And I was worried about quitting work!

Today was a wonderful day. It started early as usual on a Wednesday with me picking up Julia for FRIM. Sonja is back in the States so it was just Julia and I today. We walked up the usual direction and kept a really good pace with only 3 short stops on the way up. At our second stop, we came across a family of monkeys enjoying the cool morning grazing in the trees. It was really nice to see as usually you only see monkeys scavenging near humans. These guys were definitely in their own habitat doing what monkeys do.

We arrived at the waterfall and instead of taking the long leisurely path back to the car, Julia took me down the steep rocky path that takes you to the picnic ground. The path follows the creek and the water pipe so although it is barely more than a track, it was pretty hard to get lost. At the end of this path, we came across another family of monkeys, this time hanging out because humans obviously feed them in the mornings.

FRIM is becoming much easier and Julia and I agree that we need to start doing the uphill/downhill path twice. I'm completely by myself next week so we'll see how I go!

We drove back to Julia's place and while she had a shower and changed, I played with their dog Sheila (well, she played and I got mauled). We then drove back to Stonor Park so I could have a shower before we headed to Rimma's place for morning tea.

We arrived at Dua and finally found the way to Rimma's apartment. She had been busy cooking and had made two cakes (choc and banana), choc chip cookies and choc/caramel slice. Her friend Kiki made some Indonesian fried noodles while another lady, Mikhah, from Vietnam bought spring rolls. The food was delicious and it was really nice chatting with a new bunch of girls. I knew Rimma, Kiki, and Letty previously (Rimma, Letty and I do golf lessons together) but I met some other new ladies who seem like great people also. The photo is obviously of all the ladies. On my right is Julia then Letty. On my left is Mikhah, Kiki, Diane and Ciska. Rimma is up the back behind the couch and the lady in yellow I can't remember her name!

I spent some time chatting with Mikhah (who was about 4' 10"!) about her life in Vietnam and how her culture really impacted who and when she should marry - it was really interesting. Coincidentally, all of the ladies were Asian (Indonesian, Malaysian or Vietnamese) married to Western men who all work in the oilfield!

I left Rimma's place about 12.30 and dropped the car off at home before walking over to Pavillion for a manicure/ pedicure. By the time I finished that and walked home again it was about 4.30.

Today was a lovely day spent with great people. I cannot believe how much I am enjoying not working! Ross was out with work colleagues tonight so I cooked myself some broccoli and potato soup and finished working on the iTunes library - hooray!