Possum Galore
A life ‘Down Under’!
Oh Shanita!
I had another bad night......I could not get to sleep for ages.....and then when Will woke me at 6.30 am to say 'goodbye' I was fast asleep. He opened the door to go out and it was like suddenly being caught in the spotlight of a WWII prison camp and a murder of crows somewhere outside sounded like the crow equivalent of an 'Ellen' audience!When he'd gone and the spotlight had been switched off and the crows had been muffled by the closed door....I snuggled down.....and then the Peewee hit the window.....again and again...........and again.I gave up trying to sleep and lay awake for awhile then got up removed all the bedding and stuffed it in the washer. I cut my hair....yes, what little I have does grow ......and shaved off a weeks worth  stubble.By the time I had finished Dulcie was up and moving about. We had breakfast and our medication and then I nipped downstairs for a quick shower while she was washing up......I was just about finished when I heard a loud thumping upstairs. I dried and dressed quickly and shot up the stairs and found Jess, the dietician sat at the table with Dulcie......I had forgotten she was coming.Dulcie had banged on the floor to get me up.Jess weighed Dulcie and she had put on another kilo. Jess was really pleased and is coming back again in another few months.Just as Jess left......Blue Care arrived for repsite......bang on 10.00 am.It was a new person."Hello, I'm Nick," I said, " and this is Dulcie.""I'm Shanita," said Shanita....for it was she."Shanita?" I asked, not hiding my surprise very well. I had never met a Shanita before."Yes," said Shanita......she was about 14......or seemed it to me."You may not remember but I was here on Friday with Elizabeth," said Shanita.We vaguely remembered a second person but couldn't quite remember the face. Shanita was one of the 'invisible people'.....one of those who blend into the background and go unnoticed.I doubt there was a goose that Shanita would say 'Boo' to....heck, probably not even a hamster!I escaped as quickly as I could but had to hang out the washing first.......and then just as I was ready ......I could not find my wallet. It was nowhere to be found. I took it to Redland Bay on Saturday but never used it and Will found it in the car on Sunday night but that was the last time I saw it and I don't remember where I put it..I went back upstairs to see if it was there. Shanita was sat opposite Dulcie at the table.....they were both quiet......I wondered if Shanita did conversation. The wallet was not there.Back downstairs I found Will's wallet so hoped that he had taken mine by accident.I had already wasted half an hour of respite time looking for it. I headed off to Garden City. Will's birthday is coming up and I wanted to look for something for him.Garden City was chaos....the World and his wife had all decided to go today too.....I got my entry ticket and drove around the car park looking for a parking space....the car parking area is huge but there was nothing.....once a car pulled out in front of me.....Hallelujah!....I pulled into the free space to be greeted by a sign which said "Parking for Doctor's Only!""Shanita!"I carried on looking but gave up and in the end drove out again and headed back wondering where to go instead.....I went to Calamvale Central, where we went for the Taiwanese Festival in the car park......by this time it was nearly time to head back so I only had time to pick up some butter from Woolies that we needed.Shanita and Dulcie were watching the news."She was a nice girl," said Dulcie when Shanita had gone.I was preoccupied for the rest of the day worrying about my wallet and trying to rack my brain as to where it might be.I waited until Will came home and was prepared to empty out the recycling bin if he did not have it."Is my wallet in your bag?" I asked him."No," he said."Well, then I don't know where it is. I found yours downstairs.""Oh," he said and reached into his back pocket and pulled out my wallet.He had picked it up by mistake in the morning."Oops!"
Whinging Pom?
I woke early in the morning and heard a tiny intermittent tapping sound in the darkness....it didn't sound like an S.O.S but I think it must have been the big cockroach that I found later stuck in an empty crisp packet.It is the second time I have discovered one in similar circumstances.Cockroaches must love crisps!......I binned it......it probably thought it had died and gone to heaven!While Jenny was here assisting Dulcie with her shower, the phone rang,"Hello, this is Sue from Blue Care. I will be there in about 40 minutes.""What for?" I asked confused."To assist with Dulcie's shower," said Sue."But Jenny is already here," I said.No, Blue Care for two days and then two come along at once!Sue hung up to ring the office and find out what was going on. Jenny wasn't surprised....."it happens."With all the terrible things going on the World the second item on 9 News tonight informed us that the bins had been sealed at the main train station in Brisbane because the terrorist threat level has been moved to high.The third item was the National Treasurer, probably speaking because the Prime Minister is in a tent in Arnhem Land, saying that the terrorist tentacles were everywhere and they need to be chopped off.I think it was tentacles.....Stop the World.........