pink door, royal pacific hotel and towers
Rather surly today – mostly the realisation that ZOMG! I only have five days left before I return to SML. It’s also quite, quite disgustingly hot.
So, while Don was out at golf, I’ve done not a lot other than sit about reading stuff on the InformationSuperhighway, patting kitties, doing a bit of light haus-werk and generally feeling out of sorts.
Then I was cross with myself because I should be carpe-ing the diem.
So I decluttered a little (why was I keeping 5 elderly SML notepads?) and took down the very minimal, totally oz christmas decorations:
top 2 rows: letterpress cards from the distillery | bottom: freebie postcards i’ve had for around 9 years
The space looks quite naked now, so I think we’re going to need something to replace them. Perhaps holiday snaps? Though not in the tree shape!
I then decided to drag myself out in the hot heat to grab a coffee, which for me is a rather profligate undertaking – generally I’ll just make one in the plunger/french press. There is a new DFH1 organic place just up the street which I was keen to try out – because there’s a bit of a dearth of decent coffee in walking distance. The coffee was excellent – quite strong and quite bitter (which is just what I was after), but Holy!Goodness! $4.00 for a regular size? Admittedly, I would go back.
Later, I’m going to whip up a kerry apple cake because we have apples which need using and perhaps go for a short run, though if the temperature doesn’t reduce markedly in the next hour (currently it is 27oC) the run is not likely to occur.
I think also I could be a little out of sorts because yesterday was first day of my drinking break. Traditionally I am generally quite grumpish on the first evening (I daresay this is because I’m missing the winding-down/relaxing aspect of a nice, cold glass of white) and was surprised that I was not so. Clearly I’ve saved that mood for today!
In slightly good news, I think I have identified the cause of the niggling ankle pain I was having before we left for hols – my fabulous teva sandals. No pain when we were in Hong Kong despite walking a very great deal. Now the ankle is a little achy again after the walk yesterday and I can only deduce that the sandals are the cause. Nuts! I love those sandals.
Tomorrow I am going to shake myself up with a project – I just need to decide which one.
1Dirty … Hippy
If you would like to bring the kerry apple cake to me once it’s done, that would be fine.
I’m sure I could possibly save you a couple of pieces if you’d like to swap that 8 iron over tomorrow or Sunday.
Alternatively you could make your own! Carry on the family tradition.
but at least you have the Australia Day long weekend to look forward to! $4 for a coffee is the going rate in Canberra even in vile places
Quite right, I keep forgetting about that. Truthfully though SML has been quite tolerable since The Reckoning, but I’d really rather not have to go anywhere to work!
$4.00 is outrageous! The most I’ve seen at my end of town is $3.50 and my fave hipsters charge $3.00 ($2.00 at their impromptu / random happy hours).
Wow. This is a rather lengthy holiday.
27 days! But that includes weekends and public holidays. I don’t think I’ve dipped into the long service leave yet (well maybe a day or two).
It has been glorious and wonderfully relaxing. I could do much much more of this đŸ˜‰