Lay Day

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I think it should be a point of unshakeable policy in this family that every holiday should include a day of doing absolutely nothing about once a week. Like that "Sabbath" thing that one of those obscure bronze-age religious sects came up with. We spent today doing no touristy stuff at all, and we're all feeling much saner as a consequence. The Beloved went off and op-shopped in the morning, which is her idea of perfect me-time, then I went and chatted with baronsnorri over ricotta pancakes (me) and curry (him) at lunch, and then we did some light tidying and packing and generally just veg'd. Tonight we pigged out on excellent Indian food from Zaika on Sandy Bay Road, and enjoyed the cool change. It's been a lovely day.

Meanwhile, I'm getting ready for the wrench. Tomorrow we drive back to Devonport and catch the ferry. On Sunday, I fly back home from Melbourne. Then I have a week of work while the Beloved swans about meeting people and trying not to strangle our babies. Consolations: I can download the latest Doctor Who and also recent Heroes episodes, and catch up on my comics, and also have the rare experience of tidying the house and not needing to tidy it again five minutes later. But I'll have no cuddles from my babies or my Beloved, so it's a net loss really. But I'm glad thelancrewitch has the confidence to go off like this; it's good for her and our monkeys. And it won't be long, really...