Wednesday

Plovers - where are you? They really are moving those chicks around the paddocks. M was saying she wouldn't be surprised if they actually take them across to La's at some point - seeking shelter in the longer grass over there.

The big decision of the afternoon was whether to go to Tallai Trivia or not. Part of me would have been happy staying home, eating those Luke leftovers and doing some house paperwork. But Trivia won out and we were there at 7, ordering our dinner and keeping a lookout for M's mate from JPs - which wasn't going to be a problem because Sooz has met him and she remembers what people look like - most of the time anyway. We would have said "all of the time" had it not been for her encounter with "Doug" this morning. She and M were over at the new house for the pest and building inspections and building inspector Scott came out at one point and said he was done - which Sooz thought was him saying "I'm Doug" and she introduced herself, not realising it was in fact Scott. It just goes to show that all this house stuff is a bit on the stressful side! It was good they went though - because they were able to talk with both Scott and pest-man Chris and find out that there are no issues with the property. Great news! While they were over that way, Sooz also did some business at HarbourTown - including calling in at the bank and picking up a cheque for the stamp duty and some documents for signature. I was very grateful - it saved me the trip.

We didn't win at Trivia tonight but we're getting a bit used to that now ... but not that used to it that we want it to continue! An and Na were in good form although both have had the lurgy since we last saw them. But they're back on top of it and both are fighting fit ... and I've just realised I neglected to ask them how their bowling is going. Next time.

M was just finishing off her ironing (I think) when we arrived home so we left her to it while Sooz went to bed to very reluctantly read the last few pages of her Helen Garner book - she has been rationing the read ever since she got it but we all knew she wouldn't be able to do that indefinitely. I made a Milo and settled in to do half an hour of "puddling" and browsing until I finally stopped pretending that I was being in the slightest bit productive and put myself to bed.