ekka thursday + 25c strawberry sundaes

i think it can be concluded that my nineteen-year-old sister is not actually an adult, she's just a big kid. all morning we were planning to get to the ekka and visit my (favourite) aunt who was working in the information stall, however we entered the show grounds in the middle of the rides and it was hardly twenty minutes before we were on our first ride. then after that was another ride, and another ride after that before she was 'all ride-ed out'. only then did we make it up to see our aunt (who kindly asked me to write a blog after the exhibition!).
amy and i got a strawberry sundae which costed $4.80 and was worth every last cent, believe it or not. tonight mum told me that she remembered a time when they costed 25c and they complained about the price.
i also paid $4.50 for a 600ml coke zero which i couldn't even enjoy drinking after paying that much for it. it was just sad. 
probably the worst thing i saw today at the ekka was the 'mcdonalds cattle display' - no more needs to be said. except that i hope they weren't selling burgers in there.
i will put a few photos that i took from today in my next (hopefully) blog after i edit them.

bren and i had planned to meet at roma st. at 2:05 for lunch after he finished tafe and got back to the city. there was a train leaving the exhibition grounds every fifteen minutes and was meant to only take five minutes to arrive at roma st. obviously though, translink really did not want me to get on that train. after a delay of around 30-40 mins, the train finally arrived and i was standing trapped behind a foreign man against the train door due to how crowded it was. this delay was also after delays on both of the two previous train trips we made today and i swear i could have punched translink's stupid face. generally i don't mind delays, because they can't exactly be prevented, but three in one day? not impressed at all.
(ps. today was the second time this week that i've seen bren - normally i don't see him til friday - and i'll also see him tomorrow and saturday! how great can one week be?)
i managed to convince bren to come to the ekka for 'just one hour'. he got a wonka show bag out of it so i think he enjoyed it overall.

tonight i was with mum at one of her friends' houses and we literally only got home at twenty past nine. every time we made a move to leave, mum or her friend would find something else to talk about or a there was a wedding album to look at - of course every photo needed to be discussed.
mum's friend also has (at least) four extremely fat cats. my nose was exploding just being under the same roof as so many stupid fluffy things.

the very important draft for film and tv that is due tomorrow still hasn't been completed and in all honesty, i'm going to bed right now and i will not worry about it until the morning (that's when i'll panic).