Where We'll Be

Yesterday was the day that the contract on the centre settled. It happened at about a quarter past four. I got the call just on 4:20. I blazed up. Or not.

It was a bit of a surreal day yesterday. I cleared out some of my stuff. I took a couple of pictures off the walls. There weren't any more tears yesterday, but there were times when I felt sad. I still feel sad. It's a shame. I had a good talk to quite a few of the parents and they had some very kind words to say to me about their family's time at the centre. Stories of when my mother was around. Stuff like that. It was good.

I've been eating a lot of biscuits and chocolates at work this week. Leftovers from the Christmas concert and also gifts from families. I've had to remember to drink lots of water, otherwise I start to feel a bit ill from all of the sugary foods.

So yesterday afternoon I stuck around til the last child had left. It was just on 5:30, which is extremely early for a Friday. It was a very strange feeling to walk away from something that has been such a big part of my life, not only for the past 4 years when I've worked there, but from the 8 years before then when my mother was working there. And now it's not mine anymore. It's someone else's concern.

All sorts of things are starting to break there at the moment too. There's a fan that only goes in one direction. There's some guttering that needs to be fixed up. A kid jumped on a plastic bench seat and cracked it at a quarter past five. The usual sort of things. They're not things I need to worry about anymore. They're for somebody else. Oh well.

Today is the staff Christmas party. We're going to Mowbray Park and then heading over to the East Brisbane Bowls Club for some barefoot bowls. It should be fun. Pretty casual. I don't really want to get too wasted too early. Kapila doesn't need to see me like that. I don't think that she'd approve.

I need to go and buy some stuff to eat soon. I hope that Stuart turns up with the car soon. He said that he'd be over in half an hour an hour ago. We were at Nanna's last night for David's going away dinner. We had lamb. It was awesome. I had a few drinks. I didn't abuse anybody this time. Well, not vocally. I was wearing some pretty obscene shorts.