There was lots to talk about today, as I attended a monthly “meeting” of the First Sunday Roast Club.
For about a year now, three other friends and I have met regularly for two or three hours of great food, wine and conversation. https://jamesobrien.id.au/2024/11/first-sunday-roast-club
We take it in turns to choose the restaurant or pub, and today it was the Dove & Olive at Surry Hills. Though it’s a “meeting”, we keep forgetting to take “minutes”, aside from deciding on whose turn it is to make next month’s booking. Next month, it’s my turn, so if you have any Sydney roast lunch recommendations, please comment below.
Today, it was a smaller gathering, with only three attending, not four. One member is currently traveling overseas, so we sent him photos of our lunch. Another member will be joining him on his trip soon. One of us recently bought a new apartment. And I’m getting ready for my own overseas travel in a few weeks. So the “agenda” was quite a lengthy one.
We discussed many things, including the federal election held this weekend here in Australia. It’s been quite exciting as the Labor Party significantly exceeded predictions and won in a landslide.
Even the Liberal party leader, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, lost his own seat, defeated by Ali France who, like me, is an amputee. This is something I only recently learned. I knew she had a disability but wasn’t aware she was an amputee. Go Ali!
I couldn’t vote in person yesterday, because I was working at Royal North Shore Hospital.
When I say “working”, I mean I spent most of the day flat out on my back, as a “pretend patient” for twenty doctors undertaking their rehabilitation specialist exams.
The role of “a 52-year-old dairy farmer who had a lower leg amputation due to diabetes complications” was a role I felt qualified to play,
Often, student actors will play the role of patients. As a friend joked, I took “method acting” to a whole new level!!
I might not be the next Hemsworth, but I really enjoyed the experience and hope my participation contributed to their learning.