Never Ever Land

This morning I woke up very early. 4 o'clock. I went rowing with the boys.

Last night when it was pouring with rain, I was kind of hoping that it would be called off. Being up at that time, in the cold, in the wet, wearing nothing but a pair of dick stickers is not really my idea of fun. It wasn't called off, and I spent the night watching the clock tick down to 4.

At 4am I jumped out of bed and got myself ready. I pulled on my togs, found a singlet, grabbed a towel and covered myself with a flanno. I was ready. I spent a minute trying to remember if my sunglasses were in the car, then I realised that I'd be back home before the sun got up.

I hit the road and got there in good time, there was no traffic. I waited a couple of minutes and then everybody else showed up. We got the boat ready, stripped off and headed out into the river.

Thankfully the rain had stopped on the drive over. I was worried that it was going to be an unpleasant experience. But it wasn't. It was very peaceful and enjoyable. I felt pretty good. The exercise will do me good.

Last night I had to let a friend of mine down. I feel horrible about doing it. Breaking the plans. But I can't see a way around it. It's not kind of sucky. It is sucky.

The other night I was at Woolworths with Ria. We were buying some groceries. One of the items on the list was some salmon from the deli. When it was wrapped up, the sticker machine printed onto two stickers instead of one. When we got to the checkout, the girl behind the counter looked like she had been there for a long time. She looked like she didn't want to be there anymore, and was more interested in talking to her friend in the aisle across from us than greeting Ria and I.

At first I was put out by this. I thought that she was pretty rude. But then, when it came time to swipe the salmon through, it wouldn't scan for her. She tried once. Twice. Then a third time. Then she looked at it, shrugged her shoulders and put into the bag. She knew that I saw her, and wouldn't look at me after that. I couldn't help but smile. I guess it had been a long day, and what's $13 to a company like Woolworths anyway?