Vibes of the Constitution

Hey everybody,

Today was an exceptional Monday in the fact that I was thrown off my routine and did not enjoy it one bit. I woke up to find that I needed to be ready so that Yvonne could pick me and the other 2 girls up at HH. I scarfed down my breakfast and was outside ready to be picked up. However, Yvonne didn't come until about 30 minutes after she was suppose to be there. That's what happens when you get caught up at the Magill office (or just have too much fun there) and have early morning traffic.

So we hopped in her red car and were off to Blair Athol. Or so we thought until we discovered that we were lost in Gilles Plain. I knew (and so did El & Morgan) that we were lost when we were headed in the direction of Ingle Farm. Which is definitely not on the way to Blair Athol. So after getting out the street directory Yvonne realized where she was and determined that we should go to Sefton Park first since it was closer. So we ended up at the office and there I got some energy to kick-start my morning by drinking MILO! It's the chocolate powdery stuff that you either put in milk or with milk and hot water. I prefer the milk and Milo over the one with water. It makes the Milo crunchier on top and it gives me a boost of energy! It even says energy on the can it comes in. BAM! I needed that - and lucky for me I will get Milo whenever I go to Sefton Park which will be a great deal coming up.

While at SP, we had our meeting with Yvonne and Sharon Davis (whom we refer to as Sharon Bad since there is a Sharon Goode at Blair Athol). We basically outlined our days through the end of March. We will be working out of the SP office instead of the Magill office now so that the women at Magill can get their work done. I will be with Andrea except for the days I am at BA.

After figuring out all of our schedules, Kendall (who is pregnant, but doesn't look pregnant and is due in June) talked to us for a bit and then drove us to BA. Morgan and Ellie had meetings with people at BA so I just wandered off to the op shop to work. I got there about half an hour before lunch time so I worked with Merrilyn until then. Mel was gone today which was a bummer because I really enjoy her. They said that she was sick and couldn't make it in today. She is 90 something and has all this energy. She has been working at the op shop for the 40 years it's been open and her stories are great.

Natalie was back this week. And she surprised me (although I already knew about this) by delivering me: DR. PEPPER! There are only 3 stores in Adelaide that sell it and she happens to live by one. Dr. Pepper is $2.99 a can at this place and others have it priced at $3.50 a can. She got me three cans - originally she had 4, but she tried one herself and thought it was nasty. Coke is a big thing here so she'd never had Dr. Pepper before. She also got me some Pop Tarts. Thank God for Natalie because I have been going through some serious Dr. Pepper withdrawls!!

I ate lunch with Gail, Carl, and Merrilyn. Merrilyn had to help me with the microwave because all of the numbers were in celsius. So I wasn't sure what buttons to push or how to even use the timer. Thank goodness she was there or I might not have had lunch. Gail and I discussed the death penalty at lunch for about half an hour. She doesn't support it, but thought that Iowa did. I informed her that we didn't have the death penalty. She said she thinks that hard labour is better for those who have done crimes rather than death. This led to the American prison system and how it's portrayed on television (which is where Gail gets all of her info). And then this led to how a pair of twins joined at the head are in surgery and that I should watch it on FoxTel. I told (for about the 20th time) that I don't have a tv. I'm not sure how we got from one topic to the other, but it's always interesting when Gail's around.

After this I just sorted more clothes for the op shop and then cut rags. When the shop closed I headed over to the office where I did hung out with Morgan, El and Jill the receptionist. She then took me to the back room of BA where I met Audene (whom I'd met before, but she was in a hurry then so I didn't actually get a proper greeting) and Peta. I thought Peta's name was actually Peter and that people were just not pronouncing the 'r' on the end because that happens a lot here. Imagine my surprise when Peter turns out to be a female named Peta. They were sorting the food pantry and I will be helping them tomorrow. This made me happy because I wasn't sure what I was getting myself into when I followed Jill around the office to the back room. Turns out that God has funny timing and planning. And He knows that I like working with food pantries so it made me feel a little bit more like I'm at home.

After waiting a bit more, Yvonne showed up and we were then off. We got to have some of Katarina's chocolate chip cakes (we Americans were refering to them as muffins) that were in the car. YUM! Yvonne dropped us off at HH and then El and I decided that we needed something to do tonight. Sure enough, Helene was willing to watch The Castle with us. So we walked to her house at about 8ish. Helene thought it would be about a half an hour walk - it took us one hour and fifteen minutes to get there. That was fine though since about 80 percent of her household was watching an episode of Top Gear. It was a special Vietnam episode and they were not to be bothered until after 8:30. After arriving at Helene's we waited for Morgan and then started the movie.

I don't think that I really enjoyed The Castle. I might watch it again, but some parts I was just like "what the hell is going on here?" It is a very Australian movie and most say it is iconic. Even though it was made in the 1990s. And it only took about 2 weeks to film and was very low budget. I won't give away any of the plot incase some of you readers are so inclined to watch the movie yourself. I would recommend it if you want to get a sense of Aussie humour and where my subject title of my blog came from. :) I'm getting vibes...

After this I chatted with Jeremy and Simon a bit and then we were back off to HH since Yvonne was picking Ellie and I up at 8:15am (which we translated to about 8:30) at HH. Stay tuned for more fun times! :)

Cheers.