And so another work week draws to a close and even though it has been a short week for me, it does feel as though a lot has been packed in.
Family and Friends Dinner tonight was at the Zen restaurant. For a moment it did look as though we going somewhere else but I'm glad we didn't because tonight - and was this because the Great K was acting as a good luck charm? Yes, the Great K came to dinner with us meaning we were still six, even though F is still overseas in Jordan. It will be interesting to see what happens on his return - apparently he is taking advantage of his holiday to not spend time shaving and is reportedly growing a beard. M is not happy with this - she says she already has trouble with his eyebrows - and if the beard is there to stay - it will be staying without her! I am not sure if he is serious about keeping it on his return - but it really does sound as though she is. But back to dinner last night ... The Great K had phoned while M was out and just before we were due to leave to meet her. At this stage M had rung M to say she now wasn't coming; she was taking advantage of F's absence to do some tidy-up around the place - which is not unlike his putting in new shelving systems and other organisational systems while she was overseas last year. So, the Great K had phoned to see it he could come over to watch television (how can it be in this day and age that anyone in Australia doesn't have a television - you can't watch MasterChef without one!) But when he arrived - having since found out that M wasn't coming - we asked him along and he agreed. It was amazing though because, even though he's 26 and hails for Sydney, he's never been on to the gaming floor of a casino. He seemed quite fascinated by the poker machines and the size of some of the minimum bets at some of the tables. We went for a half-hour explore before dinner and even though it was busy it wasn't yet packed as it would be later in the evening. He couldn't believe how many people were there - especially as we visited more and more parts of the gaming floor (amassing even more steps for me for the Global Corporate Challenge). Dinner was lovely - as it always is at Zen - but even more so because finally they had the spinach and garlic dish that M and S have had there but which never seems to be available when others go. But there it was and it was fantastic. Maggie would have loved it - I've never known a cat love green vegetables - and custard apple - as much. Just as we were almost ready to stop eating who should arrive but M who had decided to come to dinner anyway. It was good to see her and catch-up and to know that she had chosen us over housework!
