It was Lindsey's birthday last Sunday. Ordinarily we would have gone out for lunch but it was also Mother's Day and the places we might have wanted to go to would have been booked out by the time we thought about it.
So she and Ian came to my place instead and I made roasted chicken leg quarters, with roast potatoes and lots of green vegetables.
On Monday I went to Melbourne to visit my podiatrist and went to La Manna supermarket on my way home. I had to be careful not to buy much. I don't have much freezer space and I am away this weekend.
On Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I pottered about in the garden, started washing my poor, spider-webbed, dusty and much unloved windows. I started washing and brushing the patio. I swept and vacuumed the floors and carpets.
Hilary next door came around and agreed to feed the cats on the days that Lindsey can't while I am away.
I came to Melbourne on the airport bus (and left my dinosaur cap on the bus 😥) and stayed in the Holiday Inn at the airport overnight. I don't remember staying in a Holiday Inn before and it's rather nice. Very comfortable and excellent wifi. Reminds me a bit of the British Premier Inns. I am about to leave on the hotel shuttle to meet Freyja and Simon at the airport. We are off to Hamilton Island for the weekend.
Room with a view:
All was going well yesterday until I left to catch the local bus to the station. I noticed that I had left a light on, went back inside to turn it off - and my electronic lock flashed to say that it needed new batteries. I didn't have time to find the new batteries, get a screwdriver from the garage and change the batteries. So I wrote a note to Hilary and left her my garage fob. And then, of course, worried all the way to Melbourne that someone would walk up the driveway (unlikely), find the note (also unlikely) grab the fob from its hiding place and let themselves into my place and clear it out (extremely unlikely). In fact, as long as the cats didn't run away it wouldn't be a massive disaster if someone broke into my place and cleared it out. It would make moving into a much smaller place much easier.
Lindsey already has a fob for the garage. I'm hoping she might change the batteries on Saturday.
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Later:
We have made it as far as Sydney. A bit of a wait now for the flight to the Whitsundays and Hamilton Island