Home (almost) alone

I'm just about to take Dominic to the airport for a week in Newcastle with Cathie, Nick and Millicent. Amanda and Adam will be on deck, too, until Monday. Annika is still in Paris but leaves on Tuesday to head south for more adventures. Julia is in New Zealand at a conference which lasts until Monday, and then she's having a bit of a look at the countryside until the following Friday. Her (only) email so far indicates things are going well with accommodation on the 11th floor of a flash apartment with views over the Auckland (or Wellington - anyway, it's the place on the North island) harbour. All this leaves me home with just Bonnie for company. With no vegetarians currently in residence, Dom and I have been eating meals including rack of lamb stuffed with mince and then wrapped in bacon before deep-frying. Mmmm.. Unfortunately, I've just had the inappropriately named "mid-semester break" (how can a university with a maths faculty call week 10 of a 13-week semester "mid"?) and have to do a bit of work next week. Only three more weeks, though, so I might make it. The AFL GF starts in approximately 15 minutes so I'll be listening to it in the car on the way to the airport and back. I can't shake the feeling this match is part of a Greek tragedy for Geelong but fingers' crossed. Kevin Rudd has been criticised for backing Port as a bad political move. Commentators have pointed out that even South Australians hate them. Go Geelong. It's Australia vs Canada tonight at 10.00pm. Who picked Tonga to beat England? And, of course, the Storm will bring the ARL cup back to the place where it belongs. As they say in the classics - it's a big weekend in sport..