Melody

I had the most excellent day today. I have stayed in quite close contact with two University friends. When I say "quite close", I mean they forgive me for never really emailing them. Any time I am in Perth (or they are in Vancouver), we always catch up and have a lovely natter.

One of them is a Mum, two-point-six-times over. That makes it doubly exciting each time I see them, as the kids have exploded beyond recognition. I've met T three times now, and she's five. FIVE. ALREADY. That freaked me out a little bit.

But that was what made it completely ace: T had made me a drawing. She wrote my name on it and everything: "aLLy". (My uni buddies all called me Ally) Here is the picture, I think you'll agree it's lovely.



The only weird thing was that once I got there, T insisted on calling me "Melody". No one has any idea where this has come from, but she prettymuch stuck to her guns.

I'm cool with that.

Random small child I hung out with a while ago called me "Girl" until I set him straight and told him to call me Al. He spent the rest of the evening calling me "Alvin and the Chipmunks".