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The Date on Tuesday 2.0
A head pops round the office door.
“5.30 still ok?”
“Totally!”
“So, you are ok if we take separate cars?”
“Oh for sure, no sense in having to drive from one side of the beaches to the other to get home!”
Ok, see you later! *big grin*
Indeed! *equally big grin*
So, we adjourned to the car park after work and made our merry way to the mall, it was Tuesday, cheap night at the movies, and no doubt the scene of many a first date.
Tuck insisted on paying for the tickets. I’d paused at the insistence, to gauge the atmosphere to see if refusal was politic (no) and the tickets were bought and the pair of us trekked down the stairs to see Pirates 3… An innocuous enough choice given that you don’t want to see a romantic girly chick flick or a blood thirsty dick flick when you’re out for the first time together.
My review of the movie? Well. I’m a Depp fan… and his Sparrow character amuses me no end, I’d watch it again for that… but don’t go and have great expectations, it’s another in a long line of sequels who serve only to prime you for another sequel…
Anyway, the movie came and went and so we went to dinner. Tuck had researched my preferences and so we were off to Last Train, my absolute favourite Indian restaurant.
As always, the food was sublime, and again, for me to pay for my share of the meal was in no way countenanced. It shouldn’t be awkward but feminism and pride do sometimes make it a little awkward to simply acquiesce… But hey, I’m not complaining! I felt really blessed, (as was the intent)!!
The dinner conversation was easy, an equal blend of interest in me and generous revelation of Tuck’s world, it was a great night. An excellent first date.
Isn’t it just too bad that Tuck’s a girl?
I Have a Wetness and Odour Problem
Ugh.
I know, you see a title like that and you wonder if it isn’t just a little too much information. I tell you what, I could do without it… Seems like this problem has been going on for a while and no one had spotted it… I had an inkling when I first moved here that there was something awry but I bought the gear to sort it out and haven’t had any problems since*.
Then it started to rain.
(Nice segue huh? Bet you’re wondering what happens next…)
If you live in/have any connection with NSW Australia or get news from here you’ll have heard about the wild weather. In short it’s been raining for a good couple of weeks, which is unusual… given that we’ve had 4 years of drought…
Anyway, as I went to bed last night (late, after 11) I happened to spot 2 wet patches in the carpet, right next to my bed. I thought to myself, that’s odd… and looked up to the ceiling to see if there were any drips I could accuse of wetting my bed…
No drips.
So I wracked my brains to remember if I’d had a shower and dried off in that place… to which the answer was no. I dried off in the bathroom like normal people and in all honesty that was hours ago… and also unlikely to make quite so much of a puddle.
I sniffed the puddle thinking also that maybe His Lordship had lost control of his bladder in some bizarre set of circumstances… but no… he was as well behaved as always… the offending area smelled like common or garden variety rain water… with an edge of damp/mould about it…
So I looked further under the bed to find that the whole area, about the size of a king size bed was… well, saturated. (Sh*t:Bugger:Poo was all I could think of to say)
How can this be? I hear you cry… well, that’s what I wondered anyway so I did a spot check under the window only to find it dry… so clearly the issue is…
Seepage.
[insert more bad words]
I pulled all the boxes and bags I have storing stuff under the bed and found that other than the cardboard boxes themselves I hadn’t lost anything. Happily most of the stuff was in waterproof containers and what was damp has since been sitting on the rack next to the dehumidifier overnight in a bid to dry out.
But this is the bigger problem… it’s going to need attention from fixer upper type folk… and I have house guests arriving next weekend…
[more here].
Know anyone with a spare ‘oom?
*The house felt damp in those first early weeks so I bought a dehumidifier… seems like it’s no match for storm water…
Day 15
I’ve been a bit busy to come up with scintillating posts… I’ve an exam tomorrow… but there’s always enough room in the procrastination schedule for a 365 photo… and a bit of a quiz!!!
I’m off to play cards tonight… This hand would be enough for me to win the game first round…
So what’s the name of the game?
*UPDATE* The game is 500. T&E was probably closest as it shares some characteristics with Bridge. There’s more info about it here. It has quite a following in the Antipodes for some reason… everyone who did recognize it has some connection there!! If you get the chance and find a Kiwi or Aussie who knows how to play get a four together and give it a shot. It’s [ahem] Ace!!
(Oh, and the reason this hand is so good? Is that it is the highest cards from a hearts as trumps hand and I could bid 10 hearts and get 500 points all in one go… no one could beat it…)