Packing it in

We are packing in many many social events between now and our departure date. On Thursday I hosted my last book club and as it was a special one we all went out for dinner instead of meeting at our house. It was a great night of conversation about Cormac McCarthy's The Road. Whether we loved or hated the content, everyone was moved by the writing and had a very strong emotional response to it. On Saturday Melissa and Larry invited us over for lunch with Martin and Drew. It was great fun and ended up turning into dinner when Larry produced plate after plate of fish and chips for everyone. Yesterday a group of dads from school hit Petersham bowling club for an afternoon of barefoot bowls and beers, so the mums met at Jillian's for lunch in the garden. With so much going on, I have taken up running again in an effort to combat all the eating and drinking, plus it gives me time to think about the next list I need to make. The cooler weather makes it much more pleasant to run and I am really 'enjoying' it. We are selling lots of our furniture now and are planning a garage sale for everything else that's left. We met the couple who have bought our house on Saturday. Cindy is Australian and her husband David is English. I was absolutely gobsmacked when she told me she is a breast cancer surgeon at the RPA. She took over from my surgeon when he left last year and works with my oncologist and all the team who have taken care of me over the years. It seemed like fate playing a hand in a very appropriate end to our life here.