Comings and Goings

Again I know it has been sometime since my last update - I have been very busy with visitors and family matters. Firstly let's start with visitors.

The restaurant with the funny signs

Heather was our first returning visitor, the last time was in February. Although Myles has only met Heather a couple of times it seems they have a great time together. Heather treated us to a 'bought' meal - Indian cuisine down at the Jetty restaurant precent.  We walked the strip to decide where to eat. One Indian restaurant had signage stating 'Best Indian Restaurant Coffs Harbour 2010' all the way down to 2002 - naturally it had to be a good restaurant - however there were few people inside. Further along was another Indian restaurant that had signage stating "You pay money you get award - we are the best ask any local" and another "If you don't like our food we give you free Aussie meal". We chose the restaurant with the attitude signage and didn't regret it. It was the best meal we had eaten in Coffs Harbour. On the way home I discovered they used MSG - my face started sweating - next time I'll ask for it without the MSG. Heather left a couple of gifts with us - a pineapple, her aloe vera, and a mookite stone. The Mookite has many helpful properties - by the way I am a skeptic with these sorts of things. One property is that it helps with sleep - so I gave it a go and slept wonderfully. After 2 nights I worked out that Heather had actually left the stone more for Myles as he was having a rough time.

Jane in her PJ's

A few days later our friends Dani and Jane visited for the easter weekend. Dani had stayed in the cottage when almost nothing had been done to the property so I was interested to see her reaction when she pulled up the drive way. After a few hugs we showed them around. Then I cooked dinner and we chatted all night over some wine. The next morning we traveled with them to Dorrigo and had lunch at the local pub. It was another lovely day where Myles and I had more of a holiday then J&D - actually the whole weekend was a holiday for us. On the final night Jane and Dani took us to the Yaught Club for dinner - the portions were huge and the food OK. The restaurant would be better during the day because you get to see the ocean. Jane and Dani were very understanding and supportive of Myles who had learnt his Mother was going to pass away that weekend.

Goodbye Sylv
The day after Jane and Dani left Myles and I started painting the main house's spare bedroom - finally the baby blue was going. After a long day we visited our neighbours for a beer. At 5:55 pm Myles shivered and said
"someone just walked over my grave" to which S said
"That's f*$ked up" and walked away. Apparently S's family were witches and slightly psychic, or is that psycho? Only 5 minutes later Myles received the devastating news that his Mother had died at 5:55pm. Myles flew down to Goolwa is S.A to help his Dad the next morning.