As I said, awoke very, very early, feel so burnt and grungy :( But Felix was also up early enough, about 7, so after he had showered and perfumed himself, we set off to go visit La Madre Bread, they having a consistently high standard of bread IMHO ... Got there and discovered that they had moved (!), albeit just across the road and back a bit-where the Post Office used to be ... Bought two (2) loaves of their rye bread, and got 1 sliced, so that I could take it to work to use in the toaster. Also got a couple of ciabattis and a currant roll for later ... Then went next door and bought a couple of pies - $5 for a pie!!! WTF?
After getting over that shock, climbed back into the car and went to visit Michael at Volare's-he was very, very hoarse from cheering the cyclists on over the past few days :o Needless to say, coffee was very, very good, but, oddly enough, not up to his usual standard? Or maybe my tastes have just changed over time? But in any case, divine coffee, marred only by Felix asking for a mug of coffee, and Michael having to explain that the cups did not go that big, albeit in slightly more robust terms ... But so divine in fact, that I decided to treat myself to another cup ;) Michael asked after Rachael, and even when I explained the situation, he still insisted that I was not allowed to visit again until I had at least seen/spoken with her ... Cruel, very cruel ...
From there it was around the corner to visit Greg, to waste some of his time chinwagging about the GTC and the Otway Classic. He explained that there was a strong lack of coordination with the event's organisers and some of the previous participants (e.g. Simon and Genevieve), so he was not confident that it would go off without a hitch ... But for all that, he is going to ride, enjoy himself, and keep up his tradition-this will be his 30th annual ride! :o Related the anecdote of running into a bloke at Cunningham's Pier, discussed Gitanes, and Felix pulling out a business card of Greg's, that he 'just happened to have' in his wallet ... Customers then came in, so thought it best to depart, to leave him in peace, as it were, and get on with the day ...
On the way back called into Mood Support Centre so that I could see Reid, and lose at a few games of pool ... Place is looking large, and all seemed happily settled into the new place (even if it has been like 2 years there), with much going on there as well.
Went back to the house, dropped off some stuff, then headed off to look at the new bridge that had gone in at Barwon Heads, home of filming for 'Seachange', inspiration to so many ... Surprisingly, because he had said it had been going on for quite a while, the bridge was still not finished ... But there sure were a lot of materials and tools around, waiting to be used ... So maybe something else is in the 'pipeline' down there? Anyway, stopped in at Body Torque on the way out of Ocean's Grove-after getting lost trying to find the old place! As in. the building was still there, but there were Sparkies playing around amongst the detrius of the building, so we packed up and moved off, only to discover that it had moved off to the roadside ... Plenty of interesting stuff, and it seems that they have become Avanti dealers (+ there was a rather nice 'Kyrpton' in there too), but nothing grabbed the attention, so headed off again. Turned up Swan Bay Road, and I have to admit that the gradient was not that fierce, but whether that was because we came at it the other way, or were in the car, I am not sure ...
Grabbed some milk + cheese, then home for lunch, before the Hallis girl called me for our stipulated 1pm interview - my 1st impressions are that I am going to have to invest a lot of time/effort into this, so I hope it pays off ... Group session for 4 hours tomorrow (got invited to that) and then panel interview the week after ... So, we shall see, we shall see ...Initial role will be to deal with Urban Water calls :o with 6 months initially in City, before posting out to suburbs? Might see if I can stay in City, however? But that is a discussion for another day/time-have to get the job 1st ... Rather amusing for me was that I was struggling with the final question - Describe how you explained a difficult concept - and then the battery on the phone died!!! Amazing how it gets about 30mins, and then just dies like that ... Maybe 3B was right?
Because of of all this, felt I was running a bit late, so headed off to airport, and sent Donna Rae an apologetic text about missing her further. Typically, the run was quite quick, and I ended up sitting at Avalon typing up the previous day's adventures for the blog ... Succumbed to temptation, and sent a text to 3B re chatting when I got home, discovering that she had fallen asleep in the sun whilst enjoying a day off - sometimes wonder if that girl ever works!!! ;) The trip back was less unpleasant, with an entire row to myself, even though the front of the plane was quite full! Noticed a few bike helmets and carriers amongst the passengers, with a lot of pleased/stunned looks ... Anyway, got in, caught train back to town, changed at Central, where I promptly walked the wrong way, and had to turn around before getting down to ANZAC Square to catch bus home. Logged in to discover that entries for GC100 had closed :( that 3B may have intended not to meet me :( and that it sux ...
Maybe I should just give up???
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