GOOD MORNING/EVENING.
AS I SIT HERE WITH COFFEE IN TOW, I FEEL LIKE I HAVE A HANGOVER. WHAT A WASTE, A HANGOVER WITHOUT THE NIGHT PROBABLY NOT TO BE REMEMBERED!
YESTERDAY "A" AND I HIT THE SHOPS FOR SOME XMAS SHOPPING AND A PROMISED MOVIE. "A" HAS 6 WEEKS OFF SCHOOL NOW. AUSTRALIA CELEBRATES XMAS WITH SUMMER HOLS FOR THE SCHOOL KIDS, WHILST MANY BUSINESESS ALSO CLOSE DOWN FOR A FEW WEEKS. UNLIKE AMERICA, WORKERS IN AUSTRALIA GET 4 WEEKS VACATION TIME MINMUM. SOME SUCH AS TEACHERS, GET 12 WEEKS. YES HERE IN OZ WE ARE LAZY BASTARDS, ANYTHING LESS THAN 4 WEEKS, WELL IT AINT GOOD ENOUGH.

SO,"A", HAVING ALREADY BEEN THREATENED WITH THE "I SWEAR TO GOD, IF I HEAR ONE WORD ABOUT YOU BEING BORED OVER THE NEXT 6 WEEKS" DECIDES THAT WE LEAVE VERY EARLY YESTERDAY MORNING, WITH THE IDEA OF HAVING BREAKFAST IN ONE OF THE SHOPPING CENTRES BEFORE WE START.
SO I DOWN MY COFFEE, PUT ON THE COMFY SHOES AND WE ARE OUT OF THE HOUSE BY 8AM. AIR CONDITIONER IN THE CAR IS WORKING OVERTIME....ITS SO BLOODY HUMID OUTSIDE 100% AND ALREADY 28C.......AT 8AM!
SO WE GET TO THE FIRST SHOPPING CENTRE, YIIIPPPEEEEEEEEEE....I DO THE DANCE OF JOY, A CARPARK RIGHT OUT THE FRONT DOOR!!!!
'CAN WE GET BREAKFAST FIRST MUM, I AM STARVING"? ROLLING MY EYES,I SAY YESSSSS, I NEED MORE COFFEE IF I AM TO DO THIS.
SO AFTER WE DOWN OUR JUICE, COFFEE AND FOOD.....WE ARE REFUELED AND READY TO TACKLE ANYTHING.
FIRST STOP.....GET "A' NEW JOGGERS....TRIED ON A MILLION PAIRS, FINALLY FIND SOME SHE APPROVES OF AND, BEST THING IS....."THEY ARE NOT UGLY".
NEXT STOP, NEW PRINTER FOR ME. HMMMMM DECISIONS.....TOO AMNY TO CHOOSE FROM AND IN MY MIND I AM STILL PISSED OFF I HAVE 2 FULL CARTRIDGES OF BLACK AND COLORED INK THAT COST ME A FREAKING FORTUNE AND NO DOCKET TO TAKE EM BACK..GGRRRRRRRRR. WITH THE SHOPS GETTING MORE OVER CROWDED I DECIDE ON ONE THAT COMES ALREADY WITH CARTRIDGES INSIDE. YES ITS AN EPSON.
NEXT STOP, TOY SHOP. HOLYCRAP...........I NEED A CRASH HELMET IN THIS JOINT AND "A" MUST HOLD ON TO MY HAND OTHERWISE WE'LL NEVER SEE EACH OTHER AGAIN!!! SHE HAS MONEY TO SPEND, BIRTHDAY MONEY FROM SOME FRIENDS AND SOME SHE SAVED FOR DOING CHORES FOR HER MUM!! DECISIONS DECISIONS.......AFTER A HALF HOUR OF DECIDING SHE HAD HER TOYS, AND WE WERE ABLE TO EXIT THIS MAD HOUSE.
NEXT , THE VIDEO LIBRARY. COOL, NO ONE IN THERE WE SWAPPED OUR DVD'S OVER AND OFF TO PICK UP MY DRYCLEANING AT THE NEXT SHOPPING CENTRE.......OOOPS I NEED PETROL TOO.
HOLY CRAP!!!....JUST LIKE ON THE MOVIES, THIS PLACE IS GRIDLOCKED!!!! SCREW MY PANTS, I'LL PICK EM UP NEXT WEEK, NOTHING IS WORTH THIS.
NEXT STOP.......MOVIE. SAW XMAS WITH THE KRANKS. WAS A NICE FEEL GOOD KINDA MOVIE, "A" LIKED IT SO THATS THE MAIN THING.
NEXT STOP...LUNCH. "A" HAD HER OBLIGATORY HAPPY MEAL AND I GRABBED A CHICKEN AND AVACADO SANDWHICH AND OF COURSE........A LATTE!!!
NEXT STOP...LIBRARY. "A" HAD BOOKS TO RETURN, AND WANTED TO WANDER ROUND. IT WAS PLEASANT, THIS IS BECAUSE ALL 155,000 PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN THIS TOWN WERE AT THE "GRIDLOCKED" SHOPPING CENTRE!!!
NEXT STOP......FOOD SHOPPING AT ANOTHER SHOPPING CENTRE. BY NOW THE WEATHER IS COOLING DOWN, A SEA BREEZE AND SOME CLOUDS MAKE IT MUCH MORE BEARABLE. yIPPPEEEEEEE......ITS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON...4PM AND NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE ROUND. SO WE HAD A DECENT TIME WANDERING ROUND THE SUPERMARKET, BUT WE WERE BOTH WRECKED. I THINK THE WEATHER IS HITTING US HARD. A DRINK FOR "A" AND ANOTHER LATTE FOR ME AND WE ARE OFF HOME!!
I UNLOAD THE CAR, GET THE WASHING OFF THE LINE, MAKE A BEEF CASSEROLE, ORGANISE BATHS,SET THE PRINTER UP, PUT AWAY SHOPPING,CHECK MY MAIL,WANDER ROUND THE GARDEN,EAT DINNER,DO DISHES,PLAY WITH"A", KISS "A" GOODIGHT..............................AND ITS, 9.30PM AND I AM BUGGERED AND FALL INTO BED!