Thursday #91 – having waited a record 22 days before sitting
down to write about this Thursday, it’s safe to assume the small details such
as what I ate for breakfast/lunch/dinner (which I’m sure usually enthral readers) are well and truly forgotten. I
shall have to stick to the bare facts which I do remember about this Thursday.
The Vegetarian was booked in for an eye test to try out
contact lenses. I squeezed her in as the
last appointment of the day so that she didn’t have to leave her animal saving
related work too early. She phoned to
say she was running late but we decided to go ahead with the appointment anyway
– figuring it may take more than one appointment to teach her about contacts I thought we
might as well get started. She wanted me
to treat her like any other patient but I struggled to maintain my
professionalism and argued that she had rocked up in ugg boots carrying an
ironing board cover so it was hardly my fault I couldn’t take her seriously.
We spent quite a while practising putting the lenses in and
taking them out and before we knew it it was after 5 o’clock. At about 10 past we decided to call it a day
but The Vegetarian decided to wait for me as she was scared she would walk out
to some angry looks from my colleagues for being kept back. I assured her it was probably only one person
who had waited for us and it really wouldn’t be a problem. By the time I packed my things and got ready
to leave, The Vegetarian had opened the door and wandered out into
darkness. We started to wonder if maybe
we had been left behind.
I once again assured her there would be someone waiting for
us and as I walked around looking for one of the 3 people I thought might be
there, the alarm started going off. We soon
realised we had been locked in, with no key and no knowledge of the code to
turn the alarm off. I looked up the
phone number on the computer of The Girl With The Tiger Tattoo and called to
try and find out how to switch the alarm off.
No answer. So I looked up the
number of The Not-So-Sure-Of-My-Name Dispenser and called him. It was a bit of a When A Stranger Calls moment for him, as he wondered who could
possibly be calling from inside the workplace he had just locked up. When he answered and I told him that they had all
locked me in with a patient, his initial reaction was just to laugh at me. Eventually he gave me the code to the alarm
and assured me I didn’t need a key to get out or lock it again. The Vegetarian I assume was most impressed by
our professionalism as we lock patients inside after 5.
We said our goodbyes with a follow up appointment booked for
the following Wednesday and I hopped on a bus to the city to meet DTM for
dinner and a show. I found him drinking
beers in Darling Harbour and we popped into a nearby Thai restaurant for some
Pad See Ew. DTM’s came with a
complimentary piece of plastic/glass in it but as we were pressed for time he
just put it to the side and we let it slide.
I doubt he would’ve noticed if he’d ingested it anyway given the amount
of chilli flakes covering his meal.
After dinner we headed to The State Theatre to watch Ballet Revolucion – a Cuban ballet show
that was in Sydney for just 5 nights.
DTM loves telling people he was at the ballet as I think he believes it
makes him sound like a good selfless boyfriend but truth be told it was his
choice and at times I had to stop him from wooing so loudly as it didn’t really
seem appropriate. It started off as regular
ballet and somehow ended with a live band on stage playing Beyonce, Ricky
Martin and Shakira while a bunch of Cubans danced their hearts out. Good choice DTM.
After the show we headed to Gloria Jeans for a hot chocolate
while we waited for the bus and DTM once again got to pat himself on the back for
being so sophisticated and going to a coffee shop instead of a bar. A pretty good Thursday by all accounts – even
if I was locked in at work.
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