S spent a bit of time with Hermes today - giving him a small smorgasbord of treats - carrot, apple and some of his muesli bar. He is looking good and seems not quite so vocal these days when Holly forsakes him for Gundy. Poor him. The next-doors are still doing a great job of tending to him: coat goes on, coat goes off, hay comes over the fence, the pick-up happens and water gets changed. They will no doubt appreciate a weekend mow of at least one of his paddocks.
When they talk about how high grass is, is it like corn where they say it's as high as an elephant's eye? Or can you measure it in hands? Just joking although I don't think Mark at work was when he said that while September wasn't bad for grass growing on the Coast, the real grass growing months are January and February. Impressive.
We have communicated with F today and Friday dinner is a goer. It seems like ages - even though it's only three weeks - and we've really missed it. It's the perfect way to bring the working week to a close, especially if you've spent time in Brisbania. We're looking forward to finding out how he's progressing with his plans for retraining the lads about late-night computer gaming, early morning rising and other life lessons. If any one can do it, F can.
We went out for lunch from work today, to a Greek restaurant at Robina. Alas, there was no time for a side trip to the Apple Store but we did duck in to JB but left emptyhanded. Hardly worth going really except lunch was yummy. The current full contingent from the office went - all six of us. We lose another one on Monday, another one the week after, and we're still waiting to hear about the others. Only another six weeks before a decision is expected, although we said that last month and the month before that and ... hopefully soon.
Another gorgeous moon tonight - if it isn't full, it should be. Is this why the kids are reluctant to come In this evening? Only Maggie to go now - the same Maggie who was hanging around outside the gate this afternoon. She should come in for supper cookies soon. Her sense of timing is impeccable. And speaking of pecks, the swallows are still here doing very fast low-level flying in the area near the nest.
K comes again tomorrow. She told me she was quite taken with all the animals. I don't think there's any doubt she's an animal lover. Her parents breed horses and she's always had dogs - including her current cattle dog (previously mentioned). When she went to the local show, it was for the animals - at Mudgeeraba, Southport and, I think, the Ekka as well. And she doesn't mind a chat. Just hope we don't need to cut her back any more at work - we're already down from three cleans a week to one.
There's been no word from the Great K since he returned to pick up his suit and shirt (blowin' in the wind) ... but he should have received his thesis mark by now. He did quite well in his other subject so hopefully he will be pleased with the thesis mark as well. He was planning to work on preparing it for publication - depending on how well it had been received by the readers.
It's that time of year again when my thoughts turn to ... tax. I've started pulling together the paperwork, have spoken to the accountant and can't help but wonder why the Australian Tax Office can't be happy with that. Why is it that you have to carry out a "good" action but intent could be enough to find you "guilty" of some crimes. (Feels like that brings us full circle to a question we were wondering about a while ago - why is there no single word for doing a good deed yet there are any number for doing a bad one e.g. sin, transgress.). Hmmm ... given that Maggie has now come it ("last chance" does seem to work - albeit not immediately) that might be something to ponder tomorrow.
