Saturday means Crave and off we went, with M, for her debut visit. Probably because it was raining, it was fairly crowded - we took the last available table - and, alas, there were folk at the next table who could have taken their foul language elsewhere. We're used to Crave being a bit more genteel but at least the food was up to its usual standard and the next table people finally left (after what seemed an interminable age).
Then it was off to the movies "Eat Pray Love" for S and M and Mouse while I went in search of filing stationery. It is time to attack my overflowing desk at Latimers and try to bring some order into chaos - and stationery always helps enthuse me. I've branched out this time and rather than doing manilla folders (although some did come home with me) I am switching to lever arch files and a minimalist approach which will see me not keeping every piece of paper that comes across the desk ... although lately it has been not so much "across" as "onto".
The one thing missing from easy distance of Latimers is a decent Chinese noshery. I've had a hankering for a good long and short soup for a while and we called in at the Q Centre on the way home to pick up some takeaway from a little Malaysian/Chinese place there. Alas, we were too late - or too early - 4.10pm and they re-opened at 5. It was still raining by this stage so rather than go home and come back, we decided to frequent The Coffee Club, have a coffee and wait - except, as we found out, The Coffee Club was closed.
Almost in desperation, we decided to revisit the Highlands Park restaurant, working on the principle that it would be fairly difficult for anyone to ruin a soup ... and that worked out fairly well except I'm unsure how "vegetables" expanded to "combination". But it hit the spot enough that I don't feel I need to go looking for more tomorrow.
The kids are enjoying being inside this afternoon (it's still raining) and S is taking the opportunity to catch up with lifestyle programs while I sort mail, catch up with correspondence and try to find the right headspace for the filing project - although I will attack that properly tomorrow.
The road on the way in to Latimers is looking a bit worse for wear with the rain and these days it pays not to drive through any puddle of water lest it be hiding a pothole. The Department of Meteorology is predicting the rain will continue until next Thursday which gives us plenty of time to see if shadows are cast on overcast days (if you take away all other artificial light sources).
