18th
April 2013
Barry fitted
new flywire to one of the front bedroom screens plus both of us doing a lot of
cleaning cupboards and things and also loaded the car with as much of our stuff
ready to take to Steve and Terry’s tomorrow so that it is out of the way with
all the packing happening and also guarantees that we can get the remainder of
our gear into the car on Friday when we all leave the house.
19th
April 2013
We drove up
to Steve and Terry’s and dropped of the first load of our gear and returned in
the afternoon in time for Barry to fit new flywire to the other front bedroom
screen so that they can both be refitted to the windows when Garon is free to
do it.
20th
April 2013
Garon and
Barry pulled part of the second bedroom wall apart as it had been water damaged
and used expanding foam to seal the void above the wall and replace the Gyprock
panelling and prepared it for a few coats of paint. Meanwhile, Merry continued with the cleaning
process.
21st April
2013
Garon
continued preparing the wall for Barry to paint tomorrow whilst he is at work. Sue is busy packing and selling their
unwanted items that have been on eBay for the last week and are being collected
today.
22nd
April 2013
Barry cut
out a small area of Gyprock in the office wall that looked dodgy and bought
some more bits and pieces to replace it.
In the afternoon he sanded the bedroom and applied two coats of paint.
Barry did
some more sanding in the bedroom and applied another three coats of paint and
it now looks finished. He also did some
preparatory sanding in the office and replaced the flywire in the office flyscreen.
24th
April 2013
Barry needed
to return some multipurpose filler to Bunnings hardware store but is unable to
find his wallet which he last used in Bunnings yesterday, however, when he
asked if it had been handed it was met with a negative. Having searched the house, car and enquired
at the last known place of use it was thought to be lost but by checking our
bank account on-line it became apparent that no-one was using my bank
cards. Merry transferred the money in
the account to an account that is in her name only so if anybody did try to use
my card they were going to be very disappointed. After lunch Barry spotted something under the
ends of the bed that we are using, that turned out to be his wallet. How we hadn’t found it before is a mystery as
we had both checked under the bed but we now have the wallet back without
cancelling numerous cards and organising a new driver’s license, bank cards,
etc.
25th
April2 013
Barry went with Garon to his office and helped
him pack up the items he wanted to bring home and pack for transportation to
Perth We contacted Colleen in Perth to wish her a happy birthday continued with
the sanding, painting and cleaning whilst Garon did some work on the roof,
replaced the flyscreens and Sue got on with packing their boxes. They were both
home for the Anzac Day holiday. In the evening we went to the local Thai
restaurants for our farewell dinner as there was nothing left in the house to
cook with.
26th
April 2013
Barry
finalised the painting and cleaned that room and then assisted Merry with
cleaning other rooms. Garon’s car was
collected and taken to be trucked over to Perth. Meanwhile the removal guys cleared the house
out that allowed us to clean the last two rooms by one o’clock we had finished
and walked to the Concourse shops and had an alfresco lunch. We then cleared the remaining remnants to
either the back of our car or the roadside verge for the council to remove. We headed out to Woodend at about 3.30pm
leaving Garon and Sue to finalise their packing their cases and to be picked up
for the trip to the airport in a Limousine courtesy of a friend, at
4.000pm. We arrived in Woodend slightly
later than expected as the Navman took us via a different route that included
an unnecessary tour of the St Kilda area so we turned it off and followed the
signs to the Westgate Bridge after which we turned on the Navman again. It then took us along the Ballarat highway
instead of the Calder Highway for a scenic tour of Gisborne but the distance
was no different.
27th
April 2013
We had slept
in the house at Woodend so that we didn’t need to clear the caravan of all the
stored items so we spent most of today preparing the van for habitation. We were able to use the van with ease in the
afternoon and evening and slept comfortably as it wasn’t especially cold.
28th
April 2013
We finalised
the clearing up in the annex and Steve’s sister arrived for morning tea and to
decide on a pattern for the quilt that Terry is going to make for her. When she left she took advantage of one of
the never opened 10 litre cans of paint that we had taken from Garon and Sue’s
to take to the tip. The evening turned a
lot colder.
29th
April 2013
The night
was much colder than the previous night and Foxy joined us in bed at about
2.00am.
29th
April 2013
We drove to
Melton and disposed of the unwanted tins of paint that we removed from Garon
and Sue’s when we left. Melton is one of
the few tips that allow paint disposal but was on an elongated route to Sunbury
where we had to visit to drop off the front wall of our annex for a
modification. We also picked up some relatively cheap 32gig USB keys from the
Aldi shop before heading home.
30th
April 2013
Merry spent
most of the day doing a spring clean of the caravan even though it is nothing
like spring temperature wise at 7 degrees at night. Meanwhile Barry had a gas bottle filled as we
are using a gas heater for warmth rather than run up Steve and Terry’s electricity.
We are also using gas for our fridge, water heating and boiling the kettle, the
same as when we free camp without using the generator. Whist he was out he collected the new
timetable for the V-line train to Melbourne in readiness for tomorrow’s trip.
1st
May 2013
We took the V-Line train into East Melbourne
and then the Metro train to Parliament and the ten minute walk into Peter Mac
Hospital for Merry’s first radiation treatment.
It was booked for 2.00pm but by the time she had been though the
procession of short interviews and preceded by emergency cases she received the
treatment at about 3.30pm. By the time
she had finished and had a chat with the social worker we couldn’t get back to
East Melbourne in time to board the V-Line train before 4.00pm so we had to
upgrade our pension rate fare to the full frae for the return trip. The treatment left Merry feeling slightly
dizzy and nauseas for a while and not too keen to eat dinner, although she did
eat some, but otherwise okay. This may have been due to us leaving t5he
hospital rather hurriedly in an attempt to get to home at a reasonable
time. Tomorrow we’ll take things a bit
easier prior to leaving the hospital and hopefully that will make things a bit
easier on Merry.
2nd
May 2013
Merry went
into the hospital for her second treatment on her own and fortunately didn’t
experience the dizziness or nausea.
3rd
May 2013
Merry
tackled the hospital on her own again today which meant going in for an early
appointment plus meeting with a doctor and dietician. She managed it okay without any unpleasant effects
so we assume that Wednesday’s unpleasantness after her first treatment was the
release of pent up tension due to the long build up to the treatment. She has been presented with a timetable for
her treatments which do not exactly fit into the 10.00am to 2.00pm window that
we asked for, due to the hour each way travelling. One is at 9.30am and another at 3.00pm so she
will have to leave very early in the morning for one and come home late for the other. Having said that, they don’t seem to stick to
the timetable anyway so it could change at a moments notice.
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