My delusions of getting up this morning and going to the gym were pretty much dead the second I agreed to go to the supermarket with Jana at 2am. Hence I didn’t feel to bad that I didn’t drag my ass out of bed til 11am. I cleaned up a little of the cooking mess from last night and got my shit together and left the house by 12:30.
I was meeting Monique at Melbourne Central at 1pm, and I was running a little late. Luckily I got a message that she was running late also. Monique is the cool Chinese girl I met in Hakuba and snowboarded with for a few days. She had been out drinking all night the night before so I was not at all surprised to see her rock up still drunk/ hungover.
She was little and loud, just like I remembered, although her volume seemed to have increased when it was not set against the background noise of a language I didn’t understand.
We got some breakfast at a little place just off Flinders lane and then went for a beer at Transport in Federation Square. We were sitting out in the blazing sun and I was glad that I had put sunscreen on before I left the house.
We then walked around the city for a few hours just talking shit, hanging shit on each other and generally making each other laugh. She had to go to her Uncles 50th so she drove me home, and then proceeded to incorrectly program her NavMan so it got her lost on the way home.
I had to meet Jana to get the keys to get into the house, and I then got changed into some warmer clothes before heading back into the city to meet Peta and Clayton for a few drinks.
Peta and Clayton were at Madame Brussells, which is at the Parliament end of Bourke st, on the 4th floor. It’s got a huge balcony where most people were sitting. Peta and Clayton had been drinking for a while, Clayton having drunk himself stupid the night before at a bucks night. They were sitting with friends, whom I was introduced to, but they pretty much kept to themselves, which was good because I wasn’t really in the mood to make nice with new people, but more interested on how everything was going with Peta and Clayton and their impending marriage
It was great to see them again. The topics, as always ranged from how Melbourne is so much better than Perth, how annoying Joycey can be, future travelling adventures and poo. I dont know why poo always comes up, but it does.
One of the best things about Madame Brussells is that they are well aware that it gets very cold in Melbourne, so they have piles and piles of blankets for people to use when it would normally be too cold to be outside on the balcony. Great idea! However, due to Claytons colour blindness he chose a pretty pink blanket, and had to endure Peta’s jibes until he gave her that blanket and went and got himself a blue one.
After a few drinks Peta and Clayton caught a tram back to Fitzroy as they both needed to work in the morning. Whereas I went to MacDonalds to use their free WiFi before catching the last tram back to Port Melbourne, determined that tonight I would get some decent sleep, and get up reasonably early.
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