NBN & Fridge moving Mon 14 - Wed 16 October 2024

Hmm, Helen had wanted me to take Xavier to the medical clinic to get hear the results for his MRI on his thumb

Had to pick him up from school first, and then to the Repat Hospital, we had to wait more than 2 hours....(appointment was 1.45, didn't see a doctor til after 4pm) and then they just said healing nicely, come back on 11/11

So dropped him at home, and then onto Inglewood - traffic bad on Bell Street, and then still bad on the Tullamarine and Calder til the Ring Rd exit - as there'd been an accident 

Anyway, got to Inglewood just after 7pm (about a 3 hour trip) ....what a waste of a day!      

So, unpacked, had some dinner and watched some TV

Tuesday, and the NBN guy came pretty early ie just after 8am (they were supposed to text me an hour before he came - oh well)

I was still in bed - doing my Japanese Duo Lingo

Answered the door in my dressing gown - oh well

Got dressed soon enough and went into garden

Saw that Shane had done some work in the orchard - putting irrigation? rings around the trees 

The fig tree also had lots of figs

 

There are also lots of immature bunches of grapes - I wonder if any will actually mature - would be great if they did

Found a little egg shell near here - didn't see the nest though

The NBN guy was up on the back veranda roof

And set it all up in the music room - we apparently have a pretty good line of sight to the tower

And voila, after a few hours it was done, very neatly, and all hooked up.  Let's hope that it gives us better /more stable internet than what we currently have 

However I was starting to feel like I was getting a cold - oh no! Right before our holiday.  Went to the pharmacy and she recommended some immune strengthening pills, plus to gargle with warm water, salt and apple cider vinegar. Let's hope it works

Back to the house, and did some weeding - as some weeds were coming up in the new beds

The roses are all budding also - hope I don't miss them..

Eril from Colbinabbin dropped in to say hello around  2pm - we had been texting for years (Peter B, the underpinner had asked me to give him a reference) And we had been meaning to meet up over the years, but never got around to it 

She was lovely, showed her around a bit, and then sat in the kitchen and had some tea.  She also gave me a bottle of wine from her vineyard

She was very nice also, and told me about her trials and tribulations with the old homestead, as well as running a farm and winery full time - very busy.  We'll try and go and see her soon

Went over to Michael's around 4pm to pick up our old fridge which he had been minding in his garage.  

Michael had just had a fancy battery to store excess solar energy put into his garage.  Reckons he's going off the grid - said he only paid $4 for electricity for his last bill (and that was without the battery) - something for us to look into again

Michael, Steve (i called him earlier and asked if he could help) and I loaded it onto the ute 

And then the three of us went back to my place to put it in our garage  - kept the doors open, and it will need a bit of a clean out 

Ended up parking the ute in there also.  Also worked out that when the roller door is fully up, its too tall for me to pull back down - need a step ladder to reach it 

Did some more weeding, and then inside for dinner

Wednesday, and the cold is maybe taking hold, not happy, husky voice, phlegmy throat.  So took it easy, left for Melbourne around 11