Family

A fairly mundane morning. Up to Village Grocer again to buy food for tonight. The air miles represented by the food they sell must be amazing. Food flown in from the 4 quarters to satisfy the diverse expats. I got fresh rhubarb (v expensive, £3 a stalk) because crumble is #1 son's favourite. He was working at home today due to an IT outage.

I went to the pool when I came back, had a swim and a snooze and then up to the apartment to read that Judi's flight had landed 35 minutes early so that meant a quick change of plan. Kee Fun and I got to Sentral Arrivals about 5 minutes before Judi appeared.

The rest of the day has been spent chatting and eating. I made the meal. Few glitches, not enough fat in the crumble because I forgot to take the butter out of the fridge early enough so it ended up more cakey than crumbly. The idiosyncracies of the oven also meant it came out more v deep brown than golden brown if you know what I mean. Didn't stop #1 son scoffing it though. He's worth it. Then I should have put the rendang on sooner or used less water as it took about an hour to reduce, but it was good.

Judi's a good advert for the Australian tourist industry, doing her v best to convince the KL 2.5 that they'd go well on Oz. We'll see.

My Commonwealth Games shifts have come through. The technology wasn't playing ball last night so I don't know if they've received my acceptance and they can't tell me either. And then there are 2 shifts I have problems with, one when I have tickets and the other work. You're supposed to prioritise volunteering over attending, not easy when the volunteering and ticket ales processes went in sync. Well Rugby 7's was a 3rd choice anyway and everyone keeps telling me who is going to win that final.

Fingers crossed Protocol can get it sorted.