Off-topic - Apologies for recent absence

[shaeff]

Glad to year you're all doing well, Patrick! That's great news!

 

[PatrickS2222]

Thanks guys. I will do my best to put up a clip, but have to work out how first! We will be there but I doubt I'll be able to record her routine on my phone. We will record the TV broadcast, so that might be a help - I'll find a way! :thumbsup:

 

[PatrickS2222]

Well what a fiasco that turned out to be! I reckon by now you have heard about the most ridiculous event I've ever attended. Nobody has had a favourable word to say about it, and it has made us a world-wide laughing stock. I cannot believe charging $380 per ticket but presenting a program of such s**t .... totally incredible and an insult to intelligent adults.
This is after the opening ceremony being comprised mostly of aboriginal music and dance, and promoting the lovely beaches here in Australia. I have nothing against either of these, but Australia has much more to offer people considering holidaying here. That said, it has just been announced the total cost of staging both was $43 million .... an unbelievable amount in anyone's language!
Anyhow, enough about that. The last two weeks have been a mental roller-coaster ride for the girls - they've been included in the performing line-up, then excluded .... time constraints was the excuse, then included again after a re-organisation of the show. After all that ..... 15 minutes prior to their scheduled appearance the Safety Officer declared it was too unsafe for them to skate, due to moisture (dew), confetti, glitter etc on what was already a questionable surface - some rocket-scientist decided to paint it earlier that day without checking with anyone first.
I tend to agree it was sensible to not skate - one hour earlier dancers were having issues with grip and one very nearly slipped over, so I'm happy they came home perfectly fit instead of with some sort of broken bone or other injury, not to mention the hospital visit, the clip going viral and their being constantly reminded and embarrassed. In retrospect they're probably better to not be associated with such a fiasco! They have bigger things to focus on - here's an article from our local newspaper:

No Xanadu for Buccan skater | Jimboomba Times

Jenny's chemo starts tomorrow ... hopefully the last one! She has also booked her driving test - 3 weeks to wait though! I'm sure she will pass! :thumbsup: She's a better driver than me! I'll try to get a nice pic of her with her car. :thumbsup:

 

[Wagtail]

Patrick... I hear you on that crapfest of a closing ceremony. I put it on the telly in the background... mostly to try and spot your daughter.

I'm sorry to say (yet thankful) that I turned it off after 10 minutes due to the constant aboriginal promotion.

I'm glad that, in the end, your daughter and her associates (despite their efforts & being stuffed around) won't be connected to that 'production'.

 

[3930dave]

The pc times we live in.......

What that article does illustrate well is the strength and resilience of your daughter, and her friend.

Rgds, D.

 

[PatrickS2222]

Yes guys, it was just too much for me as well. It appears nobody has a kind word to say about it .... not at all surprising.

She and Amy have both put it behind them and are focussing on training for State Championships. They both have the same goal this year - to go to World Championships in Paris I'll just keep working and funding that credit card .....

 

[PatrickS2222]

There's been a bit happening recently. Here's some much better news:

Here she is with her car:
She passed her driving test - first attempt :thumbsup: last Tuesday. I'm not at all surprised ... she's very capable. Now we have to stop at the green traffic lights too!


Today we all went to the Childrens' Hospital. This was so Jenny could assist staff from our local bank branch with the branch's choice for this year's community donation of $10 000 toward research into brain cancer. :thumbsup: One of their staff had put forward the suggestion after recognising Jenny's photograph in the newspaper. After we arrived we learned they had contacted other branches in Brisbane, and their donation had increased this year to $90 000! I was as amazed as the hospital staff! :laughing:

Last weekend was State Championships - Jenny scored a second place which qualifies her for Nationals ... again That's in early July.

 

[shaeff]

She looks so happy, congrats to her!

This is heartwarming news

 

[Wagtail]

Ta for the update.

 

[3930dave]

Excellent news, and karma !

Rgds, D.