  It is Thursday night and I have a bit of time spare- which is a bit unusual for me in the middle of the week!
In reality- the only reason I am on here tonight is because there is nothing on television at all. Well, Absolutely Fabulous is on- however I already have series 5 on DVD (on loan anyway) so I am just waiting for Dead Ringers to come on.... I sit here listening to the best radio station I have ever listened to in my entire life- Kiss FM London.
They are heard here via streaming audio over the internet. It seems the stuff from London is a lot better than the crap they play in Melbourne. They are playing that Baby cakes song now... gotta love that UK Garage style.... You may be wondering why I have titled today’s entry 'trouble with buses'... or maybe not... well, the other night, the train was held up somewhere between Newport and Seaholme- and as a result, I missed my bus home.
In the end I walked back home from Aircraft station. I had never walked between those two places before, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it takes as long for me to walk home as it does to get the bus. The bus out here goes all through the suburb in a winding crawl through the streets, whereas I can just walk straight along the creek and in to my door. It could not be easier. I think in summer I will walk home wherever I can- it just seems so much healthier.
Also the next day, I felt really good as well from the exercise. Excellent. Anyway it was a minor inconvenience that I missed the bus home that night, however the following morning, the bus actually broke down between my stop and the train station! I thought to myself that it seemed unbelievable that I could be having this run of luck with the buses- missing it one day, and being on a broken down one the next. I did not mind so much because I was meant to have gone to a meeting that day, but it was cancelled at the last minute so I did not have to be at work until half an hour later than usual.
After all that drama anyway, I got there (to work) 4 minutes early (or in other words, 45 minutes later than I would normally get there any other day). It was not all bad though; because I missed the train I normally get into the city, I got to take the express train to the city.
It is interesting to get the (one and only! ) express train into the city into the morning, as it is the only one that does not go along the Altona line- instead, it goes direct along the old Werribee line from Laverton to Newport. I would love to see the Werribee trains go direct along this route all the time, however I somehow don't think this is going to happen at all! Anyway, back to yesterday, my workmates were not expecting me to come in at all, as I am normally there 9-ish after my stop off at Safeway when I get off the train.
Their assumption that I would not be in turned out to be pretty entertaining! Every weekend, I make some muffins to eat at work. It is a lot cheaper than buying them from the shop and generally they taste a lot better when I make them! Anyway I have these muffins sitting on my desk in a container- and yesterday morning, a couple of co-workers decided that they would help themselves to the muffins on my desk.
(I had offered them some the day before- however they said they would have some later). Anyway they were in the kitchen microwaving the muffins when I come in and the chick who sits across from me just burst out laughing.... I asked her to tell my why, and she said that I would find out soon enough. I told her that I wanted to know straight away so I could play up on whatever it was that was funny and make the most of it...
Play up on it I did.... She told me they took my muffins, thinking I was not going to be in at all. When the two culprits came in from the kitchen, their faces were struck with guilt. They were shocked. They were stunned. I decided at this moment to go all out and make them feel terrible for stealing my muffins. I yelled "who told you that you could have my muffins"... I went on and on, even went red in the face.... until I could keep it up no longer and burst out laughing.
Everyone all around me burst out laughing as well- so hard that one poor person had an asthma attack because of it! I really did not mind that they had eaten the muffins- they were there for everyone to share after all. Back to my train journey home, I have found this fish and chippery that is just between the train station and bus stop. Tonight I got a kids size chips (chip servings are REALLY REALLY big out in the western suburbs for some reason- kids chips is almost a meal in itself!!! ) and I also got a lamb souvlaki with extra meat. I was only able to eat half of the souvlaki tonight; I will have the rest tomorrow for lunch.
It was really nice though- and it is a shame I cannot eat it all tonight! To eat it at home though, I had to carry the chips and souvlaki home on the bus. I hate it when other people carry on nice smelling food onto public transport- because it makes me so hungry. I felt guilty for bringing this food onto the bus- because I could smell the aroma of the souvlaki wafting throughout the bus.... everyone else must have hated me.
Oh well- tough luck. :) Tonight I came home and I (FINALLY!!!! ) got my TXU duel fuel account. I signed up for this way back in February and it was only just processed recently. For those who don't know- duel fuel is where you get your electricity and gas on the same account, and you pay your bill each month at a pre arranged rate. Personally- I am paying $55 a month for gas and $55 for electricity. I am not sure if this is too much, but I am sure I will find out sooner or later.
I do know though that for the gas in particular, it will work out to be a lot cheaper through winter (where I have been known to pay $300 a month for central heating alone) but more through summer where my overall gas usage is only about $30 or so a month (that’s mainly through cooking).
Electricity- that’s pretty much the same- with a slight increase in winter due to the need to have the indoor lights on longer than in summer (because it is darker 4 hours sooner in winter than in summer! ) Anyway, it is getting close to 9pm- time to watch dead ringers.... I had better upload this blog! Catchyas 
