Wednesday

There's been no word from The Great K so far this week - even though M sent him a text this evening, asking how things are going, there has been no word/s in response. We are taking this as a good thing.

Not so good was that there were no Winners Are Grinners at Bingo today - which is not to say that no-one won just that no-one at M and S's table won anything. It was close a couple of times though - M was one number off the $1,000 jackpot for more than a dozen calls - but her number didn't come in time. E was one number off a few times (they can tell, quite easilly, thanks to the magic of the PET machines!) but Mouse continued to have no luck at all. But not to be discouraged, there is now talk of a Bingo evening next week before Easter. It will definitely make a change from Trivia! There is also some good prize money on offer - so it's definitely worth going, afterall, as they say, you have to be in it to win it!

M jumped on ROM this afternoon and managed to do half Hermes' paddock before it was time to get ready to go in to The Big House where the CSP jackpot is now back up to over $100,000 - but still there were chairs at the table. When M and I rocked up, there was a choice of three seats (out of a possible seven). I noticed for the first time tonight that the Caribbean Stud Poker words printed on the felt on the table have a trademark - which suggests someone may be paying a licence fee to use the name/game rules etc. Is it the same with all casino table games?

We didn't stay late (it was a school night) and S was still up when we arrived home. I didn't stay up though because I didn't want to have to check in with the Neilsen Box and then check out again almost straight away - I know it could probably cope but I don't want them to know that C is incredibly fickle about television viewing just yet. As S commented, it could be an amazing surveillance device!

M had a good dinner with Sy and two of her friends last night in Brisbane - and she and S will catch up with Sy on Friday when she's down here for work. We were hoping the timing would allow me to join them for a coffee afterwards, but Sy will now need to go back to Brisbane earlier than expected to take (a very lucky) CoCo to the vet. CoCo has just been diagnosed with cancer - but luckily the cancer (which usually occurs in a joint in the leg and results in a full amputation) was isolated to her toe - which made it a very manageable prospect, even with the chemotherapy - which will now not be needed since the cancer, when biopsied, proved to be benign. Great news!