The Book of Ashes

Catch up. Tom's birthday. 12:27PM

I am drained. Maybe it is all the alcohol I have consumed. Then again it was not that much. It has been a long weekend again. This time without the extra day.

Averil has decided to move out. On Saturday I had people round and had my poorest turn out yet. Only 5 people turned up and only one was really interested and she didn't speak very good English.

The flat now feels empty. Averil's room is empty. The mold is drying out. I can't believe flatmates live in that room and never wipe down the windows/walls. I spent much of Friday cleaning it.

On Saturday night Bonnies sister and boyfriend were over from Aussie. Brother Tom came over to whip my arse at a game of chess. It was a bit of a shocker. I kept up my end but should have died a horible death with the mistakes I made. We went out for Indian then got sloshed at home. After that I hit the town with Bonnie and her sister and boyfriend. All was good. Sunday was a quiet day. I went shopping and replaced all that Averil had owned. I now have a fully furnished flat, in the fullest sense of the words.

Monday was back to work. It was Sylvia's birthday (Bonnie's sister). We went out to Cafe Bastille which is just down the road from us. It was good. Work that day was tiring. Tuesday was also long. Now I am tired. Too much to do and no time to rest. Today (Tuesday) was brother Tom's birthday. We went out to Concrete for a drink with mum, Bonnie, Tom and I. Then just Tom and I to Lone Star for a meal and some drinks. We managed to get Tom a free Lone Star T-Shirt which he was pretty stoked about. We also had some excellent conversations of which only siblings can understand. After that we headed out to Amba for some more drinks and much more conversation. There weren't many people there but that did not worry us as the conversation continued.

I find it funny that I texted my brother and my father this morning to remind them that it was Tom's birthday. Eddie rang up at 10am to thank me for reminding him as he had totally forgotten. There's always one of us Bryant males...

I am too tired to type properly. My thoughts are not coming out right. I have taken tomorrow off work to catch up on my sleep, on my house work, on my life. I have also put an ad in the paper for flatmates wanted so hopefully some of those will come around too. Tomorrow is guy fawkes, the offical, day late celebration of Thomas's birthday.

Oh yeah... and then theres the Hell Pizza ad. I'll have to get a photo to really explain that one. hehehehehehe...