Tuesday 4th March 2008
Tuesdays are shopping days... well, they are for Big Sis and Big Bro-in-law, so they are for us now too, since we're relying on them for lifts. They travel into Kingaroy to pay bills, shop at the one and only shopping centre (I think) in the town, and then usually do a little visiting too. This week Big Sis had a doctor's appointment to attend, so the girls and I took the chance to have a bit of a look around town. 'Town' is relatively small, with most of the businesses being concentrated within a few blocks near the shopping centre. We wandered around and checked out a few of the quaint little shops before heading up to the shopping centre to meet up with Big Sis and Big Bro-in-law. Spaz sent off the disposable camera that she'd bought last week and filled with photos for her 'homies', and we had a hotdog (chips and gravy for Lara) from Wendy's... the first real 'junkfood' that we'd had for over a week. Once the shopping was done we made a couple more stops... vege shop, butcher... and of course, Big Sis wanted to stop at the beer shop for the six-pack and bourbon that we would consume together after dinner.
After all the excitement of shopping we made the five minute trip to Bindy and Nate's house. Bindy is the mother of a couple of Big Sis' grandkids. She's my nephew's ex, remarried now and with a couple more kids who have adopted Big Sis as their Granny too. Bindy is a lovely girl (I can still call her that, even though she's not all that far behind me in the Age Stakes ;op) and I've always enjoyed her company. She and Big Sis have always been quite close and continue to be so now as well.
Anyway, we received a couple of bits of good news from these good people. Firstly, they've just received news about Nate's oldest daughter... namely that they have finally been granted custody of her and will be travelling to Rocky this weekend to collect her. She has been living in a foster home for some time now, as her mother abandoned her. She did come to stay with Nate and Bindy for a while... until child services, in all of their wisdom, decided that she should go into foster care. Their reasoning? They decided that because Nate had lived so far away from her for most of her life it would be too hard on her to live there permanently. So they took her and shoved her into someone else's home instead. Makes sense, eh? Anyway, after a long battle, they've finally been given permission to bring her home.
And the other piece of good news? While they're in Rocky they are going to pick up Gryph, Jack and the cats (if he can't re-house them by then) and bring them down. I'm so excited. We weren't sure when or how he was going to get here because we no longer have a car and we had no idea how we were going to transport the animals. He was thinking of hitching down after the weekend anyway, but now he won't have to. I'm beyond excited. Before I received this news my little heart sunk whenever I thought of him sitting up there by himself. Now it turns somersaults, and the butterflies are going crazy. I feel a bit silly in a way... kind of like a kid waiting for christmas.
And to Gryph... I miss you more than I can express with words, my baby. I can't wait to see your face and hold you in my arms again. Please don't miss the boat.
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Because you made my day when I heard from you, I get one too. Go to my blog to see what it is.
Ooh, I get a surprise... how exciting. I'm going over there right now.
*closes eyes tight and holds out hand*
That should have read "you get one too" but you worked it out...:)
I've just started to read this blog, finally feeling better enough (yes, I know, bad grammar; bite me, it's what I feel like saying) to be interested in the cavortings of anybody out of my initial frame of reference.
I loved this post. It was inspiring and I can only hope that I feel that way about somebody, even after we've been together for years. And I hope he will still feel that way about me, too.
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