Day 106

I have eaten far more than any one person ever should in a day. In fact, I was full before supper...but for some odd reason something told me I should be eating dinner anyway. I now wish I hadn't. While it was good, there was definitely no reason for it...and afterwards, there was no way I could get on the treadmill. Anyway, that's clearly not how my day began...but is how I am feeling at the end of it.

I woke up at 8:30, no alarm clock needed thank goodness - it died lastnight - the boys were loud enough to wake me. I got ready and went out for breakfast. That was my first mistake. So much goodness laid on the table for us. This is where it all went wrong. So much food!

After eating, I got changed and finished getting ready. Then I came on my laptop until it was time to go. We went up to one of the vineyards where we went into a little glass blowing place. Everything in there was so pretty, and we watched 2 of the guys make a piece. When they finished, we moved outside, and left for the next vineyard where we had lunch booked. This vineyard, was the one famous for it's goats. We walked up and there was a fairly large goat climbing the tower. Josh and I took some pics, and then walked up to the restaurant.

We sat down and ordered. We had a nice meal, and drew some pictures. We got up from the table to leave, and stopped at the pond on the way out. Heloise, Tim and Nathaniel went into the cheese store, and the rest of us stayed at the pond. Then each of the boys decided they were going on a tractor ride...so Heloise and I sat by the goats on the grass and talked. It was really nice. I like spending time with just her. When the boys got back, we got into the car and drove to get some gelato. Today I enjoyed Extremely Dark Chocolate and Chocolate Orange. It was very good.

We drove a little bit further so Tim could pick up some tennis balls for the boys to play cricket in the basement, and then we came home. When we got back I wanted a bit of peace and quiet, so I came in my room for a bit and went on my laptop. Feeling really unsociable, I decided to go outside and write some of my postcards while I sat by the pool. The boys were all playing a game with Tim in the pool, and Heloise was reading. I had to move a few times in order to not get splashed, and I later came back into my room, but only for a second as I thought dinner was ready. It wasn't. The boys were eating, but us adults were going to wait. I stood in the kitchen with the boys anyway, and looked over a tourist magazine.

After their dinner, the boys went up to get in the bath. I came into my room. Josh had already had his bath today so there was a knock on my door shortly after I sat down. He came in to look at some pictures with me, and we listened to music and talked until he had to go up to bed. It was nice to spend time with just him. He's really lovely, especially when he gets one on one time with me.

After he left, dinner was almost ready for us. I went into the kitchen to speak with Heloise and Tim, and we all ate together. We then went into the family room to watch "Public Enemies". We soon found out that that DVD didn't work very well, so we switched to "Benjamin Button" instead.

Once the movie finished it was already midnight, so I came into my room to get ready for bed. Still feeling full, my blog for the night has come to an end, and I will be going to sleep very shortly. Good Night xx