MWNews 181

It would seem there are a number of entries that I have not made in the last week. This will be another one. 

I put this picture in here and then I thought it wasn't anyone we knew. After blowing it up and an extensive forensic exam, I have come to the conclusion it is aliens. Not a good picture of them, but it was the only one that did not have a fence in the way.

This was of course, the ride I mentioned in an earlier entry that Maeghan and William did at Dreamworld. These things will spin around in a big circle, putting you upside down for a while. They did not ride the thrill seekers version so they did not go upside down. But I described it before and I am not one to repeat myself so you will have to go back and read it again. Or, wait a few entries and I will probably describe it once more as I do not recall anything that happened more than a week ago. It is always new to me but I get enjoyment out of seeing it for the first time on many different occasions. Call it a hobby.

And I just hit a key combination that completely changed the format of this thing. Don't know what I did or how it happened but I didn't like it so I backspaced until it went away. Now I am disoriented and a little bit tipsy, so from this point on, I cannot be held responsible for anything that I might write. I blame Maeghan. Not because it is her fault but we always get a kick out of blaming everything on Maeghan. Or I do. Not sure she is so keen on it. But now it is traditional and there for generations to enjoy.

I think we are going to some art festival tonight. I have no idea what or why but Maeghan tells us there is something going on in the botanic gardens tonight and she wanted to go. Saving the trouble of me riding the train all the way home and then coming back into town to pick her up, we decided to go with her. Juanita was not going to go so she could have picked her up but now that I am going to, Juanita wants to go so she is going to take the train into town and meet us there. I have to take the train from my work to meet them there and Maeghan will be in town at school so she will already be there. I have no idea where the botanical gardens are or what it is we are going to see but it takes place at night and it is supposed to be near the parliament house where I have done some work in the past, so other than the walk all the way across town to get to it from the train station it shouldn't be that difficult to find.

Maeghan says there is a light show that goes along with it. I have never heard of it so I have no idea. I am hoping it is not raining. It has rained for about three weeks now but has been clear for the last couple of days. Probably due for another downpour right about the time we get there. Maybe they will call it off or something. Still probably have to walk there in the rain to find that out but at least we will know where the garden is for future visits.

I don't know if William is going. He went to school, reluctantly, so I do not know when he will get back or if he wants to go. Maybe he will, probably won't. You never know and I am sure he is upset that we made him go to school so he probably will not come with us. Which means he misses out of eating in town again and the glorious train ride back home on a Friday night with all the crazies. On another note, I have my back to the window but I can hear the rain starting. Afraid to turn around and see how heavy it is but if I can hear it, it must be a lot. I don't have an umbrella to walk back to the train station and I will have to do that in a couple of hours so I hope it stops by then.

It's pouring rain. Not going to be a pleasant walk. To top it off, my phone will probably be flat by then and I did not bring my charger, so that will be another unpleasantness. I left my one I keep in my bag at another site a few weeks ago so now I have to remember to take my one from home each time I go out to make sure I can charge it while I am away. I forgot this morning. Along with my bottle of water so I am really not having things go to plan. I went to make a cup of coffee and found out the hot water maker is not working here. So I had to make it with hot water out of the tap. Sure, the water will burn you but it is not hot enough to make coffee. I drank it anyway. The cafe is closed today for some reason. I have no idea why. We still are in lockdown but we were in lockdown last week and they were open so that can't be it. Unless we are in lockdown because the staff over there has the Covid. Always a possibility.

Speaking of work, don't argue I hear you talking about work and wondering what was going on, I was hit with a dozen problems when I walked in the door. Seems they did an update of everyone to Office 365 but some of the people who have laptops did not get the update. So nothing was working until I could manually update them. It was put to me that no one was working and I needed to go to each desk and update the computers. Turns out, only a few people were not working and the help desk was already fixing most of them, so there was nothing for me to do. There is one computer that appears to have some problems but I am working on that one as we speak and if I play my cards right, I will be able to waste enough time that I do not have to fix it before I go. Probably have to stop typing in a few minutes and go check on it so if I sound like I am getting farther away, that's probably it.

More rain, harder and more of it. I am not looking forward to this. It seems to be getting darker outside. Not a good sign. Maybe it is a temporary thing.

I had to go and work. I hate this place. Nothing works and they expect me to fix it. If they did it right, then it would be fixed but no one can tell me what they want so when I do fix it, I have to tell them a whole new way of doing things and then the actual people who are supposed to be doing this change it all so when I come back, it isn't working anymore. Life of a contractor I guess.

Anyway, it means I have no more time to type because I have to walk in the rain to get to the train so I can walk in the rain some more to go to this art thing with Maeghan. It's not a good time. Plus, the boss here just brought me a new computer and asked if I can set it up before I leave. 3:47 and he knows I leave at 4:00. How is that possible? I am out of here and leaving this computer just sitting here with a note on it that says, please David, can you do this one before you go. I wrote no on it and am going to sneak out.

Until next time,

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