Eve's thoughts
It's Xmas eve and I feel oddly calm.
I went out late today to Glendale to buy just a few things - rawhide sticks for the dogs, a jar of jam, and some drinks - and came home. There was a queue in 1st Choice even longer than Spotlight, but I rather enjoyed it (bought a Boag's, a six pack of Carlton Bitter and very cheap Chardonnay). On the way out there was a car accident not far from where I was waiting for the bus. A Toyota ute ran into blue Ford sedan, and from the damage it looked like they'd both turned into the same street at the same time. So far as I know there were no fatalities (though two ambulances went by the bus later, but they seldom speed for dead bodies). When the bus returned the blue sedan was still there. Police were diverting traffic and there was a fire truck as well.
They were all gone by the time I came back with the dogs to the chip shop and bought myself a works burger + flavoured milk drink. The dogs loved the walk, even though it was still humid outside. We walked home, I fed the pets, and watched a couple of Aardman Xmas animations on the ABC on the TV in the garden shed.
And I felt really centred. No more Xmas madness for a year. Tomorrow I stay home and have a quiet day. In the last three weeks I've been out and about 16 of those 21 days. But not tomorrow. Boxing day (Saturday) I'm off to see a film, but after that I'm most likely stay home until next Thursday, and enjoying it too.
Unless of course, something else here stops working of falls off!
I went out late today to Glendale to buy just a few things - rawhide sticks for the dogs, a jar of jam, and some drinks - and came home. There was a queue in 1st Choice even longer than Spotlight, but I rather enjoyed it (bought a Boag's, a six pack of Carlton Bitter and very cheap Chardonnay). On the way out there was a car accident not far from where I was waiting for the bus. A Toyota ute ran into blue Ford sedan, and from the damage it looked like they'd both turned into the same street at the same time. So far as I know there were no fatalities (though two ambulances went by the bus later, but they seldom speed for dead bodies). When the bus returned the blue sedan was still there. Police were diverting traffic and there was a fire truck as well.
They were all gone by the time I came back with the dogs to the chip shop and bought myself a works burger + flavoured milk drink. The dogs loved the walk, even though it was still humid outside. We walked home, I fed the pets, and watched a couple of Aardman Xmas animations on the ABC on the TV in the garden shed.
And I felt really centred. No more Xmas madness for a year. Tomorrow I stay home and have a quiet day. In the last three weeks I've been out and about 16 of those 21 days. But not tomorrow. Boxing day (Saturday) I'm off to see a film, but after that I'm most likely stay home until next Thursday, and enjoying it too.
Unless of course, something else here stops working of falls off!