Saturday

Even though I had the option to sleep in this morning as M was doing the furries, I was still awake just after 5. It must be that in-built alarm clock (circadian rhythm?) coming to the fore because my real alarm was set for after 7 - which was going to give us tons of time to get ready and be in town for breakfast at Daniel Stuart's with M ... and Fl as it turned out. He phoned about half-way through breakfast to see what we were up to ... and he turned up soon afterwards. He was in fine form and told Sooz about a documentary he had seen on Aljazeera television - on Muslims in France. She will be taping it this evening.

After breakfast, Sooz had arranged some real estate appointments. Before then, though, we decided we would go for a drive through the suburb and get our bearings. We ended up going past one shopping centre at least three times, maybe four, and it seemed that we did it from a different direction each time. I still don't know how that was possible. But, the good news is that with a little help from Siri, we managed to be at our first appointment on time. This was a property that Sooz really liked - but in the end, alas, it didn't meet all our criteria ... but another few properties later, and we were at one that did tick all the right boxes. Sooz will take M and Fl there on Tuesday to have another look - and then, all going well with the bank, we'll make an offer. Fingers crossed!!

Lunch was at the Q Centre - Sooz had something with Prawns and I had something with Wontons. Yumm. Then it was home ... and I thought Sooz would drive straight into her new Helen Garner book ... and she would have if she had remembered. It still amazes me that a book that isn't going to be released for two weeks is available on iBooks today. It's good for Sooz that it is - because she really wants to start reading it now that she knows about it.

M did call in on Vi today. She is still taking it easy and eschewing contact because she doesn't want to risk passing it on to other people - and a movie was out as well, because she didn't want to annoy other patrons with her coughing.

M went back in to dinner with Mouse and Se who is visiting. He is looking to invest in property in Brisbane and was there today and will have another look tomorrow before returning home to Sydney.

It's been raining most of the day - a good soaking rain which means that the plants are just lapping it up. Hopefully it will continue for the next couple of days as forecast!