Thursday

Chr and Pat finally arrived around lunchtime today just a little later than Jen who dropped in to see Sooz. Jen is ecstatic ... she finally has an iPhone. I wouldn't say it was "love at first sight" but it wasn't far from it. She is so impressed by what they can do - and she doesn't know the half of it yet.

We had arranged to go out to dinner near the beach with Chr and Pat over near Main Beach and Syl and M were coming too. Syl was getting there under her own steam but we had to have a quick discussion about how the rest of us were getting there. I didn't think everyone would have been comfortable in No-Name after we had shoe-horned us all in so we decided both M and I would drive - she would take Sooz and Chr and I would bring Pat. Alas, Pat was not well - the poor kid has always suffered from some kind of respiratory ailment and he has a cold to go with it now.

Who knew the Club where we were having dinner would be so busy on a Thursday night. We were just in time for the Member Draw - unfortunately M did not win it or the second chance draw - and then for the raffle with 30 or so prizes - and none of us were lucky in that one either.

Dinner was good - Sooz, Chr and Pat shared a seafood platter - and it was as good as we remembered. The only way it could have been better is if it had been light and bright (and maybe a bit quieter) - but light and bright so there could have been a view of the ocean. We did get to hear it though and that was nice.

On the way home, I took Chris, and M took Sooz and P back via the late-night chemist so they could stock up on drugs for him. He was so crook he can't have had that fantastic a time. Ch is good although he has a bit of a lurgy himself - just the dregs at this point, It was so bad at one stage that when he was in bed, he coughed and cracked a rib. He's still trying not to laugh because it hurts too much. (Why don't you take painkillers into the forest? Because the parrots eat them all! [That would be paracetamol.])