Tales of Phyllis

With apologies to Bob for stealing his Carlos headline. 

Saturday night Kosov was working at his hospo job in Collingwood until 1 am. Phyllis was with friends and then went to accompany Kosav back home. There was a wait for them before the all night 67 tram service was due, so they enjoyed a Slurpee at a 711. 

They arrived back home at 2.30.

I woke early and I was up before my usual time of 7. Phyllis had not slept. He had left his phone on the tram at 2.30 am. As soon as I arose, he was asking me what to do. I answered with, if the phone is handed in to the tram driver, at the end of their shift they will hand the lost property into the senior management tram depot person on duty. Lost property only operates during business hours. So Phyllis, you are flying home tonight, Sunday night. This is not business hours for lost property.

Phyllis fell into a sound sleep and could not be woken but Kosov could. I had called in some favours, and a phone has been handed in at Glen Huntly tram depot from last night, as it would be if found on a 67 all night tram service. It sounded like Phyllis' phone and I drove Kosov to pretend he was Phyllis to hopefully collect the phone. It was not Phyllis' phone. That was about 9am.

I had texted my 'dead in bed' neighbour HH at the usual time of 8.30, and she too was feeling bad about the lost phone. 

Phyllis awoke at 10.30 and was very stressed about his lost phone. I had to bash off to meet Ex 
Sis in Law, her son and his three children at the Altona miniature railway. Just as I was about to leave Kosov received a phone call from someone in Elwood who had found Phyllis' phone on the tram. It is too difficult to explain how someone could call Kosov from Phyllis' fingerprint locked phone, but it was something Phyllis had set up. Phyliss knew his battery was flat and had also set up something by 'my lost phone' that would make the phone delete everything on his phone after it was restarted once he ordered it lost.

I messaged HH that the phone of Phyliss had been found and she was pleased and offered to drive him to collect it. How kind is that! I felt like replying with some bad words about Phyllis, but instead said, he can catch the tram, no problem. Funnily the address to pick up the phone was in the same Elwood street Ray and I lived in  back in 1980/1/2.

There was no point in being cross with Phyllis about losing his phone. When such things happen, no one is more critical of themselves than the person themself. We all do stupid things at times. 

Sure enough, he charged and restarted his phone and it returned to factory settings. It's not such a big deal for him. He just wanted his phone back. 

The rest of the afternoon was packing and constant luggage weight testing. His student luggage allowance was 47 kilos and he was just on that and having spoken to him just before finishing the post, he did have to pay another $100 for some excess luggage. He is safely back in Chennai/Madras now. 

Kosov and I did quite a lot of cleaning today. Miss capital city of Peru stayed one night in the spare room the night before Phyllis left and I didn't say she couldn't but I didn't say she could. My old desk chair is in the spare room while I await a rubbish collection and she had been sitting in it, spinning and it has marked my newly painted wall. Kosov tried to clean the marks off, but only reduced them. I could get the painter to touch it up but there is no reason why I can't do it and I will. 

I am not happy about this at all. It indicates disrespect for my home. There will be new house rules about visitors once Phyllis and Kosov return.

There is also this mark on the kitchen bench top. No one confesses as to how it happened. 

Kosov is returning to his accommodation, which he has been paying for, while living here. Phyllis had paid the rent until Thursday and I said Kosov could stay until then. I told Kosov today he can stay a night or two while Phyllis is away. Phyllis will move in with him when he returns at the end of December until Kosov's lease agreement ends sometime in January. The cost of the room to accommodate them here will increase from $200 per week to $300. Over the last few weeks, it became clear and it is obvious Phyllis and Kosov are 'together'. Both have love bites on their necks.

I'm looking forward to some time alone, although I have no regrets about taking on 'the boys'. I love 'em to bits in a fatherly kind of way, and as I may have mentioned, the father of Phyllis is the same age as I am. 

Later: There is a notice on the building's notice board by someone who wants to rent a room for a week at the Christmas and New Year period. I could have them in my spare room, at $350 for the week, use of the bathroom and kitchen but no cooking. The person who posted the notice is a resident two floors below and it is to accommodate some visiting relatives. I'll give that some thought.