Ravens are so smart. Apparently, they can gauge car speed. You never see a raven dead on the road but you often see them eating road kill. They just glance at you coming along, wander off the road & come back after you have gone. They look so laid back about it. I don't think they prefer coloured balls, Liza, but most of us thought they were taking the white balls thinking they were eggs so we tried coloured balls.
I have shrunk my appetite as I couldn't finish my main course last night & there was no way I was going to have sweets, even though G had made a dessert/cake. I will probably freeze some of it.
Dinner with the GKs last night was lovely. E is going to move to Melbourne at the end of next month. She's the same age as I was when I moved there. I think she'll be better off over there. She wants to finish school but is going to do that over there. Life with her mother is becoming intolerable. I think she is tired of mothering her mother. She deserves a better life.
It was lovely sitting around chatting with them. I love A's partner, L. I got a message from A when they got back home saying he had never seen L looking more at home except when she was at home. They all talked about how they love it up here & how we stay the same. E has dreamt of our house & C said he would like to have a sleepover now that he wouldn't be scared of everything like he was as a small child. I'll let him know that he can stay any time, especially when E leaves. He'll miss her. He's a sweetie & is coming out of his shell. He's so tall (well over 6' now) & skinny. He loves G's cooking. He says he'll try anything here now that he has eaten "the little fish with eyes looking at you" (whitebait patties). He tried an oyster last time he was here.
It's the family lunch again today in town at G's brother's place. I'll try to skip dessert without offending & will resist all of the extras that come out.
My deficit yesterday was 374, with eating lunch out & having folks for dinner. I walked a lot.
