Weekending - celebrating and trying to be normal

I had a personal day on Friday, partly because my father needed picking up from hospital (he had a standard procedure) and partly because I'm very tired and a bit wrecked, with everything that has happened. We started the day with a run, and went and got Katie's car, which we are borrowing while she is in America.

We hosted my parents on Friday night. Since it was my birthday dinner I made my favourite things - chicken soup. I didn't even serve a main course, I just made chicken soup, challah and salad. For dessert I made chocolate pudding, which didn't set, so we used it as sauce for the kugelhopf cake my parents made for my birthday. Lots of strong family traditions there!

Saturday we caught the train to Ballarat for Hanrahan family Christmas. It was lovely - some of Leon's family lives in the Gold Coast, and it's always so good to see them.

Sunday we didn't get out of bed until ten o'clock. I'm just very tired right now! I skipped Sun day's run entirely. We went and had lunch with Shoni and Lulu, who taught us to play Catan.

I'm very picky about the games I enjoy, but this was really fun. A perfect mix of skill and luck.

When we got home, we packed for the hiking trip we are going on, leaving Tuesday. I can't wait to get out in the outdoors, and do nothing but walk.

I heated up the failed pudding, and we drank it as hot chocolate. It was delicious, but, with the benefit of hindsight we should have had small glasses, not big mugs. So rich!

I also, sometime through the last few days used some left over hand-spun to make a couple of hats for charity. I do love cleaning up the stash!

So, it was a good weekend, even if we are all carrying around a feeling of heaviness. This is life, and apparently it goes on, so matter who we have lost, or how we feel about it.

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