The last Glowing Session

There was no Glowing Sessions yesterday because the machines were shut down for calibration.  It did feel strange not to have to go to RPA.

This morning was Alex's last Glowing Session.  Every other session has been at Chinese Toothache time, and this morning's was at 9:45 - so RPA was our first port of call for the day.  We had been told that there would be a doctor's meeting after the last session, and given our history with the female doctor there, neither of us were really looking forward to it.  But we were looking forward to finding out any information that could be positive or useful.

So for the last time, we parked, registered, Alex changed into his 'Uniform Coat' and was zapped and x-rayed on the slab.  We said our thank you-s to the staff in that section who have all been absolutely wonderful and they all wished Alex well.

We braced ourselves, but it turns out that the female doctor did not schedule a meeting with us.  So we left.

Being a weekday, we did need to go to the office but we did have to have a coffee enroute.  We went to Petty Cash Cafe which is opposite the park & AKAC pool in Enmore.  A sunny day, seating outside overlooking the park - to celebrate (for today) the end of Alex's Glowings.  I am really sure the sun was out, but of course on reflection, it could have just been the radiance Alex was emitting ...

We went to the office, packed some orders, did some paperwork and then headed off to do the deliveries.  The highlight of our day turned out to be the show we saw while we were in Hurstville.  We had done our deliveries there, and Alex said that a particular bakery did the best ever pork rolls in the whole of Sydney.  With a recommendation like that we did have to buy one - it was honestly lunch time and Alex was thankfully actually hungry.  His appetite is still here and that's great.

So we sat on a seat on the opposite footpath to eat our rolls and whilst there, we were treated to "The Show".  Nearby there was a public car park.  Parking limited to 1 hour.  One lady in a small 4WD similar in size to a Rav 4, drove into the car park.   V e r y   s l o w l y.   She crawled past an empty single parking space, and on to a space immediately in front of her.  She tried to park in that bay, between other cars, but eventually gave up and so she did a lap of the car park and came back to try and park her car in a single empty bay.  At first it was fascinating to watch but it soon became excrutiating to watch and then utterly unbelievable.  I thought she must be under the impression the one hour limit was given to allow the car to be maneouvered into the parking bay.  Backwards and forwards she went, turning the steering wheel in the weirdest directions.  At one stage, she crawled forward to try - yet again - to reverse the car somewhere between the white lines.  Another driver was also trying to reverse into a bay to one side (between parked cars) and she took this opportunity to drive forward and we both thought "here comes a dingle" but they both managed to find their respective breaks in time.  Phew.

Eventually, just as we were about to finish our rolls, the first lady gave up and crawled around and out of the car park.  The second driver, having spent almost as long trying to reverse her car into the bay between the cars, gave up and decided she would try to drive into the single bay the first hapless driver had given up on.

I was beginning to think we would have enough time to go and buy the delicious looking peanut cookies from the bakery to munch while we watched her try to park.  Somehow, she managed to park her vehicle within the next 10 minutes - and get out of the vehicle, lock it and wander off to the shops.

We had to leave and continue with our deliveries but the show was well worth watching.

We finished our deliveries and headed home.  Michael, our previous wonderful neighbour, was in Sydney on a quick working trip so he called in to say hello and it was really good to catch up with him again.  Just a shame Robin couldn't come too.