Then my budgie made a mad dash for freedom. I was cleaning out the cage and while my back was turned Marc Antony slipped under the gap and vanished. When I turned back he was gone. My father thaought he'd seen something out the front and sure enough I saw the budgie fly onto a palm tree across the road. When I went over he wouldn't come down to me. We tried bringing the other budgie cage over and me eating a piece of bread (which usually results in budgie feet all over my toast in the moring if I'm not careful). Nothing worked. Then the wind blew, the palm frond fluttered, he slipped off and flew off into the sunset.
He hasn't come back. I'm told they don't if they get out, but he was so tame I was hoping when he got hungry he'd come home to eat. I left out cages with the door open and food inside, nothing so far. It's pretty cold and wet out today though. If he hasn't been eaten by a hawk and he isn't completely lost by now (a distinct possibility) he might come home. It's not like he'll find a mate, there aren't budgies around Townsville at the moment. Mum says I should ring up 4TO and put in a lost pet advert.
I'm also looking after a baby chicken right now - I'm calling him/her Solo, as she/he was the only one to hatch out of a batch in the incubator at uni. When it's big enough it will join the flock out here - or be lunch, depending on whether its a boy or a girl.
the big prize spending
I've spent more of my prize money. I ate $20 worth of salmon steaks over the weekend mmmmm yum. I had about 4 meals out of it. I also got myself a new pair of knee high leather boots. My old vinyl boots are dead and these are very nice corelli boots which were on a 50% off sale too :)
So some of my weekend was great and some was just a fizzer. I'm so conflicted.
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