A busy day.

On Thursday (Wednesday there) we walked to Magill and had Magill's monthly Family Relations Team Meeting. There were thirteen people there and the time was used to catch up up what the other people are doing. The supervisor of Magill, managers, counselors, parent encouragers, etc. are all a part of this team.

I then spend the entire afternoon trying to blog about my previous week. I wrote everything on a word document, but it wouldn't let me copy and past things onto my blog site. So, I basically retyped everything.

In the afternoon we also had a meeting with Helen, Helene, and Peter. We discussed possibilities for putting together a biannual staff development day. At first Hilary, Ellie, and I were not sure what we were doing, but after a while we caught on and are trying to think of good themes, ideas, and activities. It is a little intimidating that we are assiting in the planning of a staff development day for LCC- the organization is fairly large and this is the only time the entire agency gets together. However, the meeting was fairly low-key so it was nice to be able to have a few laughs. :) I really enjoy these people, especially when they're all together.... with Peter there is never a dull moment.

After work Helene dropped us off at the Firle Shopping center where we are able to buy postage, go to Kmart, etc. In Australia everything closes at 5 with the exception of grocery stores and places to eat. However, on thursdays the suburban shopping centers are open until 7 and on Friday the city shopping centers are open until 9. I think it is interesting that shops close at this time because most people don't get off work until 5 at the earliest, so most Australians have to get their shopping done in two days.

We walked back to Hosanna Heights (about 2.8 kilometers all up hill). It was hot outside and it felt like the sun was right on your back...however, I really enjoyed the walk- it is really quite beautiful. We made it back in time for dinner and just hung out the rest of the evening.