We're coming home!

Another week’s gone by in a flash. I did my supervisor training (and Responsible serving of alcohol!) at the WACA last Friday and worked there for a day Tuesday doing set up. Russ worked Monday and Tuesday doing the same. We were both to work today but they are ahead of schedule with set up, so we weren’t needed. I work next on Saturday and Sunday at an England v WA game, then again on Tuesday for a 20/20 night match. Then The Ashes begin a couple of days later.

Last Friday we went over and had a drink with Leah after work, then stayed on until Blair flew in and had Thai take aways sitting outside beside the pool. It’s a nice life style here. Saturday we ran them to various Christmas dos and picked them up from the races when they couldn’t get a taxi-it’s nice just to be here to do the family sort of stuff.

Todd turned 28 yesterday, so 11 of us went to Chutney Mary’s (an Indian restaurant in Subiaco) to celebrate. It was a really fun night with really good food. Chutney Mary’s is on the really busy corner of Hay and Rokeby Sts right in the centre of Subi and our table was on the footpath right at the traffic lights. Dame Edna was playing at the theatre opposite. A very interesting place to sit, eat and watch the world go by!

Also yesterday we got word from the bride to expect an invite to a family wedding in March. I hope she meant it because we’ve booked our flights and will be gate crashing otherwise. Our plan is to arrive in Melbourne, catch a train to Traralgon, then go to the wedding in Werribee with my sister Glenda and BIL Peter on the Saturday. On Monday we will head to Port Fairy to spend a few days with Ryan and Kirstyn, then maybe go down to Portland for a night (Deb), come back and spend a couple of nights in Warrnambool, back to Melbourne then Perth the following day. We’ll be home for 2 weeks and hope to catch up with as many of you as we can.

Mick tells us he will be home in January-that’s 12 months he’s been gone. I think after a trip up to see Daniel on Hamilton Is. he will head to WA to work. There’s heaps of well paid work out in the mines and in construction and right now I think that’s what he desperately needs.

Today we planned to go fishing, but we have slightly unpredictable tummies after all that Indian food last night (probably the goat I reckon!) so have decided to write our Christmas cards, shop and do a bit of banking instead. We’ll probably fish tomorrow instead.