Sunday

• Hugh: cooked scrambled tofu for Mother’s Day breakfast, but is coming down with a cold so was feeling too unwell to cook dinner as planned
• Dan: helped Eric record several songs for the Lochac Knowne World Bardcast episode by accompanying him on guitar

Monday

• Dan and Hugh: rapier (even though Hugh was still sick, he really wanted to go)

Tuesday

• Dan: went to bank with Eric to find out about their debit card
• Dan: found a sick/injured pademelon in the back garden, we caught it and a Bonorong wildlife carer came to take it to the vet
• Hugh: still sick and miserable

Wednesday

• Dan: singing lesson:we have a (TBC) date for the AMEB exam in June, so I need to book a session with the accompanist. The week before we have booked an extra-long lesson with Eleanor on the Monday to run through the exam and then work on whatever comes up. The AMEB exam is also on on the same day as the student concert (23 June)
• Dan: plotting a new Les Mis fanfi; they feel that the reason they haven’t finished a few previous ventures is that they haven’t worked out the plot beforehand so it’s just petered out. They are disappointed that no-one is reading the fanfic they have posted though, because they are less interested in writing if they aren’t able to share it with people and get feedback.
• Hugh: still sick and miserable, but is learning how to lay and light the fire

Thursday

• Hugh is still sick and miserable, but is cleaning his room in preparation for a sleepover on Saturday
• Dan is getting sick too, but has an optometrist appointment to pick up their contact lenses, roller derby and AYCC meeting planned for the day. Unfortunately they were feeling so tired and ill that they couldn’t even finish derby, let alone go on to the AYCC.But at least they have contact lenses now!
• Dan has been reading about the new, incredibly restrictive abortion laws being proposed or enacted in various US states.
• Hugh decided that he can’t run his Unturned server as a role-playing server any more, because it requires too much work from the owner/admin to make it fun for other players (ie. someone has to play “God” to structure the role-playing aspects and manually provide resources) so has switched it to something less demanding of his time. He’s been advertising it on various lists and getting more players (his server is restricted to a max of 12).

Friday:

• Dan had a sleepover organised with Eli and Alison, but Alison ended up not being able to come down due to conflict with parents. Eli came down anyway and stayed the night, they practised music, played boardgames, and generally amused themselves

Saturday:

• Eli went back at lunchtime on the bus, he and Dan went down to the village together in the morning and Dan came home after the bus left.
• Hugh: had a sleepover organised with Philip here: they played on Hugh’s computer/tablet, then played outside making weapons and targets with various bits of wood and boxes. I invited them to have a bonfire in the evening to help me dispose of some garden waste, so they used the blocksplitter and hatchet to break up some logs and branches as well as the woody waste. Hugh was very conscious of fire safety and took all the precautions I would have suggested without being reminded, they started it by themselves (under supervision) and looked after it for a couple of hours.
• Election day: Dan followed the coverage, but Hugh is less politically engaged.