Friends

It was a weekend of Aussie friends. A former work friend who's been here for 3 years invited us around for arvo tea on Saturday and it was fantastic to catch up with her and her family. Very easy to pick the house, there was a huge Aussie flag on the front porch. It felt the most 'at home' since we've been here. I look forward to staying in touch with them. 

On Sunday we brunch'd with another friend visiting. Again, lovely to see a familiar face and catchup on gossip and Australian news. 

It was raining most of the weekend but we managed a walk with the dogs. We briefly lost Cricket in the big forest yesterday. He and Macey run off chasing squirrels and anything that moves but they usually come back when called. Something grabbed Cricket's attention and he was off, gone. Shit, we called and called and whistled and called. He runs so damn quick. We couldn't hear him so we just called and split up. After about 5 minutes he appeared in the opposite direction. Thank bloody god for that - I totally crapped myself. I roused on him but not sure he won't do it again !! 

 

Cricket has decided the chair at our entrance is a good sleeping spot. How could we deny him. He loves that little spot. And he loves a long stretchy tug rope we got from Belco Pets (best pet store in Canb). Macey and him play for ages with it. Deb likes to tuck it in her pants like a tail and walk around to tease Cricky. The pic above shows her washing the dishes and baiting Cricky to grab it. 

We shuffled a few drawers around and sorted our clothes out a bit more. I had a box to finally unpack (I forgot about it) and look what I found in a bag. I think it's time for Batman to make an appearance. 

I ordered a TV screen to hook up my computer. I've joined this cycling game program called Zwift in order to get some training done on the wind trainer. I wanted to see the big screen - it arrived today so I will be down riding/playing this week. Hopefully start to work off those kilos gained over the past few years of injury.

We also got a new baby Weber bbq. I brought ours over but I couldn't seem to get reliable advice about whether a US gas bottle would connect to an Aust gas regulator safely. Decided not to take the risk and get one here. Looking forward to a some bbq steaks now especially with summer coming (apparently?).