Sunday - New Year's Day

New Year's Day - the aftermath. A bit of noise during the night from revellers but fairly quiet in comparison to previous nights. About 9am I got busy in the kitchen and boiled some eggs for our breakfast. Steve arose and had a cup of tea while watching the news. He was, in his words, feeling 'quite shabby' and refused the offer of eggs. Annie was still sound asleep.

Michael and I went for our constitutional coffee, then took a stroll down the mall. Michael took a photo of me standing beside a statue of James Joyce. There were quite a few shops open for a public holiday. I had a notion to buy knee high boots so Michael patiently followed me from shoe shop to department store in search of the perfect pair. In our meanderings, we found Lush, a shop that sells aromatic soaps. Michael has previously bought Lush soaps online and uses them as a shampoo, so he bought a modest supply. I didn't find any boots.

Back at the ranch, Steve was catching up on his travelogue after having a bit of Vegemite toast, always guaranteed to soothe a queasy stomach. Annie finally surfaced, not feeling too flash either. We ducked down to the Spar supermarket to get a couple of things. By the time we got back Steve had gone back to bed. They tag teamed their bedroom yet again when Annie went back for a snooze after Steve got up at about 2pm.

We were all finally functional around 5.30pm. Dinner consisted of tasty Thai takeaway from Koh Thai restaurant, yet another in the laneway. The Royal Variety Performance was on the telly so we all sat around in various states of interest watching the extravaganza. Michael went to bed about halfway through, I followed not long after. The Johnsons lasted the distance, having had a tad more sleep than us. No canasta for us weary revellers.