July 2010
11 posts
active.
i have joined a family with an active element.
walks are an everyday item, morning and night. i have come to enjoy them. yesterday sarah and eli came around for lunch and after that we walked down to the main street to have a coffee and then we walked back to the house and before i knew it ian was home early. mind you, he was a bit dirty from the day’s work digging around in the ground...
thoughts from the other day...
i have gained a better perspective of the world since being here. i have been learning about another country’s government and their upcoming election next month. instead of a democrat versus republican, it’s liberal versus labor and the fight for a new prime minister. i read the herald sun newspaper everyday when i eat breakfast, and i learn more about what is going on in the...
unknown.
i sit here in front of my trusty mac, a steaming hot cup of peppermint tea, angus and julia playing at medium volume in the background and finding that i have taken most of the recent changes in my life as calm as possible. i have been changing my vocabulary subconsciously, eating crumpets instead of toast, and having family dinners every night at the table. waking up each day and hoping that...
winter chill.
there was frost on the handrail of the stairs this morning when i went up them. something i am definitely still not used to considering it’s july.
it’s only tuesday, but it feels like thursday. i have made two successful trips into belgrave and monbulk by myself with angus. yes, i named the toyota; and yes it was after angus young and angus stone. he and i are great friends, because...
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six days.
tomorrow i will have been here a week.
my muscles are still recovering from snowboarding on tuesday.
i revisited kikki.k at knox shopping centre yesterday and wanted to buy everything. a girl can never have too many office type organizational things, but settled for a free booklet instead and will make my wish list of things to buy another day.
today has been low key and quiet. still waiting on...
readjusting.
it’s been a couple of days and i’m still getting settled and readjusting to things back here. my jet lag is getting less, it still kicks in at night around 8 pm but i should be over it in another day or so.
yesterday, i drove to bunnings (comparable to a mix of home depot/lowes) and then drove to the another timber place to get things to make shoe racks. i have managed to only...
a new beginning.
it’s hard to believe that in the last 8 weeks i have accomplished so much. i graduated from college, moved back to the northwest, went through all of my childhood boxes of stuff, went through my collegiate belongings, got my license, applied for a work & holiday visa to australia, and managed to pack the majority of my life for the next 12 months into two large (but airport legal for...
