Quick pitstop before nipping out for my shopping. Sadly on Mondays of late I seem to be the only one on the bus coming home so his last stop is my campus. Otherwise I would try to get him to drop me at the supermarket. He thinks he is being helpful by dropping me off within a hundred yards of home - if only he knew!
Last night turned out to be exactly what I expected. I met Dean and the “young lady” Eva at Homwo. Eva is actually a neighbour of mine and teaches art on Peili campus, I did ask if she was Dean’s mistress but they both denied it. Well they would!
In the end I said we should go to Buddy’s which was just as well. As we passed Pizza Hut there were people queuing on the stairs and downstairs. Probably would have meant a two hour wait for a table had we gone there. As it was, Buddy’s was also full but the James Bond luck kicked in as we arrived, for a group vacated their table at that moment.
I had my steak which I have to say was just so-so. If that was Australian beef then someone should tell them to breed cattle with less gristle. Eva had a hotdog, aside from the sauce wiggled all over the top (meaning a plastic glove was necessary to avoid getting covered in ketchup) it looked great and I found myself wishing perhaps I had ordered one. I will again in the future but instruct them to make it so I don’t need a glove!
The best part was that they had one can of Guinness! Well, second best bit, the best was that Dean paid the bill. I told them to get more Guinness in because I may go there on new year’s eve. Actually that means I have to go there now in case they do get more in.
I thought we would go our separate ways after dinner but Dean had other ideas. We went to a bar very close to where I bought my last pair of shoes.
On the walk there in the freezing cold we passed someone on the pavement selling puppies. I’d had a few sherbets and it was a close call. Two of the puppies looked as if they were no more than 6 weeks old. So sad. But no, I never bought any, although that may change. I do find myself missing having a mutt for company.
Ok, he paid for dinner, it was only right I paid for drinks. Spying a bottle of Gordons, I enquired about tonic water. Silly question. So I popped out to BHG to try and buy some. Also silly. I ended up buying 4/5th of a bottle of black rum. No Coke either so we drank it neat but at least I got to take half a bottle home with me.
In the cab home I ended up taking a call from Mulan. She seems to be trying to make amends for whatever ideas she put into her boyfriends head about me forcing her to do things. One day maybe I will learn what on earth was going on but this time she wanted me to speak to one of her young students who she has problems controlling. No idea if I did any good.
I slept through my alarm this morning. In fact as it goes off every 10 minutes I slept through it five times! Eventually, believe it or not, my little Dalvey travel alarm woke me up! Jesus, did I regret not taking the opportunity of having today off!
It’s over now and I have afternoon classes tomorrow so all will once again be well with my world.
Time to shop now. Grand ideas of making a pork and mushroom pie for my dinner - I would hate to waste the pork I never used for the party.
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