Someone rang...

The phone rang...

"Hello", "it's Gordon here, where have you been?" "Just at home mate, I haven't been well and I have been having a little break from the pub" my reply. I didn't tell him that it was because I had decided to give up drinking. "Oh that's alright" Gordon continued, "I thought you might have left town" (laughs). "I haven't seen you all week."

After reassuring him I was indeed still in town I added "You cant get rid of me that easy... I love this town". I told him about the mole being cut out of my neck and said it was very sore when I moved my head. "The incisions about a quarter of an inch and has several stitches." I used it as my excuse for my absence from the pub.

"I heard your car had broken down?" "Yep' Gordon, the motors blown but I'm waiting on a new car, a dual cab ute, maybe monday" to fill him in. General chat and information including him hurting his foot on a ladder in the orchard where he works filled the next few minutes.

"Oh well, I thought I'd ring and check you were o.k." as Gordon ended the call. "Thanks mate... your the only one in town who's noticed my absence... that's very nice." I added I would call in and see him later in the week and said goodbye.

You get to know who your friends really are at times...