August 31. Last night

Dad, dad , daaaaaddd!Voomph, voomph ,voomph . All I can see is the fan spinning , each blade pulsing through rays of sun . Dad, daaaad ,  I’m hungry.    What ? A little hand touches my shoulder and then Leroys little head appears in my view. Shiyat, I put my head up and check the time ,834, and then I drop back onto the pillow.Dad, dad are you ever going to wake up ,cause I’m really ,really hungry .Ok, ok , give me a minute. My heads pounding and I’m dry as .Its coming back to me , I got drunk last night. Went out on the town with another Aussie .Its the 1st time this tigers been out of his cage for a while . Definitely needed the run but I’m out of form and suffering as a consequence. I’ve got two boys to look after but Nick has 2 girls under 5 . No doubt he ‘d have to be awake by now . I went down to the beach looking for a wave  when I noticed a guy with a Melbourne triathlon t shirt on .  ‘ Hey mate are you from Melbourne ‘ I yelled .    ‘Yeah . I’m from Sandringham.You?’  ‘Mornington, you here on Holliday.’   ‘No, I’m on daddy day care duties while my wife works ‘.   ‘Yeah ! Same here ”. Shit we’l have to catch up. I ‘l get your Facebook details and we’l hook up’And so it was , a chance encounter with another Aussie on the beach actually led to the 1 st occasion that I’ve socialised with anyone ,drinking or not .I staggered home at 130 but I’m glad i did it .Nick is here for 3 months whilst his wife sorts out some problems for the company she works for ,Moose( children’s toys). Apparently it’s going gangbusters here . As it turns out Emma’s sisters best friend also works for Moose . Small world . We met another couple that live just down the road and before long there were shouts and shots going down . Stacey and Ryan were a cool couple who schooled me on the art of tipping the bar men . Lets just say I’m a tight arse. I actually woke up with a bit of guilt as tipping the bar tender a buck at a time is cheap . Hey I’m anAussie and we don’t play this game back home .20% , every time you buy a drink should be tipped to the bar tender . Even if you don’t have change you are meant to ask the bar tender to break your note into smaller notes so you can tip. I didn’t do that . Apparently that’s a no no .Even on a Wednesday night this joint pumped and it’s walking distance from home . To Nick , happy birthday , and to Stacey and Ryan , it was a pleasure meeting you guys . Now , I’l take the kids and my throbbing head to the beach to wash away my pain . No regrets , that was fun