Lunch with the bro and his girl

Grant has a girlfriend. This is not a new development, they have been together for over a year, but I hadn't mentioned it yet here. I got to meet them for lunch today, which was good. They both work downtown (opposite ends), so we met centrally and went to the Carillion Food Court. Busy at lunchtime, strangely enough.

I worked the salad bar pretty hard, eight dollars got me a mix of three salads with either meat or avocado on top - I went the avo, strangely enough. It was fresh and pleasant. And because I am me, I had brought my water bottle from home, so didn't even need to resort to store bought soft drinks. Mel had a Passiona. I didn't even know they still made that. The colour remains offputting: It really is passionfruit pulp colour. Mmm.

Anyway, it was nice to get to hang out with Grant and Mel on their own turf a bit (even though it was a food court) as we quickly fall into the trap of only having contact in a full family setting: either they come over to Mum and Dad's for dinner, or reply-all emails. It's not like we all just sat there and swore or anything, it's just a different vibe.

I walked with Grant back to his office, and he showed me his cubicle (I sense a recurring theme). Once again - very low walls, they feel about a metre high, but I guess they are 130cm or so. He doesn't have *any* guest chairs, but I think he thinks that's a good thing. He appears to be working on the "if I cover every surface with crud, nobody will bother me with more work" concept, I don't know if it's working or not.

Please note I always take it to the other extreme, on any given day it would be hard to tell if I was in the office. Very sparse, my workstation. Must remember to get some plants.