights. Dinner at Kusina was really good and it was fun to celebrate with friends. Phil arrived home late the same night and on the next day we left for the coast. It was a ominous day for a road trip. We drove through heavy rain and fog on Clyde mountain pass. Despite the dreary weather, I had a lovely day enjoying my favourite things: being with family, eating brunch (Mr and Mrs Jones - 4/5), shopping, listening to new music, eating oysters and travelling. I felt very spoilt that day. It was nice.

From Dec2014

The next two days at the coast were also lovely. Our beach house was a short walk away from the beach where we spent a few hours playing in the water and on the sand. We went up to Mollymook for lunch where we found a Filipino run cafe near the water followed by a short explore in Ulladulla before the rain came back. Went for another short walk in the evening and the kids met and played with the neighbour’s dog. On our last day we stopped at Pebbly Beach for a walk and paddle before heading home. We had a pleasant short break before the mad Christmas rush.