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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 487840" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>G'day, Sharon. You've been busy!</p><p></p><p>Well, we're down in our nation's capital visiting easy child who's in hospital having just had her baby yesterday morning. I'm a grandma! I brought difficult child 3 with me, as it is easier. Besides, he can drive some of the way. It's a 3 hour trip each way and we've been here since yesterday. Heading home tomorrow just for the night then back down here again until easy child says she's managing fine.</p><p></p><p>We're using the GPS to get around but Canberra seems to be the city that invented roundabouts. When we arrived yesterday we went straight to the hospital, which for us meant going right past Parliament House (a large earth-covered dome in the middle of Canberra). We got lost, had to go round it twice before we got off on the right exit. Headed past The Lodge (where the Prime Minister lives) which reminded me of a funny story form President Obama's visit recently - Tim Mathieson, our PM's partner (boyfriend, whatever - First Mate or First Bloke) at some stage in the official proceedings decided to head home to the Lodge. Maybe he had to feed the cat or something. But he walked. It was a nice day, it's not far, only across the road a bit. And the US security people went ballistic, they couldn't understand how he could take such a risk. But here we do that sort of thing all the time. When Oprah was in Sydney filming, Russell Crowe just walked round form his place to the Opera House and gave her security team all kinds of conniptions.</p><p></p><p>Back to us - when we left the hospital yesterday, we got caught in a massive storm cell. We'd watched it develop, it looked like one of the storms you see in a storm chaser video. I half expected to see a funnel come down from the cloud. Then the skies opened, while difficult child 3 (my learner) was driving. His first ever hail storm. he did well. We managed to eventually get to the side of the road. When we got to easy child's place we found the sudden downpour had flooded the yard. We had to unblock the drains and clear the yard so the water could drain away. Driving back past Parliament House this morning we could see their lawns waterlogged and muddy - they're usually perfect.</p><p></p><p>The baby is beautiful, she's the image of her mother as a newborn. </p><p></p><p>I've got to be back home for tomorrow night's concert, then we turn around next day and come back here. husband & mother in law will hopefully visit over the weekend.</p><p></p><p>So I'm on cloud 9 enjoying seeing my granddaughter. I've even had the chance to hold her a couple of times. Not easy when she's sound asleep almost every time I'm there. But it's early days...</p><p></p><p>Enjoy your Monday.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 487840, member: 1991"] G'day, Sharon. You've been busy! Well, we're down in our nation's capital visiting easy child who's in hospital having just had her baby yesterday morning. I'm a grandma! I brought difficult child 3 with me, as it is easier. Besides, he can drive some of the way. It's a 3 hour trip each way and we've been here since yesterday. Heading home tomorrow just for the night then back down here again until easy child says she's managing fine. We're using the GPS to get around but Canberra seems to be the city that invented roundabouts. When we arrived yesterday we went straight to the hospital, which for us meant going right past Parliament House (a large earth-covered dome in the middle of Canberra). We got lost, had to go round it twice before we got off on the right exit. Headed past The Lodge (where the Prime Minister lives) which reminded me of a funny story form President Obama's visit recently - Tim Mathieson, our PM's partner (boyfriend, whatever - First Mate or First Bloke) at some stage in the official proceedings decided to head home to the Lodge. Maybe he had to feed the cat or something. But he walked. It was a nice day, it's not far, only across the road a bit. And the US security people went ballistic, they couldn't understand how he could take such a risk. But here we do that sort of thing all the time. When Oprah was in Sydney filming, Russell Crowe just walked round form his place to the Opera House and gave her security team all kinds of conniptions. Back to us - when we left the hospital yesterday, we got caught in a massive storm cell. We'd watched it develop, it looked like one of the storms you see in a storm chaser video. I half expected to see a funnel come down from the cloud. Then the skies opened, while difficult child 3 (my learner) was driving. His first ever hail storm. he did well. We managed to eventually get to the side of the road. When we got to easy child's place we found the sudden downpour had flooded the yard. We had to unblock the drains and clear the yard so the water could drain away. Driving back past Parliament House this morning we could see their lawns waterlogged and muddy - they're usually perfect. The baby is beautiful, she's the image of her mother as a newborn. I've got to be back home for tomorrow night's concert, then we turn around next day and come back here. husband & mother in law will hopefully visit over the weekend. So I'm on cloud 9 enjoying seeing my granddaughter. I've even had the chance to hold her a couple of times. Not easy when she's sound asleep almost every time I'm there. But it's early days... Enjoy your Monday. Marg [/QUOTE]
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