Tuesday tales

I'm keeping up my (almost) daily blogs - so far anyway. As yesterday, I got to work today about 10 am again, after all the usual morning administrations. We were up at 6:30 am but it took until 9:00 am before I was ready to face the world. I suppose we could do it all a bit quicker, but I'm still surprised how long it takes.

Today, Jo's off to Inverurie to do her usual Tuesday Luca duties, so I'll be home alone for a little while this evening. Although I'm driving OK again, I'm still trying to avoid any long or unnecessary journeys, and a trip through to Inverurie would have involved me in 3 car journeys today rather than 2. I've even re-scheduled our Management Meeting this week to Aberdeen on Friday to save me having to drive through to Fraserburgh.

We spoke to Kelly on FaceTime last night - she and Miller looked fine after their marathon journey, but it'll still take them a while to adjust properly - and they've got to get organised for their house move to Semaphore next week. They'll only be a few hundred yards from the beaches - should be nice, although they might initially miss some of the facilities currently on their doorstep in Norwood. For those that don't know Adelaide, here's where they're moving from (B) and where they're going (A) - it's about 20kms in total:

Now we've got to think about our next trip Down Under - will it be over the Christmas/New Year holidays again, or will it be before or after that? Some of it may depend on the availability of "free" flights using our BA/Avios Miles and Companion Voucher. We would certainly have a stop-off as well - either on the way there or the way back - perhaps Thailand this time? Marriott have a couple of nice looking places there - in Bangkok itself and in Phuket.

First of all, however, we have to finalise our USA holiday arrangements - particularly the return stop-over in New York. Which hotel should we choose - the JW Marriott (Essex House) overlooking Central Park?:

or the Marriott Marquis in Times Square?:

To close today, I happened to be listening to my recording of Sounds of the 60's in the car on my way to work this morning - you know the one with the holiday period dedication to the "3 main girls" in my life? Of course, 3 tracks was the maximum allowed in Brian Matthew's 3-in-a-row spot, and although he did pass on my apologies to all other members of the family not mentioned, perhaps the other 2 girl relatives - sister Dawn and Daughter-in-Law Carole - will settle for these tracks as a kind of compensation for apparently being overlooked:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke4j3tz2YX8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgEc0hzTH7I (sorry no "e", Carole!)