Rotten morning

Ugh! First, the internet was down till 9:30am. And our phone is VoIP. So of course I had to use my mobile to ring the tile people to find out why the tiles they'd said would arrive last week hadn't arrived. And they're not going to arrive till next week, after the tilers are supposed to start. Then, Play School was replaced by Parliament, just because the stupid Liberal Party can't decide whether or not to support an emissions trading scheme. Then the fridge has iced up badly and is taking ages to defrost - and I only defrosted it a couple of weeks ago.

What a rotten day

I woke up with diarrhoea and nausea, and Louka persisted in wanting to sit on my stomach. Urgh. At about 9:30 I felt well enough to consider eating breakfast, so I made some porridge. I did manage to eat it.

Then Graham wanted me to return some drainage cell fabric to where he bought it from. In Campbelltown. I'd tried to fit it in the boot of the Astra but it was too long, so today Graham took the Astra and I used his ute. The GPS reckoned it would take an hour to get to Campbelltown. Oh well, I put some CDs in the car and set off about 11:30. I think we got there around 1.30. The transaction went ok, except it couldn't be done on the spot because the financial manager was out at lunch. Then we set off home.

Louka fell asleep pretty soon, but because the ute doesn't have room for a child seat, she kept leaning on my driving arm, making it a bit awkward to drive. Then the ute vibrates a lot, and my arms started getting what Louka calls "buzzy". They still feel a bit buzzy now.

The GPS took me home via the Harbour Bridge, which would be fine except it doesn't have new maps including the Lane Cove Tunnel. I managed to miss the turnoff and ended up in the tunnel - so much for avoiding tolls. Got home around 4pm.

Then Graham rang to say someone had backed into the Astra and made a real mess of the door. Oh well, apparently it's still drivable...

The only good thing today is that a postcard finally arrived from Mum and Dad from Quedlinburg. I'd been beginning to worry about them as they've been away a couple of weeks with no news.

How to make a long straw

Sometimes a drink comes in a bottle or glass that's too long for a regular straw. The straw doesn't reach to the bottom of the drink, and if you let go of it it falls in and you have to fish it out.

Today I figured out how to make a long straw. Take two regular straws and squish the end of one so it indents a bit. Then push the indented straw inside the other, as far as it needs to go. Voila! Adjustable long straw.