SETTLING IN ....

SETTLING IN ....

So.... the house has been re-arranged again... I doubt it will ever stop!
We moved Griffin into the Garage with Steve (and Bex when she is staying over)... and Lacy has Griffin's room upstairs.


Stew and I waivered all morning yesterday, second guessing what we were doing in taking her in... and I felt like that right up until I got to the Motor Camp... and actually SAW where she was living.


Now there is nothing wrong with living in a caravan... IF said caravan was in a half decent state.  The one she was in was NOT.
It was disgusting.  Damp, smelly, and the mattress on the bed was riddled with bed bugs.  Lacy is covered in bites.

 ABOVE:  doesn't look that bad from the outside eh?

ABOVE: it's a shame you can't SMELL the inside! It had a 'shower' that didn't even have any water pipes ... so it was just a damp 'box' in the corner!  Can you see the mould ?  I could smell it.


Not only was the caravan disgusting.... I felt the entire Motor Camp was right seedy.  
My Sister-in-Law Khady lives just up the road from the Motor Camp and she said it has a dreadful reputation for drugs and the like.
I'm so glad Lacy is out of there.

ABOVE:  Lacy trying to get her laptop to connect to the internet here.  She has a Vodum Stick?   but the reception here is not that good for some networks.  It took a while for her to get a connection.


Today:  well the only thing on the agenda is grocery shopping... we didn't get around to it yesterday at all.
And it has to be done.... much as I hate grocery shopping!
*sigh*


I just had a thought!  We can leave Brylee and Griffin here with Lacy and slope off to the mall for a nice morning tea, THEN do the grocery shopping and come home.   Yeah!


ONWARD...


Grocery shopping done and dusted.
Morning tea with Stew... well not that nice in fact.
We went to the Coffee Club at the Apex Mega Centre, opposite Sylvia Park.
We ordered and sat down.
Stew's drink and muffin arrived in about 3 minutes.
Then we waited.
And waited.
And after almost 20 minutes my hot Chocolate and Ham/Cheese Croissant arrived. (meanwhile, Stew had finished his) 
The Croissant was bloody awful!
Virtually no cheese or bacon to be seen.
And it was chewy.


So when I got home I sent them an email and told them what I thought of their bloody croissant!
Cos I could.


Feel better now.  But only just.  That bloody croissant cost $8.50!  Rip off merchants.


Groceries away... lunch... then?
Return lightbulbs we bought yesterday... we got the wrong ones.  *sigh*

JACKIE:  I am a 'non confrontational' sort of person.... so an email is more comfortable for me.  I find you can say so much more in an email than face to face with a staff member.  This way, the email is read by management, and dealth with by management.

ABOVE: Stew cooked dinner tonight.  He used mince stew that I had made yesterday and turned it into Shephard's Pie... OMG it was so nice too.  I think I'm the only person who likes peas, so I got lots.  *smiles*


End of Day:  no problems today at all.
ON TRACK:  yes, not bad at all.
nite nite.