We drove through very welcome rain last Sunday to Ballarat to see the Mike Leigh film Hard Truths, which deals with self-absorption and depression. It was excellent, as all his films have been, and the acting was superb. I noticed that the reviewer in The Age had described it as a comedy, which is certainly is not - we weren't far from tears through most of it.
On Monday, it was cold enough for scarves on our early morning walk, much to our delight. Afterwards I did the supermarket shopping and then we sat down over apple scrolls and hot drinks to talk about new desktops. We found exactly what we wanted directly from HP and they gave us an excellent discount because we already have 5 of their products. Hopefully someone can use our old HPs or else we will recycle them at the Transfer Station.
We had booked COVID boosters with Springs Medical on Tuesday morning, so after I chatted with Jeff in Lincolnshire, and Leanne in Strathmore, we headed to there. The system is that you are seen by a doctor first, which in this case was my doctor, Ellie, and then she gives the nurse the go-ahead. I think these are our 7th boosters and they were easily the most painless, with no side effects whatsoever. We were keen to get them before we travel to Melbourne & Adelaide for big footy matches, and Ellie was happy to oblige, giving us an appointment that was exactly 6 months since our last boosters.
We took Morse for an extra long walk on Wednesday morning as neither of us had any early commitments, and pumped mineral water at Leitches Creek on our way back home. While Judi & I were playing Mah Jong, much to delight of some curious visitors in town having morning tea at Muffins & More, Wes vacuumed & washed the floors. Judi stayed on to have lunch with a friend, and I arrived home to find our new desktops had arrived and were taking up most of the entrance area!
Apart from when we walked Morse on Thursday morning, it rained all day. Wes had his early chat with the Jackson Group, and I caught up with Old Friends Joyce & Lib. Then we settled down to change over our desktops, which was daunting, but took less time than we had expected. We were both tired after concentrating for longer than we usually do, but very happy with our decision to upgrade and with Windows 11. That night Carlton played Hawthorn, but couldn't notch up a win, going down by 20 points to a more polished team.
We were thrilled to hear from Leanne & Olivia Lazzaro that they were in Daylesford and wanted to catch up for morning tea at The Convent on Friday. We had a lovely time with them both, introduced them to Tina and Marija, and shared a plate of yummy scones, jam & cream. Olivia was happy with an iced chocolate!
That night, Collingwood & Footscray played a very exciting game at the MCG in front of 78,000+ fans - a record for the Doggies in home & away matches. They were celebrating their 100 years in the VFL/AFL, and we were celebrating Scott Pendlebury & Steele Sidebottom playing their 308th game together, a new AFL record. We were lucky enough to just win, but the Doggies played out of their skins and had more injured players out than we did.
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