Today I’d arranged a lunch with an old friend from university, named Gina, who I hadn’t seen in…. over 25 years. She’s moved down to Melbourne, but is up in Sydney visiting her parents for Christmas. Last time we tried to meet up we were foiled by me and my wife travelling to Hobart for Christmas.
She’s staying with her parents, who live way on the other end of Sydney, so I drove most of the way there, and she came partway to meet me somewhere in the middle. The place she chose for lunch was a cafe at a marina on the Georges River, which was also next to a tidal baths swimming area.
I also took Scully with me, so my friend could meet her. It was a warm day, but thankfully we had a shady table with a view of the river and the swimmers. We caught up over lunch of seafood, chips, and salad. When you haven’t seen someone for that long, there’s a lot of things you have to tell one another!
After lunch I drove back home with Scully. And we sat and waited for my wife to come home. (I did some comics work, and skimmed through some cool new Star Trek RPG sourcebooks that I got from a Humble Bundle deal.) My wife had some unfun news though – her work has cancelled their Christmas party which was to be held tomorrow, due to COVID concerns. They were going to finish work before lunch and spend the afternoon at the party venue, but now she has to work a regular day tomorrow. 😕
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