Saturday, January 20, 2007

McCandless' in the Wind

We just said goodbye to the McCandlesseses, parents of Peggy's friends from San Didgerigo. T'was a good weekend with them, they're heading down to Melbourne to complete their tour of the Grand Slam tournaments, with the Aussie Open being the last to see. Word from Victoria is hot hot hot, with court side temperatures reaching 100 degrees. Luckily, their tickets are for the evening matches when the rains roll in and cool things off a little. We got to take them around our haunts here in the Eastern Suburbs in the evenings this week, they spent the daytime harbourside and even caught a show at the opera house. Judging by thumbcounting, Sue and Mike were our 19th and 20th visitors, but I've been known to make mistakes when trying to count that high.

Just over my shoulder, Peggy is furiously packing up our kitchen dishes in boxes, washing sheets and dusting off various bits and bobs to deliver to Jason and Polly, recent implants from North Carolina. They responded to our ad on Craigslist Wednesday night and agreed to purchase our stuff. Peggy was overjoyed that we were able to make that transition so easily. We'll do a delivery each week for the next couple weeks, slowly purging everything you see here into someone else's home. Funny to see another couple coming to town with the intention of only staying a few years, retracing the steps we went through not too long ago. I wonder how many of them never leave?

Holden had some scary moments this week. We parked it up a hill and had a bit of trouble getting it started. Peggy filled this car with every concievable lubricant and oil, only to have it smoke when the engine started. We're guessing it was just some oil burning off once the engine turned over. Our backset is full of transmission fluids, engine oil, power steering fluid, wet wipes, etc. It looks like an auto motive super center. 24 more days there, Holden. Keep rolling on.

posted by ncawthon at 11:21 AM