In typical Brisbane form, the house was light and I was awake quite early. The fact we were an hour behind made it even earlier. But I got up, saw Shannon as she was leaving for school, had a shower and breakfast, and then did some work for the morning (catching up on emails, etc).

Kaoru and Aunty Linda went for morning tea. Uncle Owen and I got out his new ride-on mower out so I did some laps of the house paddock. I also had a look at their network setup as Aunty Linda had been having internet problems on her computer. After Aunty Linda and Kaoru returned, Aunty Linda went to see Nanna, and Uncle Owen took us to the sushi train for lunch. It has modernized a bit – when you order something special, instead of a staff member bringing it to you, a robot brought it out!

We went shopping for dinner on our way home, and then passed the afternoon away. Uncle Owen got his drone out for me to see if I could get it working. We showed Kaoru some of Uncle Owen’s toys (the model boat and helicopter), and then Costa (Shannon’s boyfriend) came round so we met him.

After dinner, Shannon took Costa home and we all sat up and talked until bedtime.