Life is back to normal.
Carl stayed over at Michael's on Saturday night. He sent me a text while I was in church - luckily it hadn't started yet - asking how long we'd be there.
Hmm... good question. You never know with guest speakers. So replied 11.30am. Any longer than that and we'd walk out!
That'll fix him if he's a long-winded pastor wannabe. (Wish I'd done that with Nigel Godfrey!)
Got home and read for a bit, but couldn't hear myself think over the noise of Carl and Dave when they get together.
So watched an Iain Matthews concert recording instead - the one that doesn't play too well in the home theatre. It just froze for a couple of seconds on the portable DVD player.
Left at 3.10pm to take Carl to the airport. Didn't get far before he remembered he's left his mobile phone on the kitchen bench, so we had to go back for it.
It was a drama finding the Departure gate. Time was, Perth Airport used to make sense. You went upstairs, and there were all these clearly numbered gates, pretty much in a straight line. Now they're all over the place. The ticket said Gate no 8, only no-one could find that. The electronic departures info board had his Jetstar flight down as leaving from Gate 7, but also had a Qantas flight leaving same gate at same time.
Then the info thingy flashed that the flight was now boarding - followed by an announcement that it hasn't even landed, so stay put.
So we're waiting - waiting - waiting. And then the info board flashes that the flight is now closed.
WTF? Are they trying to scare people? Well they eventually let everyone on. It was around 1/2 hour late by the time it finally took off.
Dave and I then had to pick up fish and chips for dinner. Seems everyone in Ellenbrook had the same idea, so that took ages.
And on the subject of Ellenbrook, there's a news story on ch 7 tonight slagging us off. No train, no cinema, no sporting complex!
Video below.
https://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/ellenbrooksurrounds/posts/255821124517629
You could say the same about most suburbs, so why single us out?
Anyway, the buses now run to Bassendean train station every 15 minutes or so. You can easily get a train from there. (They didn't used to, but buses ran from Morley to Perth frequently enough.)
Cinemas? Midland and Morley both have them, although what I want to see is seldom showing at either and I usually have to go to the Multi-plex at Innaloo.
Sporting complex? How many suburbs have them? We've got a local football team, and several playing fields.
And don't you love how black and white footage was shown to make this beautiful place seem like crap...
I wonder how many of the complainers were Homeswest? Most private owners who move here do so because they want the peaceful - just out of the moshpit - lifestyle.
Ironing to do.