A happy post

We've decided that we've been complaining too much so here's a cheerful post! Today we went and looked at two apartments! Neither was our dream apartment either would do in a pinch! But we can't extend our stay at this hotel any longer, so tomorrow we have to move across town! Then we're going to see another apartment!!!!!! :o) :o) :o) :o)
To answer some questions by our faithful readers:
-No
-Yes
-It could be, but I doubt it
-No
La, you'd have loved how we fit those suitcases in that tiny car. We fit one big one and two of our carry on bags in the trunk; Mike pulled the front passenger seat as far forward as it would go so we could set the other large bag on the backseat floor. The two smaller bags went next to me in the back seat; my backpack was at my feet and I held the bassoon the whole ride there. Mike's knees were jammed into his face. It was a long car ride. (Also because we had to try and make conversation with a zany lady with little or no sense of humor...) (P.S. I've started writing you a letter...)
Harms--I have no idea what the exact specs are for a metric sheet of paper. It's a little bit taller and not quite as wide. As soon as I can get a ruler I'll let you know :o)
BobE--No Foster's yet! We've yet to try out the Sydney scene.
A very amusing anecdote from last Sunday: We had lunch at Circular Quay before petting wallabies. (CQ is the main hub for all the ferries running across the harbor.) Since it's so close to the water, there were seagulls and pigeons everywhere, begging for snippets of our lunch. One bugger of a seagull kept getting closer...and closer...and closer...until he finally took flight and dove straight for the sandwich IN MY HANDS! I saw him coming and shrieked but that didn't stop him. He actually took off with a wad of my bread. HMPH!!!!!!!
And now, to tell you all about our secret indulgence, Australian TV, is Mike!
~Ruth Ann

As we're sitting in our room night after night without a whole lot to do, there has been one little slice of happiness and entertainment that has kept us sane. It's called "Home and Away" and it is the king of Australian soap operas. We don't quite know what the overall premise of the show is but here's the low down on what's going on:
Martha is a do-gooder who is infiltrating a cult that has its community out in the bush ('The Farm'). Mamma Rose is the leader of this cult and tries to control everyone, INCLUDING MARTHA!!! Martha is trying to save her friend, Tasha, who is being wooed by Jonah, the son of Mamma Rose. Mamma Rose made Jonah drug Tasha and impregnate her to make her stay. This baby will give faith to the 'believers.' We think Jonah is questioning her so he may not have done that. Robbie is the boyfriend of someone(we can't figure that out). He's the namby-pamby tool who is running errands for the corrupt mayor who is sleeping with the trophy wife of Robbie's grandfather. These two(mayor and trophy wife) have something to do with the believers and are trying to thwart Robbie who is trying to find out what's going on. Meanwhile, Matha is trying to convince her boyfriend, Jack the cop, that the believers have someone(possibly Robbie's girlfriend?) locked up in an underground pit.
Things are really getting excited and tense! We can hardly wait what is going to happen next on our story. We'll let you know ASAP!! We'd write more, but it comes on in only a few minutes!!!!!!!
~Mike