Party

Jan 9

Yet another hot, sunny day. John said how he could understand those who feel oppressed by such weather when they need rain during what is, a 10 year drought in the country.

He didn't accomplish much but watched some TV and had a nap. Janice, on the other hand, worked outside in the heat and said she got a lot of staisfaction from seeing things get done. Although he felt slightly guilty, the thought about mad dogs and Englishmen came to his mind. Besides many of the things that Janice needs to do are best done by the person who wants them done.

Since Janice, Stewart and John were invited to go to Glenn's house that evening to celebrate his engagement, say a farewell to Stewart who goes back to his job in the UK and wish Janice a happy birthday, they did go out and John bought a bottle of wine to take along. Janice bought a butterly leg of lamb, made potato salad and the stuff to make bruschetta.

Stewart drove them to Glenn and Rachel's house about 30 minutes drive away. There they met John, Janice's brother and his wife, Christine, and Lynney, Janice's friend and her boyfriend, Trev. It was a very fun evening. Glenn and Rachel's house s very nice, very modern and spacious and they have a sweet little dog, named Tinkerbell, who is part chiahuahua and part Jack Russell. Glenn barbequed the lamb, sausages that tasted like Chicken Kiev, steak, and hamburger to perfection. Much fun was made, throughout the evening, of Lynney who forgot to bring the cake she had promised. Both John and Trev are very funnny and when everyone got into it, John was laughing very hard indeed. Janice's brother John also recounted some of the stories of things he had gotten up to, while in the Victoria State Police. They reminded John (who owns me) of the kinds of stories he had heard from the Mounties he knew in Nova Scotia. It turned out that the other John had made a trip to Canada in the 90's to Vancouver and Toronto to discuss technical stuff with our police. Trev's daughter and boyfriend are currently skiing in Banff. So, there were quite a few connections.

John had to tell those present - apart from the other John who knew - that Canada did, indeed have wild bears - three types: polar, grizzly and black. And yes, both grizzlies and polar bears WILL attack people on occasion. It is funny how we all make up our ideas of places we have never been. John did say that he wanted to go into Melbourne city and Trev and John said that it would be a good day to go as it was only supposed to be 34, whereas the next day it was forecast to be 41. Glenn said that John might like to go for a tour of Melbourn'e huge stadium, the MCG, and Stewart said that Sunday was a good day to go as you could get a cheap day pass on the train system.

The evening ended very late and when John arived back at Janice's at about 1:00am he was too exhausted to tell me what had happened so I have had to write this post a day late.

TRB