18 days to Sydney (Vol.5, 1983)

*** Content note: mention of hard drug use; violence+Part 2, following on from episode 7.It's early May 1983 as Mum reads on from her diary. She wakes from another late night with a wrecked throat (not remarkable) and mentions that she's using a 'Safeway Bag' as a handbag (which needs some unpacking lol see what I did there). She goes to see SCUM at the Ballroom, and talks about the girl who has a $20,000 'contract out on her'. Words like 'scrag' are used, and there's a fight outside the Ballroom. Between two girls. I talk about how I've never seen a fight in my life - at school there was one time when two boys were going to fight but a teacher walked by and nothing happened and the guys looked relieved haha.Then we're back at the 'Punt Road squat' - to me this feels so squalid and punk. Mum notes in her diary her three favourite actresses: Meryl Steep, Katherine Hepburn and Marilyn Monroe. Meanwhile she's smoking and reading at work and - oh- types two invoices!Then it's off for a date with this mystery Rod from Yarrawonga. Wait til you hear how they 'met'.Mum's still doing the computer course, still checking real estate. She falls out of bed head first - remember she's on the top bunk.There's Irene's psychedelic party to get ready for, and reading Dennis Wheatley's The Satanist, and ongoing planning for Sydney in 18 days!!! +As always, listen to experience: cringe, giggles and some real-life shit.Follow us on Insta @mumsbaddiaries and thanks for listening.We'd love to read your comments or questions! Send us a text!