TAFE Breakup

I have been telling Cliff for two weeks that I was going to the Trafalgar Pub for a break up lunch with my fellow students from the writing course at TAFE.

So I walked into the shop at 10.45 a.m. to pick up the Christmas present I was getting for Vi and he says : "You look all fancy for working in the shop."
and I said " I'm going to the TAFE break up."
and he said "I thought TAFE finished last week"
and I said "Yes it finished but this is the lunch at Trafalgar Pub that I have been telling you about for two weeks now."
"Oh" he says "yes I remember something about Traf Pub."

So the I told him I was going to pick up Beryl (Which I had told him on Monday, Tuesday AND Wednesday) and he says "Well IF you're going to Traralgon can you go pick up my glasses as I left them at home."

"But I've been telling you all week I had to pick up Beryl as her car is off the road. So why didn't you ring me earlier about your glasses, now I'm going to be late."
"I didn't know you were going to pick her up." he says. Cliff accusses me of not listening to him but that is not so. It's he who doesn't listen to me.

Any way picked up Beryl and the glasses and we got there at 11.45 a.m. when people were told 11.30 a.m. but thankfully we weren't the last.

Liz from the Children's writing class was there. She dropped out this last term as her work with running the Hill End cxommunity newspaper has taken up more of her time. She brought along her daughter Zoe. I sat next to Zoe and she was intrigued with my palm pilot and wanted all the details to give her mum. I think I know what she wants for this Christmas.

Leigh came he is still hanmging around Morwell.

Ian also came he has now completed his degree as he only needed one unit to finalise it.

Freya didn't show but she had said that with her morning sickness she might not come. Why spend good money on a meal if within half an hour you are standing over a toilet, vomiting it up?

Elaine didn't show I meant to ring and remind her but Kylie had said she was going to call her. Didn't get a chance to ask her as she came in late and of course she had Liz with her. You'd swear that those two were attached at the hip. Rather like Beryl and myself.

I ordered the Creamy Garlic Prawns and received a dozen and they were yummy. I enjoyed every mouthfull. Zoe kept asking me if I loked the. She had the Chilli Prawns. I can't eat Chilli like I once could. It upsets my stomach now.

We talked about next year and most are coming back to try and finish their course. I told them what Meredith said about a letter comimg out giving us the details of the course next year and to go in to enroll on the 22nd and 23rd January, 2008.

Robin said she liked me and always had. That was nice. They all asked if I was coming back next year and I said it depends on what is on offer. I don't want to do Fridays any more as it has cut into my book service and I have lost half my customers.

Meg rang to ask where I was so she could drop in her house keys. I said I was about to leave Traf Pub so she took the keys to Cliff's shop.

Drove Leigh and Ian back to Morwell too, but left them down town as Ian had to go to Centerlink.

Leigh said he had a talk with Cliff at the Gem Show last Sunday and had Cliff mentioned it to me and of course he had not.

Dropped Beryl off at her place and took the Christmas decorations, that I had picked up at my place on the way through,off at Cliff's house as I intend to decorate the house this week end.

Ross was home and greeted me with "What the f..k is all that?" Needless to say I got my way and am decorating the house. I don't know why he was objecting as he won't be here at Christmas as he is going to his cousin Ben's.

Anyway a pleasent farewell lunch and a good day was had.