Quick Catch Up

Sunday: I went to Macedon for lunch with the Sunday Lunchers at Chris and John's place. It was a lovely afternoon with delicious food and convivial conversation. I considered going by train but then decided that I have the car and I might as well use it. It is a direct route from here to there. Hop on the freeway and 45 minutes later - there you are.

Monday: I went to The Flat in East Melbourne, arriving good and early to let in the bloke who was coming to check the smoke alarms. He was due between 10 and 12. I was there by 8:30 in case he came early. And, of course, he arrived at about 11:50 so JUST within his window of punctuality.

Then I went to Ikea to pick up some chair covers I had ordered. I might have had lunch in the cafeteria, although not the meatballs. I had salmon and salad. I got slightly lost coming out of the shopping complex and had an interesting walk around the back streets of Richmond before finding the tram back to Docklands.

Alas. I had forgotten that Ikea things only fit other Ikea things and the chair covers were never going to fit my Koàla dining chairs. Fortunately Ikea has a generous returns policy. I have organised to take them back.

Tuesday: Yesterday I went back to Daiso for a few bits and pieces. My trip back on the tram was enlivened by a woman, who was not holding on and also was not sitting in any of the available seats, dramatically falling when the tram jolted, over one of the grab rails and cracking her head on the railing. Fortunately, she had companions who insisted that she leave the tram accompanied by them, despite her insisting that she would be ok and that she would get off and they should all leave her and go on to their intended destination. I think they also called an ambulance. Which would have been a good move, given the crack to her head that she incurred.

Despite that excitement, I am very much enjoying using the tram network to get around. Most of the places I go to are inside the free tram zone so I don't need to pay to get around Docklands or the CBD. Even if I do need to pay, with my senior's travel pass any tram trip I might make will only be $2.75. 

Today I am back at work. I've only been off for two weeks but I had definitely got out of the Get Up And Go To Work routine. I came on the tram - and just missed the tram I was aiming for. Didn't really matter. Another tram came a few minutes later. It doesn't take significantly less time coming by tram than it did driving from Ballarat. On the other hand- all I had to do was sit there, read my book, watch out the window, relax. Someone else got to do the driving through peak hour traffic!