It's Labor Day

I hate to be so repetitive but it was another fabulous weekend! Friday night I went out for Thai and went to my mate's house to drink wine and watch Wild Hogs. None of us had seen it yet and we needed a laugh - it definitely did the job! Saturday: Surprise! I went to the Farmer's Market...met Rebecca there, bought apples, lettuce and free range eggs - to make deviled eggs for the potluck that night - and had a latte and muffin. Did some other shopping, called folks in the States, made my deviled eggs, did some lab work and went to a potluck at my supervisors - had a fantastic time. Got home and found two new flatmates had moved in - med students from Germany...I think I'm going to be irritated by their messiness! So that makes 6 of us until Peng Yuan leaves later this week. Sunday I was again in the lab briefly and then Rebecca and I headed to the Botanic Gardens for lunch and a walk. It was beautiful and they have loads of parrots. (Pics of the garden will be up soon.) Then back to her place for tea and to get some cheese, crackers, wine, a thermos of tea and warm clothes to head to the beach for the penguins. Well, we ended up driving around the peninsula birding so we got to the beach too late and missed the penguins. (Again pics soon) BUT we did get to see a pair of Sea Lions mating! It was the coolest! I've got some awesome video (will post soon). After the excitement we enjoyed our little picnic as the sun went down and hiked back up the damnedest steepest sand hill I've ever seen....have I mentioned it's hard work to see the wildlife here?! And it was a clear night so I finally got to see some stars and the southern cross constellation and Venus... Got home and my flatmate Rachel was back from her 3-week field trip to the US. I'm so glad she's back!

This morning I looked at another flat...I love it! A fellow in his 50s owns it, Ralph, and I like him alot. He used to lecture at the Uni - design history and web design stuff - and now he has his own web design business. We had a cup of tea and talked for an hour - I don't think we'd ever run out of things to talk about! He's bought the house a couple years ago and it's darling! So far I like it better than anything I've looked at...I'll try to look at a couple more and decide by next week. Now I've got a bit more lab work to do but I'm exhausted...it will be an early night tonight!!