Away we (I) go, again ...

Well, now is as good a time as any other … so much has happened, and so much more will happen, which I will share, I promise, but for now, let me concentrate on today :)

Sitting out on the verandah, out the back of my favourite Brother’s, with my favourite Sister’s upstairs, but both are away, so it is secluded & peaceful - makes a bit of change from the drama going on! I am trying to swim each day, which gives you an appreciation of how warm it is around here - even when complaining of the ‘cold’, it is still 20c …

Alright, first the ‘bad’ stuff around here:

• Coolangatta SLSC: Had been for a swim, thought to stop in for a beer to recover, but told that if I did not have a driver’s licence and/or a card from a Queensland club, I was going no further! No ifs, buts, or maybes … tried to explain, initially, that one simply did not carry such things as a matter of course when going for a swim - ID to enter the beaches? But, that was of no consequence, and to no avail;
• Red Cross: (sigh) came back from morning stroll along foreshore at Coolangatta, saw the mobile unit, and stopped to ask if I could offer some blood. As you do when on holidays. Five (5) minutes later, having stood around like the proverbial, being ignored, I then walked away - what ever … Apparently the woman who was standing there (volunteering?) was more concerned to regal the other woman there (donating?) with tales of how bad the coffee was at ‘The Mirage’ … Worst thing was, listening to them, as I was, hoping to find a break in the conversation to gently interrupt to offer my services, was a recognition that the conversation was going something like this:
‘OMG, the coffee was dreadful there, but what was worse, was the lack of customer service!'
‘Oh, I know what you mean! The last time I was there, they just ignored me, and left me standing there’.
‘That is so true! You know, I even made a complaint about them to the manager - who then had the audacity to apologise, and try to explain that they were very busy. Don’t they know who I am?’
I kid you not … and, they were not busy at the blood bank that morning; and,
• State of Origin: Seriously, it is just a game, not a life/death matter, so stop treating it like that! Although, to be fair, being on the border, there is a little more piquancy, I suppose? Mind you, compared to how Geelong used to be, maybe I should not complain too loudly? :p

It is quite noticeable that the rain here has been successful - 70 mm the other night ...