Monday - and a good deed

M was off being a (much appreciated) Good Samaritan this morning by the time we were up. She was taking An off to the doctor for a review of her hand - so she can finally find out what he did during the operation last Monday, and, more importantly, the prognosis. It sounds as though it was a torrid visit - once the splint came off, there was much pain - so much so that An almost fainted... and then did faint. Luckily she had M with her who then "tended" her when they left the doctor's until she was sure the colour had returned and she could be left by herself at home - but with Ashley the electrician keeping an eye on her until Sy arrived home.

Egg mystery - what happened here?

Closer to home, S wasn't feeling on top of the world and decided to have the morning off rather than going to Aqua. M did manage to get there and reported that there were only three in the class!!

The horses down near B's stables seemed to be very agitated this afternoon. they were pig-rooting and galloping up and down their paddocks. The reason? One of the other horses was in the "lane" between the yards ... and talking to Hermes! M said that was more than enough to unsettle them!

M's bike was calling to me today and I only just managed to resist. Thinking about it now, I really should have done a test ride while EE and ER were here ... they would have been able to administer medical help/stabilise me while we waited for the ambulance (we are a fair way out here) after I fell off. Yes, they do say that you never forget - but that was in the days before dual gear controls and when you braked by stepping backwards on the pedals, rather than having brake controls on both handles (which side for which wheel?).

The new 0ccy strap worked well on the rubbish bin on the way up to the road this evening - and hopefully it, and the one on the recycling bin M took up, will still be there when they come back down.

Trivia did not go as well as hoped this evening. S stayed home so we were one down for the second half - but not for the first half as Sy stayed while she had dinner and made sure An was okay. The best we could manage tonight was equal third - with three other teams who also scored 70 for the night out of a possible 80. Ni made a valiant attempt at the tie-break question: what is the atomic weight of Mercury? Her first suggestion was 80 but she wasn't totally sure if that was right - she was going on its relative position on the Periodic Table (which she drew for us). In the end we wrote down 82 ... but should have stayed with her original answer (something we are always encouraging each other to do) which was right; our 82 was 2 away; one of the other teams had 79 - giving them third place, the $15 voucher and an entry into the cash draw. Ah well, this is our second week off the Podium ... hopefully next week we'll have both An and S and that will hopefully elevate us back into "contender" status!

Latimers was in lockdown by the time I arrived back after dropping An home and mailing Mouse's puzzle entries. M was ironing again - to Q&A this time - and both she and S played "answer the Trivia questions" - and if they'd been there we could easily have made outright second, maybe even first.

It's cool tonight - and wonderfully clear with a sky full of stars twinkling down on the Valley. It doesn't get much nicer than this!