Work and play

This weekend has been a mixture of work and play.

Saturday morning we did some small jobs around the house then in the afternoon we went fishing in the boat. Pumped a few nippers on the sand flats and set about catching some fish. They didn’t fire for us but Jasmine managed to catch a whiting all on here own. At one spot we were fishing at there were small schools of fish getting terrorised by some bigger fish. Every so often the big fish would come up from the deep and a mass of little fish would start leaping out of the water trying to escape. It was quite interesting to watch.

This morning we did some more small jobs around the house and I went out for a surf on my wave ski around lunch time. The kids were having a bit of a lazy day and decided not to come. I check out the surf before I left at www.coastalwatch.com.au. The web cams are quite good. I went down to Main beach and the surf was a little too boisterous for me today. I really need to put a belt on my wave ski and learn to roll so I can go under waves when making my way out through the white wash. I caught a bunch of OK waves but it was hard work.

When I got back I had a swim with Jasmine in the pool, which is getting a lot cooler. James went in twice but only last about 15 seconds each time. We have had some cooler nights getting down to 12 degrees, which is about the average low for winter. The day temperatures have been in the mid 20s but it is the overnight temperatures that seem to have the biggest impact on the pool water. Probably only get another couple of weeks swimming in the pool before we give it a break until around September. Fortunately the ocean stays a little warmer so we should be able to swim at the beach for a good while yet.

The kids are now on school holidays. They seem pretty happy about it. My parents are coming to visit on Wednesday and will stay for about a week. I’m looking forward to some ‘serious’ fishing. This time next week hopefully there will be some photos of Dad and I holding some serious fish.

I’m not looking forward to this week in regards to work. I have been doing some work from home for the past couple of evening trying to test a new enhancement to our software, which is not going particularly well. We have to have it deployed by Thursday and time is running out. I think I will be doing some long hours to make sure the enhancement is OK.