Thursday

It was a bit of a late night last night - and rather than a 5 o'clock rise, I set the alarm for 6 instead - foregoing breakfast at Zarraffas for a little extra sleep. It was a good plan which didn't quite come to fruition - because I woke 20 minutes before the alarm and decided that even though it was tempting, it wasn't worth going back to sleep. Subsequently, I was a little on the tired side - not enough that I couldn't function well, but come the end of the day I really wondered whether it was a good idea to go off to Trivia at the local hotel. Of course, we had already been to the vets after work, taking Em for her annual check-up and vaccination ("get them to look deep into your eyes" said the letter addressed to Emma - and implore them to take you - but we would have anyway!). She is in good shape (for an old lady) and even though she has lost more weight - she is down .4kg since her visit last year, the vet isn't concerned - even though Em isn't as gracious a cat as she used to be. The vet had to call in a nurse to try to keep Em restrained as she examined her, took some blood to check her sugar levels, gave her the vaccination and clipped her claws.

It was lucky we made the appointment time. I was delayed leaving work and the traffic was atrocious this afternoon - and even worse on the motorway - which I took great lengths to avoid in case it was congested. Of course, that didn't help at the Gilston Rd roundabout - still under construction - where there were two lollipop men in attendance - both leaning on their upside-down lollipops and doing very little in the way of actual traffic control.

I'm glad we did go to trivia though - and not just because we won again: a $50 voucher for placing first plus a six-pack for being the first one up with the right answer written down for the question - on which piece of apparel would you find an aglet. I edged someone out from one of the other teams by a metre. I'd like to say "I beat them by a length - but how long is a length - as in horse racing? According to the Australian Oxford Dictionary, a length is the full extent of one's body - but surely there must be a physical standard measure of a length?

The other big news of the day is that ROM is back and the deck seems to be level again - M had a test ride to make sure it was okay and it's giving a much better cut.