12 February, 2016. Our Friday Preparations for our Indian Tour with Tauck and holiday in Phuket.

We awoke realising that our days and time is passing very quickly and we only have a few days prior to our flight from Melbourne to Singapore and stopover before flying to Delhi.

The morning is very busy with a commitment to mow our Church lawns and then "blowvac" the area.  At the same time Ken is engaged in a significant change to the Office with our office Manager changing to a part-time role of 20.5 hours per week and recruiting the Office Assistant ( Casual) to work 2 days for 4 hours.  There is also the issue of meeting the Award requirements and fulfilling our legal obligations.  In addition, this morning Ken has to pick up the updated signs from the printer and instal these upon the windows adjacent to the entry doors.  Jeanette after assisting with the mowing and pruning of the ferns also need to visit our Chemist and pick up our medications as well as the usual precautionary items when travelling in these area.

We finish about 10.45AM and Ken has to be home to engage in a telephone conversation as to our new blog on this website.  That conversation occurs at 11.00AM and Ken and Andrew enjoy a good working call with Ken committed to doing a post this evening.

Concurrently, there are the Award, contract and Letter of Offer reviews and consideratons and updates via email.

Jeanette returns home at 11.20AM to find Ken in deep discussions with our Architect and subsequently our builder Dean as to Air-conditioning and Heating at our new house as well as tiling for the pool.  Later in the day there is the subject of progress payment arrangements.  There is also a need to follow through dimensions and size re a television in the new office to enable cabinetry to be progressed from up to date drawings.

Lunch comes very quickly and we sit and relax and enjoy fresh salad sandwiches and fruit. 

After lunch, Ken works on the pool and will also finish that tomorrow with more salt as well as topping up the water level.  Jeanette in the meantime, has also been very busy with our mail delivery arrangements at Australia Post and reminds Ken that we need to telephone the Security Company.  He will do that Saturday or Sunday.  we also need to advise our neighbours.

We had also dropped off a mower and "whipper-snipper" and we received an email thanking us and confirming that the latter is now fully operational. 

Tomorrow we will finish all of the mundane items before we are ready to begin packing.  On this occasion there are quite stringent demands upon our luggage size and weight.

Later whilst Jeanette is relaxing , Ken decides to have a swim in the pool.  It is a perfect afternoon in mid / late summer with 29 degrees Celsius and clear blue skies. Another day has passed and we are closer to departure and many items are off our list.