Molly

Screw this travel blog, I'm going to report on Molly while I'm here then hopefully sell the screenplay to Hollywood when i get back.

Molly never fails to surprise me. Since my last blog here are a few of the highlights: poor Joe comes in for a fair bit of stick...

1. tells Joe he's too short to play football
2. tells Joe he's too skinny for those pants
3. tells Joe that she prefers to be swung by uncle Phil cos 'Uncle Phil's kinda stronger than you'
4. Def Leppard came on the radio last night whilst cleaning up after dinner, i was quite happily singing along until Molly turned to me and said in the most sarcastic tone ever 'hey Mat, remember when you were in that baaand?'
5. threw a football in my face from about 2 feet away
6. whacked Joe in the balls with her flip flop
7. has taken to concealing pins and needles about her person like some kind of pre-school ninja, so if you chase her and grab her...well lets just say my new hoody is ruined!
8. interrupted me reading a bedtime story to her to give an abridged version of Harry Potter, all of them in no particular order ending with '...you look a bit like Harry Potter Mat'
9. at dinner she ate half a lemon without flinching and drank vinegar straight from the bottle.
10. this morning said to me 'you're not wearing that today are you?'

Other than that we drove out to Bodega Bay (where they filmed 'The Birds') yesterday evening evening which was nice. Payed $20 for fish and chips just cos Tippi Hedren eats there twice a year.

Today we watched more basket ball so I'm getting my sports fill at least. It was the much anticipated grudge match between St Johns Junior High and St Sebastian. Molly was point guard, steering her team to their first win of the season and ice cream at Powell's afterwards. We arrived with Lily instead of Selena this time. Lily managed to last the entire game before deserting us, the final whistle blew, i blinked and she was gone! Off to her boyfriend Luke's house for more gross displays of affection- Jesus wept!

Oh yeah, today saw the return of the irrepressible Giles (campest 12 year old in the world). He came round and made everyone Mac n Cheese bless him!

...its Sunday evening now. Have been for a walk in the foothills today, the foothills to what I'm not sure cos there are no larger 'mountains' anywhere in sight. I used my pen knife to cut and whittle a branch- felt manly, pictures to follow... Afterwards we went to Giles's house to watch the Steeler's V's Jets game. Giles didn't watch, he had a tea party in the garden with Lily. We watched the game with his Dad, Brother and Brothers friends. OMG American Football is boring as hell, cant wait for the Superball! think I'd have rather had a tea party.

over and out!