Drive to Mount Gambier!

Not such an early morning but I was happy to be going to a market!  Had the usual breakfast of toast and then waited for Fee to get ready and as soon as she was we headed out the door to the market.

The walk there was shorter, probably because we all wanted to get there quickly.  The moment we arrived Fee took me to a Belgian pancake place that sells super tiny pancake ball things.  If you’ve ever been to the Linden Fair over the boarder you’ll probably have tried these, they reminded me exactly of when I use to go there with my family.  Fee and I shared a plate and headed over to find everyone else, they are getting scones.

We found Robin and Sharon buying the scones that looked absolutely delicious and out of nowhere Lyn popped up to buy coffee.  The only thing we did at this market was buy scones and pancakes, find a place to sit and then feast.  Tara and Joe showed up with their kids, Indy is very shy when she is around me but I vow to change that this weekend when they come to Mount Gambier.  We lounged around a bit more before we took Mason for the walk home, Tara and the girls would meet us at the house but they are driving.

The walk home seemed to be much longer than before and it was starting to get hot outside.  Tara and the girls drove passed us halfway home and I felt like I should have taken the car ride instead of walking.

When we arrived home we were locked out until Bell and Indy said we could come in; they were preparing a nail salon inside the dining room.

Finally we were allowed inside and had to pay 20 cents to get our nails painted, a very good deal I think.  Everyone was in line before me so I got my packing done before I had to leave.  Eventually it was my turn and Tara painted me nails instead of Indy, Tara is a professional and she did such a great job on my nails!  She uses these metal stencils to paint designs on; Indy helped me pick out a lovely little feather that was placed on each of my thumbs in black.  My nails look like pieces of pink bubble gum and they are so smooth, Sharon and I were both excited to have our nails done, it makes us feel special.

Soon it was time to say goodbye to everyone and off to Mount Gambier we drove.  It is a 5 hour drive from Melbourne to Mt. Gambier and surprisingly I only slept for and hour and a half.  The rest I spent trying to write down the days events, starring out the window absorbing everything I could and talking to Rob and Sharon about random things like the names of different clouds. 

We stopped for an iced coffee brake along the way and I got a chai latte instead.  Sharon was harassing Robin about stopping for hot chips… he gave in and we all ate delicious chips on the last few hours of our journey.

Felt so nice to finally be home with them.  We didn’t stay long because we had a dinner to go to at the neighbor’s house so off again we went.

For dinner we ordered from a place called Fasta Pasta, I ordered a vegetarian pizza that tasted so absolutely delicious.  I was eating it so quickly until I found a piece of ham on it and then another and then another.  After that I carefully dissected each piece of pizza but lost my appetite thinking about possibly having a dead animal in my stomach floating around.

A nice hot shower was the only thing I looked forward to when we walked back home.  We stole some peaches from the neighbors before we completed our walk home and then it was shower time!

Somehow I managed to stay awake till 11:30 without even noticing; way past my bedtime!  I curled up into bed and fell asleep quickly.