AUSSY MONEY

 Today I'm heading off to the bank to order some Australian dollars.

You can't just go in and ask for it, ya have to order it.

Luckily right now, in this new Covid world, our dollar is worth almost as much as Australian dollars, so it won't cost me much to convert some NZ $'s to AU $'s.

The other thing I want to find is some cups or bottles that have 'interesting' bottoms.  Like this, only smaller:

ABOVE: My drinking bottle is too big.  

Hopefully I find what I'm looking for in the $2 shop.  It's for another painting effort, done a different way.  

I have decided to try and get one painting done a day until next Monday.  I find it so much fun, and it takes my mind off other shit.

*** ONLY 7 MORE SLEEPS! ***  And then I will be flying off, to quarantine in Australia.  What fun that is going to be.  

Well... come on, it MIGHT BE!

No cooking.  No cleaning (well, not much), no noise, what more could ya ask for really? 😄😊😆

I think the only thing that might get to me is living in ONE ROOM for two weeks, and loneliness.  There will be lots of video chats with family back here I reckon.  And Stew can (live video) walk me around the house and garden so I can see how everything is. 

It is going to be wonderful to see Mum and Ron again though ... I can already see me wandering around their gorgeous gardens, walking on the beach and checking out Coffs Harbour SPOTLIGHT shop. 

😂😅😆

ONWARD...

12.35 pm:  Well I got a little bit of Aussy cash... then looked for what I wanted for painting.  Didn't find it.  So went down to Spotlight thinking they might have them... nope.  Was busting for the bathroom, and their public one was closed so I high tailed it home to use our bathroom.

JUST MADE IT IN TIME!!!  Horrible feeling, thinking you might just pee in ya pants!

😳 Anyway, crisis averted.  I'm now going to have a quick bite to eat then go to the Plastic shop in town.  I'm looking for plastic glasses with deep grooved bottoms.  Can't seem to find any anywhere... YET.

FOUR.  HOURS.  LATER.... and I exhausted every avenue I could think of to find a grooved bottom plastic glass!

So I went to the supermarket and found a small bottle of Diet Coke and a flavoured water drink that have grooves on their bases!

One or both of them should work!

Also ... I found a little glass dish here at home that had a candle in it... and it's got a grooved bottom too:

ABOVE:  So... one of these should do the job.  

The job.  Won't be tried out 'till tomorrow now.

I'm just a bit CRABBY after wasting an entire day searching for THE ABOVE. 😖😕😏

I am now going to spend some time doing NOTHING.  

Watch last night's Home and Away me thinks.

Well... I did indeed watch me taped programme.  Then I yakked with THE OLD MOO, who has my sister and niece visiting.  They had fish 'n' chips for dinner.

We had sausages, potato, broccoli and veges with a cheese sauce.

After that I cut the bottom off two bottles in readiness for tomorrow's paint pour.  Kinda excited, it's a technique I've not used before.

And it's a bit more 'technical'.

And... that's a wrap for today.  I'll catch ya tomorrow.