Contrary to nationally held beliefs, Melbourne occasionally has some weather. Box Hill missed most of it yesterday (Saturday) but Julia and I had lunch with Amanda in her new house in Coburg in the city and we had lots of rain and hail, as well as a carpet factory fire nearby which filled the air with toxic smoke. Amanda has the biggest room in the (shared) house and is content.
On the wall in the kitchen is a list by each of the housemates (and some guests) of how many houses they've lived in. Amanda wins hands down with, from memory, 43. This includes family homes, rentals, shared houses, living in boyfriends houses and couch-surfing. She is yet to announce what she plans to do when she grows up, but has enjoyed her first week in what should be her last year in a creative writing degree at La Trobe University.
Julia is currently picking Dom up from Phillip Island where he's been earning the money he needs as a front-of-house person at a vineyard to complete his band's first CD. Before you get carried away, the son of the vineyard owner is also in the band. Good luck for a year 12 result...
Nic plays in the finals of his cricket competition next weekend and we might get to see him in action. His bowling has been better than his batting this year but he has one of those captains who gives himself 40 overs before he lets go of the ball (hello, Glenn). Watch this space for results.
Nick, Julia and I went to see "Invictus" today which is the Clint Eastwood film of the 1995 SA World Cup victory. No Roff who saw it would be disappointed but there was no mention of the food poisioning scandal and some of the actual footy was a bit dodgy. As usual, after a choc-top and four tons of popcorn, I got carried away and it's the first time I've ever backed a team against NZ. Good ol' Nelson.
Annika is at the Golden Plains Festival this weekend and we've been spared her reports on the weather as she's out of mobile range. I'm sure we'll hear all about it tomorrow night.
Adam is coming down for Easter and there's a bike event on the possibles list.
It's a public holiday here tomorrow, and we might get the final coat of paint on the bathroom. In the meantime, Dogs vs St Kilda in the pre-season competition. I know the result doesn't really matter but God bless Barry Hall. Hey, Damian - what happend to the tipping competion?
3 comments:
Don't even get the Kiwis started in Invictus...or weather for that matter...
To the Melbourne Roffs, in my plan to introduce Joe to my family memebers one at a time, we have an overnight stop in Melbourne on April 16 and would love to steal some floor space if you have some free...
We are on our way to WA for a April 17 engagement party if anyone feels like a trip out west?
Kate
(I recently received a note from a Janine who signed her name J9, and I promptly decided never to sign mine K8 again. That is so uncool.)
We've got Annika, Nick and Dom ALL staying with us at the moment, Kate, but we've still been able to organise separate rooms for you and Joe. Lucky, eh? It will be much easier when you're married...
Very much looking forward to seeing you on April 16. Let us know the flight details so we can arrange an airport hook-up.
Nice, dad will be so pleased.
See ya then!
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