Family Dinner

 It's my penultimate night in Darwin for this trip. Tomorrow morning at stupid 'o' clock I'll be winging it back to Melbourne. 

But tonight was we call Family Dinner. 

The team get together in one team member's room or another and have dinner. 

Tonight, it was Greek. 

Our colleague cooked for us. I felt humbled. They did a feast of kofte, tzatziki and one of the best Greek Salads I've had in ages. I'm told they sourced these wonderful tomatoes from Coles. Who knew? They didn't need to do this, but they went and got me some gluten free pitas (which were actually really good). They also hunted out some very good Greek Sweets - and for me, some berries. 

If you come to my place for dinner, you'll get rotisserie chicken and salad - keeps things easy, maybe some berries and yoghurt for breakfast). 

It's lovely having people to eat with. As somebody who normally has dinner with the cat, sitting down, having a laugh, and virtual gin and tonic with great company - you can't do much better than that. 

I'm counting my blessings:

• I have colleagues who care enough to provide dinner (especially as I told them not to)
• I have people who will sit down with me and have dinner
• And people who don't talk all about work. 

Being the last full night here, I now have to get arranging some stuff. My Darwin bag has to go back to its resting place in one of the manager's offices. There are some perishables to be distributed. Recycling needs to be taken down to the fourth-floor car park. And as I'm heading out with friends who are up from Melbourne tomorrow night before doing the final pack and heading to the airport just before midnight. 

Too many blessings. 

But I'm glad I'll be back in my own bed by Friday morning too. 

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