Happy Australia Day, mate!

Well guys, it's the eve of Australia Day (well, no - actually it IS now officially Australia Day as it's 12.20am), and I can't go to bed yet as I'm waiting for the beetroot I've just cooked to cool down. Oh, the glamour, eh?

Australia Day is a national public holiday where lots of people are awarded their citizenship (one day, we hope (o: ) and everyone just has a barbie, a few beers and relaxes for the day, giving thanks for the lifestyle which is.... Australia. It's a good idea, I think. Can you imagine having something like that in the UK? I don't think it would take off, do you? Too much criticism for one thing - oh, and the weather would be pants, no doubt! Although, speaking of weather, it was VERY hot today. We went to the site to check on the house tonight and it was 7pm and still 29 degrees! The bricks were as hot as if they'd been under the grill. It's forecast to be very warm tomorrow, too, so as we are going to be under the sun all day we'll have to be very careful. It shocked me today to realise that Adam has spent all three Australia Day's here in Oz. He's not three until next week, but he had the first one when we were over on holiday, his second was last year (our first AD as 'residents') and now tomorrow's will make three! Go Adam!

On a slightly less up-beat note, Paul had his follow-up appointment with the Doctor today and it's as we had feared and he needs the 'plan B' attack; which is basically, to cut him from the eyebrow to the top lip, peel his face open and remove the benign polyps that had formed under his cheek. They had hoped to maybe be able to use the less-invasive way of using scopes up the nose, but the polyp is too big and spreads too far over towards his ear for that to be an effective method. We got to see the images from the MRI last week which are pretty amazing and it's clear to see the difference between the right and left nostrils.

Apparently, they remove most of the sinus too, so Paul will effectively have a 'hole' where his sinus should be which will leave him slightly vulnerable to infection. They are anxious to remove it, as if left, there is a slim (5%) chance that it could turn cancerous. So, all that being said, they have booked him in (provisionally - subject to any emergencies cropping up) for 15th March - exactly ONE DAY after his birthday. WE'll have to have an early cake if he's fasting after 6pm! (o:

Well, what can we say after that, apart from 'fasten your seatbelts, the Delaney rollercoaster is off again.......'

Catch up soon. Ju xxx