Aside from the
mountain of work plaguing my days in the lab, this week is shaping up to be
filled with fun! My weekend was quiet due to Jess embarking on a spontaneous
trip home, so I made winding down from this hectic schedule a priority. A
couple of leisurely shopping trips to Fremantle and Claremont and a Sunday
morning in bed with a cup of tea and my book certainly did the trick and I felt
nicely rested going into yet another week. However, an entire Monday spent
sitting in a dark room imaging on the microscope had me feeling trapped and
gagging to get out into the wide world as soon as possible.
Cue the McKiernan
sisters coming to my rescue as always! Candice is work-free and up in Perth
with Jess until Friday afternoon, when they’ll go back to Dunsborough for the
Mothers’ Day weekend. We have a few treats planned, but first on the list was a
goodbye dinner for Sian on Tuesday night before she embarks on six months of
travelling. Her and her boyfriend are having a month in Bali before she moves
onto the UK and Europe solo. Fingers crossed she’ll be able to get down to
Cornwall at some point during the summer, so it was only a temporary goodbye,
but the separation was long enough to warrant great food, drink and chat with
the girls.
After a very quick
shower, change and cider when I got home from work, the McKiernans and I set
off from our place to catch the two trains necessary to get us to Leederville
for 6pm. We managed the first train into the city with no issues and couldn’t
believe our luck when we hopped on a connecting train with seconds to spare…
before the tannoy informed us that this particular train was direct to
Stirling, missing out Leederville Station. Typical! We got off and waited for
another train back to Leederville (second time lucky), then walked to The
Garden, where we were meeting the girls for dinner. Sian was already there with
Britt, who the girls went to school with and is coincidentally doing her PhD in
Biochemistry at UWA and going to the conference next month, and Rosie joined us
a little later.
We dined of half-price
pizza (prawn, pesto and panchetta – yum) and drank local cider in the outdoor
dining area filled with patio heaters, candles and plants, which was just
lovely. The weather was lovely and warm for autumn and I tried this custard
cider by Indian Ocean brewery: spectacular! After feeling like I’d settled into
a very dull routine of work-home-sleep repeat, being out with the girls felt
great. After dinner, we went to Rosie’s new houseshare in Mount Lawley for a
snoop around (and to pass judgement on her hot new housemates), and then went
to the local pub for another drink. By this time it was getting pretty late, so
Britt and Rosie left and the McKiernans, Sian and I got a taxi home. I must have
had a good night, because getting up for work was very difficult indeed and my
eyes have been going out all day. It’s a quiet one with a movie and chocolate
tonight before we head into the city tomorrow night to see the wonderful Vance
Joy perform at The Bakery. Happy days!
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| Candi and I at The Garden |
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| Britt, Rosie, Jess and Sian. Safe travels Siany! |
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