Out on the town

I am at Cranbourne, an outer suburb of Melbourne, at a hotel named The Settlement. I am here for an accreditation visit for Chisholm Institute of TAFE. The committee have just had dinner after our meeting and I can't believe they offered Bogan Parmiagiana! I had Sweet lip snapper which came on a cold bed of chickpeas and potatoes. A singularly uninspiring meal. The sticky date pudding that followed was okay. Even more hilarious was the closing of the kitchen at 8:00 pm! At 9:00 they basically threw us out. I know it wasn't busy but they have pokies here which I am sure are open longer than that. It is outer Melbourne but even Warrandyte used to stay open later. It is Monday night so I perhaps it is fair enough. A whole different world. But Bogan Parma is hilarious. The weather has turned cold and I fear I haven't brought warm enough clothes.

Tomorrow we meet the staff and look at what they offer for the Diploma in Library and Information Services. I enjoy using my expertise and the committee is an interesting group. It will be a long day because there is a dinner after the day and then I will drive home. Only one glassed wine or none tomorrow as it is a busy freeway to return home.  I am fortunate to be staying overnight because the traffic would be horrendous if I had to come from home in the morning.

Today at the gym I did extra special training for my legs to condition them for Japan. I pushed the sleigh, a metal contraption that you push from one end of the room to the other. It is very heavy and after three lengths my trainer jumped on and I had to push her as well. About 100 kgs. It was hard but I did it. I will be stiff tomorrow but now after thefts and  wine tonight I am tired.