Another week ... another full moon

This week it was the turn of Felix to prepare food, have guests, and so he did a rather nice roo meatballs in a tomato sauce, along with lashings of bread. Eric was there, Bruce + Kate came over, and Kristy had the night off from caring for the child, so all in all it was a rather cosy get together ... Afterwards, as Eric was sweeping up the shaved parmesan onto the last 2 bits of bread, we said farewell to Bruce/Kate, bade Eric to do the washing up (not that he actually did it), and took Felix/Kristy off to the Elephant for a beer ... which very soon turned into a few more beers, over at the Nash, and walking home through the rain ... Awoke the next morning feeling very, very seedy :o which became increased/exacerbated when I lay there, rocking back + forwards, heard a knocking at the front door, as Bruce arrived early for our ride, following shortly afterwards by him walking in as I struggled to pull some jeans on - apparently I had left the keys in the door when getting home the night before ... So showered, ate, got out of there to the train station to join the GTC riders, where it transpired that they also were not up to much, so we ended up toddling over to Soft, on Minerva Road, then back in along the foreshore, where Bruce and I peeled off, whilst the others went off to Eastern Gardens, to do a few laps ... Got quickly changed, gave Bruce some clothes to pull on over the top of his cycle clothes, then went to markets, up at the Showgrounds ... Just as we were leaving, the flower man was selling 2 bunches for $10 - how could I say no? So got some lillies and some gladiolii. Also bought some chives and some parsley to put into the garden - have put them all in around the water feature, making it a more user friendly location. Anyway, surrounding with herbs will make it easier to pop out and grab anything needed when cooking, I imagine. As for the other gardens, I am a teeny bit perplexed re what else is in there, so am holding off on my grand scheme to lay down cardboard etc. as things keep popping up amongst all of the weeds! The front garden especially is exploding with Freesias, but the (vegetable) garden bed out back is also showing growth patterns of gladioliis coming up ...
After threatening all of Sunday, that night the rains began afresh, falling like stars from heaven, settling in to wash away the turgidness of mediocrity ... Made up a stew with roo, red kidney beans, and lots of ground vegies (e.g. pumpkin, potato, beans, carrot, sweet potato, onion, garlic, chilli, etc.), added some tom paste, splash of port, and let it settle in for a couple of hours. Meanwhile, went off to meet Felix at the chip shop down the bottom of St. Albans Road, where I promptly realised that only buying 4 woodies was going to cost me $15 (rather than $23 for 10 cans), so I promptly spent $20 on 4 gold cans ... really not to sure how that works ... then Felix came back for a bowl of stew and to keep me company whilst I ironed my shirts for the week - even though I promptly got up the next morning and could not be bothered wearing one ...
This is also the week where I was cursed by a witch ... coming back on the train Tuesday night, an odd couple got on the train - Vietnamese, maybe Montegnards? Plopped down their boxes, he wandered off, she sat there, making funny noises, giving off an odd vibe ... Anyway, got up in the morning, and could find my card case nowhere, despite looking high + low - there not being that many places for it to have been ... Ended up rushing off to catch train, buying another monthly train ticket, on the WPC ... Even rang up lost property during day, but alas, there had been nothing handed in :( Got home that night, and virtually found it sitting there on my kitchen bench ... And let us not forget, and yet also not mention, the bird carcasses that are being found in the fireplace ... An odd week, to be sure ... Local paper comes out, there is a house in Norlane and a townhouse in Whittington, both are under $150000.00 ... Finally get some follow up on recouping relocation costs - Wayne says he is going away, but where is the evidence??? Cass came to visit on Friday night, so it was good to catch up, see what is going on in her life, particularly with boys and companionship. Seems that not all is smooth sailing? But, she is happy working, and enjoys the little pleasures of that lifestyle, continuing to provide exceptional customer service to those reaching the end of their lives ... Oh, been taking the 0714 in, and then toddling off on the tram to visit Pellegrini's for coffee, enjoying the sitting there with a long black, watching the day get going. For the most part, it has been surprisingly absent in there, not as busy as I had expected - maybe people come in at a later time, sit there mid-morning? Is not really the sort of place that encourages takeaways - or a soy latte, as I overheard 1 fellow order this morning :o Also put in a shabby/shoddy APS4 EOI for MEI in Geelong ... The position itself is about reviewing reviewable decisions for the decline of ABN applications, and knowing how they go about applying for an objection to those decisions ... Although says you are required to understand precendents, etc. I imagine that the majority of it will be following established and set procedures, with client contact to ensure that the clients' are aware of what (or why) has been declined, what grounds (and processes) for objections, and/or confirming the details of what was in the initial application (i.e. what did you mean when you wrote that?) ... must follow up on the last one I put in, see whether there has been any action on it? Would make life more wonderful ... Keep getting lambasted from Scheduling re the next period, but despite my choices not being reflected, and the subsequent updating seeming to also have had no effect, I continue on my merry way - have submitted request to do 4 day week for the next period ...