I’m on the third day of some annual leave from work and it has been very HOT. There is the massive cyclone Yasi happening up north and flood recovery every where else.

It is nice to be spending extra time with hubby. I love when he does little thoughtful things for me, like offering to carry a heavy package.

In the last couple of days we both put in a claim for the flood disaster relief payment from federal government. We hadn’t been severely effected, and I wasn’t sure about putting in a claim, but we were eligible.

After taking care of the claim hubby took me for a drive to try a pork salad roll at a Vietnamese take away. He discovered these a couple of years ago and has raved about them ever since, and introduced many of his colleagues to them. Finally we had an opportunity for him to take me and they were very nice, a touch more chili than I’m used to (hubby said they don’t normally put so much on).

Today I went and got my hair cut super short – I resemble a porcupine. It feels great in this hot weather, but I am glad my hair grows pretty quickly. Maybe a little too short.

Tomorrow I’m getting the car serviced, gradually getting all the chores done that I wanted to get through this fortnight.