The Australian Capital Territory, where there's room for a dog to roam...
So Dan checked in on my blog and revealed that all my tennis is a day out. Damn. I thought i had at least THAT right...
We woke up early and Mr. Boyle drove us to the bus stop. It would only be a short trip to canberra, and i slept through most of it. We stopped in a little town for breakfast and i had a coffee and a meat pie. We ate our meat pies next to a statue of an elephant in this back water town called mimmitable (sp?). Why they had a statue of an elephant i don't know.
Dan and i noted that like all the other small towns we had visited, this place had the mandatory "Ye Olde Lolly Shop", but this one wasn't nearly as nice as the one in Tilba.
You can tell the quality of a small australian town by the quality of it's lolly shop. A bustling, busy, and well stocked lolly shop indicates a town that's making moves. Tourism is booming, people have disposable income for sweets, and the town as a whole is on the rise. A lolly shop that is dingy, has limited selection, and also doubles as the local letting agency is demonstrative of a town on it's way out. The original industry that put the town on the map has gone under and the village is slowly dying. A small town without a lolly shop should just be skipped by the average tourist.
Dan and i talked footbag technique on the side of the road untill we boarded the bus again. We got into canberra around 11, 40 minutes earlier than expected, so Kate hadn't made her way to the spot yet. We casually waited in the shade untill Kate made her way over in her car that was packed to the rafters with her belongings. Her and Dan were making plans to move in together, and she had already bailed out of her place on account of a psychotic room mate.
We squeezed into the car, dropped our gear at Dan's place and headed out to lunch at Tilley's. We ate on the patio and then went to where kate was staying so she could get some of her things. Dan got a call from his friend about their indoor soccer league. We decided to play, despite having only 4 players, and Rhys picked us up and took us to dan's to get our gear. I forgot my shorts and wound up playing in my cargo shorts. Thankfully it was airconditioned. In their co-ed league you need to have atleast 2 girls all the time, so we just played for fun with no subs. And we won! I scored the first goal and assisted Dan on another. We finished up 3 or 4-0.
We went back to dan's to struggle with The task of uploading pictures to facebook. Dan let the dog out at about this time. About 2 hours later, Tammy, one of dan's room mates and the owner of said dog, returned home. Dan was half asleep when he heard Tammy ask their other room mate "Did someone let the dog out?"
I saw dan's head snap up right and look down the hall.
"Who let the dog out?!?"
Dan jumped up and walked to the living room...
He explained that he did, to which Tammy freaked out.
"You Can't let Daisy out!!!"
"Oh..."
"Great she's probably DEAD!!!!!"
I then jumped up and head towards the conversation. Tammy stormed off into the yard and started calling the dog. Dan asked the other room mate what the hell was going on and since when was the dog confined to the house. Apparently since dan had left Daisy had figured out how to escape from the yard and so was to be monitored at all times while outdoors, but no one had told him about it.
I had gone out to half-assedly help look for the dog in the back yard when tammy approached me.
"When did you let the dog out??!!??"
"Uhh...er- about, what... half an hour ago-" i lied.
"WHAT?"
"-probably more like 20 minutes, actually..."
"she's probably miles away by now!!!!!"
She stormed off, and i figured it probably wasn't the best time for an introduction.
Dan seemed a bit upset so he, Kate and i went to look around the neighborhood. No luck finding her, but it also gave Tammy a chance to cool down. Kate had made a suggestion to call the pound, and it turns out that's where she was.
Unfortunately, Dogs only go IN on sunday, but don't come OUT. Tammy would be charged for a capture fee and an overnight housing fee.
The Storey of How I Became a Gutter Cleaner
It made her happy to know her dog was alive, but it also made her passive-agressive side come out when she heard about the fees.
"Yeah so she's at the pound-" said tammy.
"That's good..." said dan.
"-But they're gonna charge me like $100 worth of fees..."
"oh...sorry"
"yeah, so don't let her out unless you watch her, okay?"
"yeah, sure. sure. sorry."
"Oh yeah, and we have an inspection on tuesday (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh..."
"Yeah, and i cut the grass (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh..."
"Yeah, glen said he would do it, but he didn't (and you let my dog out)..."
"aah..."
"and i had to borrow a lawn mower from the neighbors (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh..."
"yeah, i spent all day doing it (and you let my dog out)..."
"umm..."
"Yeah and glen said he would clean the gutters, like 2 weeks ago (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh yeah?..."
"Yeah, but he didn't (and you let my dog out)..."
"aah..."
"Yeah, and we have an inspection on tuesday (and you let my dog out)..."
"well... i have monday off."
"Oh yeah (remember when you let my dog out)?"
"Yeah, we...," looks at me "we can do it..."
"Okay, good (because you let my dog out)"
"uhh... yeah we can do it." i agreed.
And that's how i got guilted into cleaning gutters in Canberra.
So Dan checked in on my blog and revealed that all my tennis is a day out. Damn. I thought i had at least THAT right...
We woke up early and Mr. Boyle drove us to the bus stop. It would only be a short trip to canberra, and i slept through most of it. We stopped in a little town for breakfast and i had a coffee and a meat pie. We ate our meat pies next to a statue of an elephant in this back water town called mimmitable (sp?). Why they had a statue of an elephant i don't know.
Dan and i noted that like all the other small towns we had visited, this place had the mandatory "Ye Olde Lolly Shop", but this one wasn't nearly as nice as the one in Tilba.
You can tell the quality of a small australian town by the quality of it's lolly shop. A bustling, busy, and well stocked lolly shop indicates a town that's making moves. Tourism is booming, people have disposable income for sweets, and the town as a whole is on the rise. A lolly shop that is dingy, has limited selection, and also doubles as the local letting agency is demonstrative of a town on it's way out. The original industry that put the town on the map has gone under and the village is slowly dying. A small town without a lolly shop should just be skipped by the average tourist.
Dan and i talked footbag technique on the side of the road untill we boarded the bus again. We got into canberra around 11, 40 minutes earlier than expected, so Kate hadn't made her way to the spot yet. We casually waited in the shade untill Kate made her way over in her car that was packed to the rafters with her belongings. Her and Dan were making plans to move in together, and she had already bailed out of her place on account of a psychotic room mate.
We squeezed into the car, dropped our gear at Dan's place and headed out to lunch at Tilley's. We ate on the patio and then went to where kate was staying so she could get some of her things. Dan got a call from his friend about their indoor soccer league. We decided to play, despite having only 4 players, and Rhys picked us up and took us to dan's to get our gear. I forgot my shorts and wound up playing in my cargo shorts. Thankfully it was airconditioned. In their co-ed league you need to have atleast 2 girls all the time, so we just played for fun with no subs. And we won! I scored the first goal and assisted Dan on another. We finished up 3 or 4-0.
We went back to dan's to struggle with The task of uploading pictures to facebook. Dan let the dog out at about this time. About 2 hours later, Tammy, one of dan's room mates and the owner of said dog, returned home. Dan was half asleep when he heard Tammy ask their other room mate "Did someone let the dog out?"
I saw dan's head snap up right and look down the hall.
"Who let the dog out?!?"
Dan jumped up and walked to the living room...
He explained that he did, to which Tammy freaked out.
"You Can't let Daisy out!!!"
"Oh..."
"Great she's probably DEAD!!!!!"
I then jumped up and head towards the conversation. Tammy stormed off into the yard and started calling the dog. Dan asked the other room mate what the hell was going on and since when was the dog confined to the house. Apparently since dan had left Daisy had figured out how to escape from the yard and so was to be monitored at all times while outdoors, but no one had told him about it.
I had gone out to half-assedly help look for the dog in the back yard when tammy approached me.
"When did you let the dog out??!!??"
"Uhh...er- about, what... half an hour ago-" i lied.
"WHAT?"
"-probably more like 20 minutes, actually..."
"she's probably miles away by now!!!!!"
She stormed off, and i figured it probably wasn't the best time for an introduction.
Dan seemed a bit upset so he, Kate and i went to look around the neighborhood. No luck finding her, but it also gave Tammy a chance to cool down. Kate had made a suggestion to call the pound, and it turns out that's where she was.
Unfortunately, Dogs only go IN on sunday, but don't come OUT. Tammy would be charged for a capture fee and an overnight housing fee.
The Storey of How I Became a Gutter Cleaner
It made her happy to know her dog was alive, but it also made her passive-agressive side come out when she heard about the fees.
"Yeah so she's at the pound-" said tammy.
"That's good..." said dan.
"-But they're gonna charge me like $100 worth of fees..."
"oh...sorry"
"yeah, so don't let her out unless you watch her, okay?"
"yeah, sure. sure. sorry."
"Oh yeah, and we have an inspection on tuesday (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh..."
"Yeah, and i cut the grass (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh..."
"Yeah, glen said he would do it, but he didn't (and you let my dog out)..."
"aah..."
"and i had to borrow a lawn mower from the neighbors (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh..."
"yeah, i spent all day doing it (and you let my dog out)..."
"umm..."
"Yeah and glen said he would clean the gutters, like 2 weeks ago (and you let my dog out)..."
"oh yeah?..."
"Yeah, but he didn't (and you let my dog out)..."
"aah..."
"Yeah, and we have an inspection on tuesday (and you let my dog out)..."
"well... i have monday off."
"Oh yeah (remember when you let my dog out)?"
"Yeah, we...," looks at me "we can do it..."
"Okay, good (because you let my dog out)"
"uhh... yeah we can do it." i agreed.
And that's how i got guilted into cleaning gutters in Canberra.
