Melbourne - Maryborough... Day 3

8:34 AM
Good morning world. It's another rainy day in Melbourne. Currently sitting on 8 degrees. Apparently Brisbane is going to be having another dust storm again today. glad I won't be there for it. However I am getting a case of the sniffles. The heating is wreaking havok on my poor little body :(

9:55 AM
OMG I can see the tiniest bit of blue sky now.

10:28 AM
So I am sitting on verandah which backs onto bathroom. I can hear Dave & the lil guy having showers. They're too funny. They have my white exfoliation glove. So I just leant up to window and blasted them with Michael Jackson megamix. Thought it might help. I don't think they appreciated my help. actually I think the little guy had no idea what the hell was going on.

11:46 AM
Well we are now on the road on our way to Maryborough for a 100th birthday party. This will be my first 100th. I don't think they are a very common occurrence, who knows maybe this will be the only 100th I am ever invited to.

12:49 PM
We're in my old territory now. Muhahaha can't see too much of a difference but we are going down the freeway. Oh wait they have 2 new Maccas near Calder Park. Dave & his Mum are in the front. Lil guy and I are in the back but he isn't doing much for companionship, he's had his head stuck in his DS for about half hour already and I don't see it changing anytime soon. I've tried pointing out a few things as we pass but he doesn't seem too interested. Oh well he's happy and that's all that matters plus he is doing maths training again. Can't complain when it's educational.

3:27 PM
We made it to Maryborough despite the rain, but guess who's getting sick. Stupid Melbourne!!
However, something positive. found a little free wi-fi hotspot in town. so we aren't that far from civilization. who knows maybe we'll have access at the hotel. God my head feels stuffed up! It's nice at the moment though because we have stopped for a few minutes down the main street. Dave and his Mum have gone for a wander and it is just the lil guy and myself (and NO heating.)

10:00 PM
Well we went for a drive to the nursing home. I had to stay in the car because I was sick :(
I hope I get to go tomorrow. oh well looking for a silver lining... I get to pump my music loud for about half an hour.

After the nursing home visit we went around to see some of Dave's relatives. It was both great and nerve wracking at the same time. Although I had met everyone, I had only met them a couple times. I felt a little like an outcast for awhile, but then we went down to Safeway (Woolworths in the real world) and bought some drinks from the adjoined bottle shop. We had a nice BBQ for dinner and then Dave, his Mum and the little guy went back to the nursing home. again sickness meant I was banned. A couple drinks later and now this is when I really started to relax. These guys have always been wonderful at making me feel welcome. I had a great relaxed time and in a way I was kind of sad when the others returned and we had to leave for the hotel. I think Dave was too and I know the lil guy was sad to say goodbye to his 2 new best friends (cousins) but it was getting late & he needed sleep. *grumbles*

When we got back to the hotel we noticed there was a wi-fi connection except it was secured. Dave was trying to guess the password and I half-jokingly said it's probably admin. Dave laughed and said "Don't be silly it wouldn't be... Oh wait, thank you" although even after that we still couldn't actually access the net. so we climbed into bed and crashed watching Pretty Woman on TV.