March 23 & 24

Last two radiotherapy treatments go well, not without pain, but at least without 🤮!  Crosses on the floor keep those waiting and seated apart and people in the elevators keep their distance. We are so grateful to have these treatments given what is happening outside of our little bubble.

Our visitors are all gone; Tom leaving was especially sad for joseph, but we were so glad he came.  The three of us ate pizza together, as a last supper; joseph in his hospital bed, Tom perched on the world’s most uncomfortable chair and me on top of my bed!

Joseph wanted to buy me a nice, new, safe car. Julie has a Mercedes and she loves it and did her research etc. so he decided to ask her opinion/help etc.  So while she was here, he asked me to take her to the Mercedes show room and pickup two brochures on GLA180.  So we went on Saturday -morning - 10.30 a.m. - first/last chance we had to do it.  We went to get toilet paper at Aldi but there was none of course - so we hopped into IKEA to do a return and grab a coffee but that part of the restaurant was closed (assume the whole restaurant is closed now) - anyway - we were a bit chuffed at not having our coffee - but we stopped at the Mercedes showroom and Julie was showing me the car and the salesman came over to talk to us “ladies” and luckily Julie knew what she was talking about and had good questions. Of course there was “a deal” and of course “the deal” was ending soon and of course if we took one of the three left in stock, it would be an even better deal ... so we spotted the coffee machine and asked if we could have one while we thought about it all.   So yep - we had our (free) coffee and then they offered that we could take a black one (i wanted white) out for a test drive and they said we could take it to Joseph (we live about 15 min drive away). So as we were getting into the black one - the white one appeared and another salesman was about to give the keys to his clients.  So we yelled out “NO we THINK WE want that one” , so they said - OK they would hold it until we came back from the test drive but then we would have to make up our mind!!  So Julie drove it to show Joseph & Mischa & Tom who proceeded to open everything and prod everything much to Julie’s dismay - but joseph liked it and she drove him around the block (the seat is padded enough that he could last that long) and he was SO happy!!  So back we hurtled to the showroom to tell them that we DID want the white one!  And so we asked for another coffee as we signed the papers and made it home at 4.00 pm. Next day all four of us drove to the exchange shop to SELL our gold wafers that joseph has had for 15 years!!  And we came home with $40,000AUS in cash! Joseph managed to last the ridiculous time it took for them to process the gold/count notes but he was SO happy.  They only reason they had that much cash is because EVERYBODY is buying gold right now (no doubt they very happy to get ours).  So Sunday afternoon Jospeh did his favourite thing in the whole world - he counted the $40,000 and loved every minute of it. THEN Monday morning Julie and I hauled the bag full of $$s down to the Merc show room to pay for the car!  They were a bit taken aback - getting ready to close the site (except for repair dept.) and said most places wouldn’t take cash (virus) and I didn’t think of that! - but I had called ahead and they said yes - so they had to take it!!  So we had ANOTHER free coffee while she counted it all and now I have to pick it up today (Tuesday) because they are closing down - so like PHEW!!  We just made it by a whisker!  It’s rather ostentatious and I feel a tad embarrassed, but he wants to do it for me so of course I have to go along (Mischa thinks that a bit rich!!)  but oh well ... the things you do for love

It is illegal to take a photo but I took the photo before I saw the sign ...
In between you can see the apparatus (the square thing) they use to weigh the gold ad the water they drop it into to check the density.

Joseph and his pile!

So not only was it a good promotion,
and not only did we get a good price because we took one of the last in stock,
but with the (excellent) price of gold that we bought in $CAN and sold in $AUS,
and the exchange rate on $CAN being quite a bit higher than the $AUS
 And Jupiter was aligned with Mars,
and Venus was certainly in the seventh heaven
Means this was one very sweet deal ...
And a crazy story!!