Back to life, back to reality - I think that was a Soul II Soul song. Or, at least, back to work tomorrow morning. Ick. Had a couple of days at the start of V's visit where I went to work, but the last eight days I have had off the nine to five braindead thing.
So, the last eight days, three have been shopping - one at my local, northside, shopping centre, one in town, and one on the South Side. V thought the southside one was the best, but eh, being patriotic to the 'correct' side of the river, it was just a different lay out to what's at Chermside. There was one store there that had a good sale, and V actually bought stuff for herself southside, but apart from that, same old stores, same new fashions...
Another of the days we drove up to the Sunshine Coast hinterland, walked around Maleny and Montville, two hippyish kind of wannabe towns - one more successful than the other, in my opinion - to do a bit more shopping, and to see one of V's friends that she hadn't seen in person for about ten years. We had coffee at one of the fancy restaurants, and took up one of the best tables while V and her friend caught up for an extended period of time - I am sure the wait staff were giving us the evil eye...
We had lunch at one of the other Montville cafes, down in the actual town itself, rather than in million dollar view and thirty dollar appetiser land - pie with gravy and mushy peas, yum. And there are some really nice shops there - Mum was enchanted by the collection of Venetian masquerade err masks, and I didn't mind some of the water fountains, and Buddha inspiration stuff...
One of the other days was taken up with having the niece visit - V hadn't actually seen her in person yet - and the afternoon was taken up with V8 Supercar motor racing. Not a bad Sunday all in all, but V was thinking we could have done something better than just watch the TV...
Will have to write an entry about the latest dramas to happen to the niece, brother and sister in law, but don't want to make this first entry back too long. It is a bit of a doozy of a story, all the same.
The other day, apart from leaving day today, was taken up with Sea World. I think I actually had more fun looking at the animals - pelicans, polar bears, sharks, fish and dolphins - than the actual rides and stuff. Although had one of V's nieces and her family and kids with us, and is always nice to follow kids around a theme park, and the kids were pulling me onto every ride they could think of. Was a good day.
Also bumped into the niece and family on the South Side shopping expedition yesterday. Had KFC for lunch and pancakes for afternoon tea, so was a good lazy day. Also got a lovely jersey, maroon and red, rugby stripe kind of design - one of the kids came into the shop as I was thinking about getting more stuff, saying 'hurry up Daddy, Mummy's waiting'. To say I was mortified would be about right, and the attendant in the store gave me the 'I sympathise with you' look.
More later
Pauly
So, the last eight days, three have been shopping - one at my local, northside, shopping centre, one in town, and one on the South Side. V thought the southside one was the best, but eh, being patriotic to the 'correct' side of the river, it was just a different lay out to what's at Chermside. There was one store there that had a good sale, and V actually bought stuff for herself southside, but apart from that, same old stores, same new fashions...
Another of the days we drove up to the Sunshine Coast hinterland, walked around Maleny and Montville, two hippyish kind of wannabe towns - one more successful than the other, in my opinion - to do a bit more shopping, and to see one of V's friends that she hadn't seen in person for about ten years. We had coffee at one of the fancy restaurants, and took up one of the best tables while V and her friend caught up for an extended period of time - I am sure the wait staff were giving us the evil eye...
We had lunch at one of the other Montville cafes, down in the actual town itself, rather than in million dollar view and thirty dollar appetiser land - pie with gravy and mushy peas, yum. And there are some really nice shops there - Mum was enchanted by the collection of Venetian masquerade err masks, and I didn't mind some of the water fountains, and Buddha inspiration stuff...
One of the other days was taken up with having the niece visit - V hadn't actually seen her in person yet - and the afternoon was taken up with V8 Supercar motor racing. Not a bad Sunday all in all, but V was thinking we could have done something better than just watch the TV...
Will have to write an entry about the latest dramas to happen to the niece, brother and sister in law, but don't want to make this first entry back too long. It is a bit of a doozy of a story, all the same.
The other day, apart from leaving day today, was taken up with Sea World. I think I actually had more fun looking at the animals - pelicans, polar bears, sharks, fish and dolphins - than the actual rides and stuff. Although had one of V's nieces and her family and kids with us, and is always nice to follow kids around a theme park, and the kids were pulling me onto every ride they could think of. Was a good day.
Also bumped into the niece and family on the South Side shopping expedition yesterday. Had KFC for lunch and pancakes for afternoon tea, so was a good lazy day. Also got a lovely jersey, maroon and red, rugby stripe kind of design - one of the kids came into the shop as I was thinking about getting more stuff, saying 'hurry up Daddy, Mummy's waiting'. To say I was mortified would be about right, and the attendant in the store gave me the 'I sympathise with you' look.
More later
Pauly
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