Friday- Couldn't connect as no Wireless Networks within range(?)
Saturday- Huge day in Melbourne with our grandson. It rained all day. He absolutely loved the Airbus and is now hooked on flying! We didn't buy anything for ourselves but bought a couple of little "non Christmas" presents, one for my DIL & one for our GD that we gave them this morning.
Lost wallet- About to hop on the Skybus to take us back out to the airport & A realised he didn't have his wallet. This upset the 2 of us more than him & put a bit of a dampener on the day(no pun intended). We had tried talking him into keeping his wallet in my handbag, which I wear across my body when shopping, but he had insisted on having it in his pocket.
We were not sure what to do about it & discussed quietly whether we would replace his missing money or whether we should let it be a harsh lesson(about $28 was in it). We decided to think about it for the moment. He said it was his own fault & didn't seem upset.
On the bus I checked my phone & there was a missed call that I didn't recognise.
I realised after about 5 minutes that it may just be about the wallet as I had put my mobile # in it in case he got lost at the market. I rang the number & had trouble hearing the man who answered & it seemed like I was being put onto a recording as all I could hear was Cricket, then a hello & then the cricket again. I hung up quickly thinking it was one of those overseas scams that cost you a fortune. 5 minutes later my phone rang & it was a man telling me that he had the wallet.
To cut a long story short(ish) it was a man in the cafe where we had a coffee after shopping & he asked for my address & said he would post it to us. I said to take the money out for postage but he said he owned the shop & he would send it for nothing. I told him he was a sweetheart & that it was very much appreciated.
We then had a discussion on the bus with the other travellers & we agreed it restores your faith in mankind. Our GS looked much relieved, even though he hadn't seemed upset. I think he had been trying not to show it, especially after insisting that he wouldn't lose the wallet.
Later as we were driving home from the airport, back in Tassie, my phone rang again, this time another unknown number. This time it was from a man who had come into the cafe and the waitress had picked the wallet up & gave it to them, thinking it was his apparently. He must have opened it, copied my phone number & then handed it in at the counter. He was ringing to see if the owner had contacted me as he wasn't very confident that he would.
Now, one of the funniest things about this is that he actually lives in Tassie & didn't know that we did also as A did not have his address in it. What a funny coincidence. If he had known that he could have brought it back to Tassie when he came home. He said to ring him if all the money is not still in it as he saw that it was in there. I doubt if the cafe owner would bother contacting us if he was going to pocket the notes but he had said to me that it had coins in it which was strange. He was quite hard to understand though.
What a funny world! It was a really enjoyable, interesting day.
A's shopping- He bought a replica pirate ship, a gun(boys!), a model Airbus on a stand, a sticky frog thingy. I bought him some sunnies & some for his sister. I also bought one of those magic pen sets that do just about everything. A friend of mine had bought a set when I went there with her last year & she says they are excellent. I'm putting them away for now & will bring them out later, bit by bit. They are non-toxic so safe for the littlies too. I also bought a mood ring for me & one for my DIL.
Today- We took A home this morning to catch his dad before he went to work. He loves the pirate ship. We stayed for a while & fussed over the other 2 kids, gave E her sunnies which she wouldn't let go of & my DIL her ring which she liked. We came home & are having a totally lazy day.
Internet-
After trying everything in the book I rang the call centre & eventually spoke to someone. After trying something else it was established that maybe my router has been zapped ina storm. I have the cord connected tomy laptop in the meantime & will wait until tomorrow to ring Linksys as Sunday's are usually so under-staffed in call centres. Hopefully it will be easily rectified. In the meantime I'm sitting over in thy corner at a very uncomfortable table so had better scoot before my back complains too much.
Walking around Melbourne- Wore my Nike runners yesterday, even though I feel like a dag in them & walked & walked & walked without any trouble at all & zilch after-effects. My shoes were obviously the most comfortable. My LH's shoes were slippery & our GS's sneakers & feet got drenched.
I'm not at all stiff today either, just tired. I'm not at all miserable either & enjoyed our day. I didn't even get down when I still couldn't connect to the internet. Phew!
My glass is half full again.
My back is saying go so I will, cheers, Cate
