Mel - last year when I went to the Monash Hosp for some pre-op appointments I got lunch from that cafe...it's great! And I was really impressed with the prices - better prices than on campus. Since when does Unicom or whoever runs the campus catering think that students can afford a 3 dollar drink?? The website does say there is a parenting room, and it's in the campus centre (I used it once when I was there with my mum and needed somewhere to feed cos the caf was full and I needed to change a nappy, too). One! On the whole of that ginormous campus! Caulfield has one, too, but it's a poor excuse for one - nothing like the Clayton one. Every other 'parenting room' on the Caulfield website is actually just a baby change station in the disabled toilets. I know because I went to every one of them last semester before finding the elusive one in the campus centre and I cried when I got there. I cleaned up my face and went to my car to do it there instead. At least the Clayton one has a sink, a bed, chairs and a bar fridge, as well as a change table. The Caulfield one had two chairs, a bed and table, the last two which were covered in ambo paper sheets because there was no bin. And that's what's available during business hours. I will contact whoever I need to to get it put into the student handbook about letting off-campus parents know that they should contact so and so for parenting facilities after hours.
Last night at brigade a friend gave me a photo of Oscar and I that she took in February, and it is honestly one of the loveliest photos of the two of us that have been taken. I scrubbed up well and Oscar looks very cute (actually, like a rabbit in headlights, but very cute!)
MG was really good. I would have stayed longer, but I wanted to check on my dad while Oscar was still asleep. He had eaten some toast today, so that was good. I couldn't find his meds box, so I'll call the GP to see if he can give me the number, or call the psych so that the psych can call me or something.
Just when I'm about to write off MG, I have a good meet up and look forward to the next one. One of them is pregnant with no2, so that's exciting. We all told her she was nuts, but in a good way, cos she knows that one of us doesn't want any more kids, one is dealing with moving to the country, one isn't sure if she wants anymore, one has had 3 and wants no more, and there's me who would prefer to wait till school has finished next year. It's very 'her' to be preggers again and it suits her! Babies everywhere...
Nic - yep, my Tupperware lady 'dobbed' me in, but we had been talking about it for a while back there, when I still wasn't sure if I'd go back to my old job (BTW, I got a phone call harrassing me to make a time to go back with my badge and staff card, from another manager I'd never heard of...like hell I'm going to call back! They can keep chasing me, I have no obligation to go back, especially if I'm not going to be paid for my time and it's out of my way!). But now I reckon I'll start in November after my exams finish, so I'l tag along to parties from about September. The manager came round on Friday and left the new catalogue...I'm loving it! The Happy Chopper looks even happier in red!
Better go, dogs are barking and Oscar is getting into everything...