Friday

Have I mentioned lately that I am not a fan of Daylight Savings Time - but since I was going into NSW for less than 24 hours, I decided I would just stick to Queensland time - and if anyone wanted us anywhere at a specific time - they would need to be in charge of getting us there.

But the only specific plans we had once there were dinner - with P and L - and since they know Kygole eateries better than we do, we let them pick - the Earth Bistro, part of the Commercial Hotel. It was very nice. We have been into the pub before, just in passing, and never eaten a meal there. P insisted on ordering for us - he knew the person taking the orders - she goes to school with him - and he did a great job - writing down the orders on the iPhone to make sure he would get the food and drinks that everyone wanted.

We were more than surprised to see that they had milkshakes and thickshakes on the beverage menu - which was lucky because after the drive I really felt like one and was thinking I would have to settle for a coffee or something else that would not hit the spot. All four of us ended up having milk-based drinks, and they were cold, milky and very yum. It was all we could do not to have seconds on them.

The food was great too. S and I had the steak special, L had nachos, and P surprised us by having fettucine carbonara - but it shouldn't have surprised us because he has always liked pasta.

After dinner it was back to the motel where we watched television in our room before it was time to see the kids back to theirs (they were in No. 1 so it gave M and M, the locums running the motel in their parents' absence) run of the residential area.

Then it was time to crawl into bed - even though it had been a good drive (thanks for the loan of the car M) I was still a bit weary at the end of the long work week where we are two people down and in the middle of progress claims.

Hopefully all the furries back at Latimers are good and behaving themselves - and that Beazley, due back at the vet this afternoon, has had a good report.