Coffee coffee coffee coffee coffee

I still woke at 4am this morning, but found it's a good time to check email/ go on MSN without fear of interruption by anyone else in the house. Today was Hugh's Birthday, and we went to Adelaide Central Market (famous within Oz apparently) and had MORE coffee (Aussies are BIG on coffee). The weather was great - I actually made use of my new sunglasses properly and we strolled around, Cherie and Paul getting lots of interesting ingredients for the pasta feast they were planning for this evening. On the way back, I went with Mel to pick up Hugh's Birthday cake which she had ordered in advance, staying in the car with baby Angus so she didn't have to bother getting him out. It was interesting actually - I found out Mel is an accountant who works from home, and this made her seem more personable - I could kind of understand her frustration at being at home all day AND attempting to look after a small child at the same time. When we got back to the house, once the pasta preparations were underway, and all babies were down for a nap, I decided to go for a stroll. I went out the back of an empty lot to some pseudo-outback, which was pretty interesting, but got a bit lost attempting to loop back to the house, and ended up by the freeway where I got tooted at twice, despite wearing 'daggy' clothes and sweating profusely in the humidity (maybe it was more tooting in disgust... hmmm)

The rest of the evening was taken up by Huw's Birthday. This involved meeting a lot of people whose names I will never remember - except perhaps Sandy, Sarah and Jack, who stick in my mind mostly as the half-English couple (Sarah is from Leicestershire, and was really lovely when she found out I was English too) with a tiny old man for a son (their little boy Jack is a bit older than Michael, but v. petite, and was wearing a tiny knitted Ralph Lauren gilet) - and a LOT of domestic servitude, as I struggled to be as helpful as I could. I also fed Annie for the first time (and ended up feeding Jack a bit too) which was nice as it indicates that she's trusting me a bit more now. Mel was v. nice to me all evening, in particular making sure I got a slice of the Birthday cake, and it made me glad that we'd had the bonding time in the car, as I still get the impression that there is tension between her and Christina. 

Anyway, more sleep beckons,

A xx