I've just come back from a couple of days at the coast. I've had a really good time with a KC and her baby girl TC. TC is so cute, while I'm not hugely liked by a number of babies, but TC was quite happy to play with me. Towards the end of the 3 days she would come to me and giggle when I tickled her, which was a nice change from the usual crying that I seem to inspire in children.
This morning I have been at gallery helping my sister and her boss hang artwork. I was given the role of lighting because I am fairly tall and rarely had to use the step ladder. There are some really interesting pieces. My favourite is a 2 picture peice. The first picture has an old man in the foreground and a girl in a boat in the background. The second picture has an old lady. The old man is in the left looking across at the boat and the old woman is in the second image. It is drawn in simple pencil, but has great detail and texture. I would like to buy something like that. It could have been anybody's granddad, anybody's grandma and any girl sitting in the picture. Obviously they were the artist and her grandparents, but it was lovely.
When the gallery hanging was complete, we meet a cousin's husband for lunch. A nice pub meal, good conversation and a couple of relatively quiet pints or schooners as they are here. I always get confused.
In the afternoon, I came home to the parents house and watched the performance of my brother making coleslaw. I don't think that it could have been made any harder or any funnier by anyone. He's a disaster, but at least he's an amusing disaster. He had invited all of his mates around for dinner, and was going to fire up the bbq. I don't know how he does it, but he talks quickly when he is sober. After a few drinks he talks at supersonic speeds, slowing down two words before each breath. He has to repeat everything 8 times before he is understood. It's amusing and annoying at the same time.
I've now got to organise meeting up with my friends so that we can all get together before I go home. It should be fun, but it is always hard to find time when everyone is free as some of them work rotating shifts. Ah well. Here's hoping it all happens.
I hope that everyone is having a great easter. May you eat easter eggs until you want to throw up.