I’m on holidays, and it’s fantastic. Had the chance to catch up with my friends the other night which was great, I’ve hired out some movies that I’ve been wanting to see for a while, enjoyed the outdoors with my dog, and there’s still another week to come with much planned.
The best things about holidays, other than not having to go to work, is that it gives you the chance to catch up on chores that have been needed, but not urgent, for quiet a long time. It feels really good to have them out of the way. I’ve had my car door panels reupholstered… they had been falling apart for months now. I’ve gotten the locks in my doors fixed so my car will open from more than just the passenger side… I will still open the door for you though Melly 
I’ve also caught up on a bit of reading so that hopefully I can give some books back to people. Some of the above I feared would set us back a few hundred dollars but we’ve been blessed financially and all up the work on the car has come to just under a hundred bucks. This means that we should also have the funds to get the car & lawn mower serviced sooner than I expected.
Next week Melly and I plan on going to Brisbane to visit the breeder we bought Gypsie off, Siberhowl Kennels. We thought it would be nice to see the new litter of pups and give Gyspie a bit of Siberian Husky socialisation. I’m really enjoying my time off and think that I just might have to schedule some more as soon as I get back to work. No more 4 letter words though for at least another weak though.
Oh how wonderful it is to be able to simply relax and unwind.
The concert was really great. We had a really good time rockin’ away just the two of us. Stage presence was pretty cool, there was some pretty impressive pyrotechnics and to top it off Melly bought me a Nickelback T-Shirt.
Security was pretty tight, more so than any other concert I’ve been to in the past actually. You should have seen how many times I got frisked by the security guards… Mostly because we kept forgetting things. First I realised that the pair of fold-up scissors on my keyring wouldn’t make it through security, this came to me as I was standing in line….back to the car. Second try they wouldn’t let Melly take in her handbag because it was too big, so I took that back to the car also. Third time around we forgot the tickets… I was starting to think I wouldn’t actually make it in to see the concert, but we eventually got things sorted.
The tickets Melly got us landed us right up close to the stage, so that was awesome, could even feel the heat off the stage fires and fireworks. One of the coolest things I thought was how the stage crew had compressed-air canons that they used to shoot T-Shirts into the crowd. That was a nice touch I thought.
Took us an hour to get out of the carpark, but people were really nice about it so that was ok. Melly did some knitting while we waited. My wife is such a nerd. I love her for it though.
In about 2 or three hours Melly and I are off to Brisbane to see Nickelback in concert. I’m heaps excited and can’t wait! I’ve never heard of the Australian band they are touring with, “Small Mercies”, but the track on their site sound pretty good. Will update with details later on how everything goes. Hooray for days off!!!…..and double hooray wives for buy their husbands concert tickets just because!!!!!