Cannot be seated with others

Well, thank all that is media crazy that that is over. I am amazed how much people are obsessed with other people’s weddings. People they have no relationship with whatsoever.

There was a woman at the RSL tonight. She was working and got quite annoyed whenever she had to tear herself away from the TV to actually do her work. She even wore a tiara. Next to her were two women wearing weird almost not there fascinators. Seriously, it’s just extraordinary.

The thousands of people lining the streets of Windsor (except for the poor homeless) had their glimpses then, I assume, went home. Given the speed of the cars going up the drive, I reckon a glimpse would have been just about it.

And what is it with the commentators imported direct from the 1950’s? Seriously? Men can show emotion too, you know. I don’t get the way that TV commentators are so stuck in the past. Is that what the viewers want? Really?

Personally, from someone who tried to inject as much sarcasm as possible in the whole shebang, I thought the young cellist, Sheku Kanneh-Mason, in the church was brilliant. It reminded me of my wedding. There we were, herded into the back to sign the registry and Sharon was beautifully singing Ave Maria. I really wanted to be outside listening to her.

But, of course, that was late in the day while we all had dinner at the RSL. Most of the day was spent wasting a lot of time trying to fix things. I was unable to set up anything to record the wedding but did manage to find out that iView would be including the wedding on their replay.

There was also a lot of time trying to fix the vacuum cleaner. There was a considerable lack of great success. I had to admit defeat on all things but generally the vacuum cleaner. I had to use that old excuse that it was the board. I mean, it MIGHT have actually been the board. Thanks Mitch.

Speaking of my nephew, he appears to be a bit like me. I kind of feel sorry for Nathalia. Here’s a gif of him posing for a selfie.

That was actually his reaction when his stupid uncle Gary pressed the record video button instead of just taking a photo. Mind you, in retrospect, I quite like the gif. It was even before we both had an espresso martini.

Speaking of delightful images of people, here’s one of my lovely sisters, all glammed up for the royal wedding.

But, the real highlight of my day was when Mirinda Skyped me from the Lion and Lamb Yard. She’d just had lunch at Cote and took me for a walk around Farnham as she went to Argos to buy some headphones (and a selfie stick). We wandered round the town and St Andrew’s.

I rather enjoyed some of the reactions from passersby. Priceless. Mind you, she refused to go into Starbucks for me to say hello.

The title comes from one of Mitchie’s school reports. He was clearly very scholarly and other kids kept copying his work…

Tracey seems to have a weird relationship with her tongue.

MUM UPDATE

Mum’s short term memory is steadily getting a lot worse. This morning she received a text from Denise letting her know that she’d be picking us up at 6:15. Then, at least once an hour she asked me what time Denise was picking us up. Then, we were sitting at the dining table at 5:45 and she complained that Denise was late.

Another thing today was her complaining about her steak which she said was tough. She had said how well done she wanted it cooked. It was definitely well done. When she complained that it was too tough I suggested it was just cooked too long. Fortunately the wedding was on and she was easily distracted. I have found that’s the best thing to do when she starts growing nasty.

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One Response to Cannot be seated with others

  1. Mirinda says:

    Which is the glam sister? And what’s wrong with the other one?

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