A 'Dam' Good Day...

Wednesday 19th August, 2020

This morning we all slept through our alarms and didn't get up and at em' until 10.00am.  I figured we must have all needed the rest, so instead of stressing about being behind and trying to catch up, we instead just started where we were!

I have to admitt, I surprised myself with how "at ease" I was about missing the first two school periods.  Especially considering that the boys only worked half a day each yesterday due to me being at Uni (aka our home classroom), and  Mark assisting them on his own.  Mind you, as the boys are doing work from a work-pack rather than zoom classes, we can be a "little" more flexible.  I say "a little" as I believe its important to maintain the usual school day schedule (as much as possible) so that they don't have trouble readjusting when it comes time to go back to school.  Who am I kidding, I believe routine, structure, and consistency is important fullstop!

Anyway, today was one where we just went with the flow!  Something that is good for the soul!

And wouldn't you know it, it was probably one of our most productive of days.

Not to say they enjoyed having to do the work though.

Cheeky little buggers, all three of them!

And since we were just going with the flow, after our work was done for the day we decided to head out to one of our favourite places. 

A decision inspired by our beautiful friends who came out here yesterday to celebrate a special young man's 17th birthday!

I hadn't planned on going for a walk today, truth be told I was going to have a rest day.  But, I figured that since we were here we may as well fully embrace it.

So off we went across the first set of stepping stones.  

After a short distance we came to a second set of stepping stones.   

As the mastectomy reconstruction involved using the gracilis muscle in my upper inner thigh, I sometimes have a little difficulty opening (abduction) and closing (adduction) my legs, especially when they feel tired.

With this in mind, I found this set of steps a little tricky to navigate.  

How blessed this mumma is that her boy took of his shoes and came to the rescue!

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After that, it was a nice easy track.

A beautiful one at that.  Oh how I love the bush!

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This narrow bit was awesome!

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And before we knew it, we arrived at our destination.  

I am so proud of me!

After skimming a few rocks, it was time to turn around and head back.  

I'll be honest here and let you know that my anxiety flared up a little as I was worried it was going to get dark before we got back.  This was slightly eased by the boys saying 'it's okay Mum, our phones have charge so we can use the torch'.  

And even more so once we reached the stepping stones.  This time I decided to make things a little easier by taking off my shoes...ah, now were talkin'...grounded is much better!

And then, just like that we were done.  So, back across the first set of stepping stones we went.

I was surprised that it took us an hour just as the sign said.  So, for those who are in better condition than I, it would be quicker.

We also stopped quite a few times to take photos.  Between all of us snap happy hikers there was over 100 photos.  I picked out 15 of my favourites to share with you...

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Before heading back to the car the boys explored the picnic spot river area, whilst Mark and I just sat and breathed in the fresh air.

Then it was time for one last selfie...

Before Ace drove us all home, where we arrived safe and sound.

We will definitely be doing thIs walk again.  The other walks are also on our wish list!

Thanks for taking the time to read this post, it truly means heaps.  LLP xo Tash.