I went to the Maccas at the Myer in the City food court and got myself a medium Coke Zero with ice.  For old times sake because I’ve technically given it up.

And then I took my drink to the T2 store at the QVB and did my tea shopping whilst trying to appreciate the irony and possible sacrilege of entering the store toting a paper cup full of fizz,  chemicals, sugar and artificial colours.

You know how life sometimes feels like it is in fact a bit ‘Life On Mars‘ surreal and bizarre?  And then you see the eponymous doughnut at Doughnut Time?

Well, you obviously have to take one of those doughnuts with you to share with your preschooler.

Say what you like about high end doughnuts but they’re definitely a two handed kind of dessert.  And yes, we did share after Preschooler SSG picked off the Mars Bar slices before asking me to cut the doughnut for us.

Another highlight of the week is that rain has finally rained itself out and we’ve had a few clear days this week.  Everyone in the neighbourhood is happy.  People are back at the cafes kicking back at the sidewalk table settings rather than looking pensive and vexed in little huddles taking shelter inside as they wait for their coffees.  There’s less tension at the car park possibly because more people are walking to the shops rather than taking their cars.  Why people queue up for the third parking spot from the entry gate when there’s a whole second floor of car spaces closer to the shops I’ll never know…

And the builders are happy because they can finally get on with it.  We had the best seats in the house as we watched a house down the street get demolished.  As one person hosed down the building, the second in the driver’s seat picked away at an old ceiling with this nifty drill bit on an excavator.  I’m sure there’s a proper name for the vehicle, excuse my ignorance.

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I’ve been on a roll with good reads recently.  My latest success is ‘The Wave at Hanging Rock’ by surfing writer and first time novelist Gregg Dunnett.  I know novels about surfing are the last genre you’d expect to find on this blog but I’m intentionally stepping out of comfort zones at the moment.