Tidbits from today

1.  I have a cold.  It's totes annoying because I have heaps of things to do in the next few days and all I want to do is curl up in bed feeling miserable.


2.  Going out drinking with my lovely mate Bridget was not perhaps the wisest of ideas when I have a cold, but it was fun nonetheless.


3.  I bought a new top.  In Zara.  Which I vowed I wouldn't go into here in Melbourne because I don't think it's as good as it is in Europe.  But the top was essentially free, because the head office of my company sent us all $50 Visa cards today, so technically, I haven't broken my vow.


4.  Police Academy is on TV.  So unashamedly sexist and ridiculous.  I'd forgotten how wonderfully bad it was.  I'd also forgotten: (a) how hot Steve Guttenberg was when he was young; and (b) how attractive Kim Cattrall was before she started in on on all that surgery.


5.  Apart from one last purchase, which will be made on the way from the airport to LB's on Saturday morning (because there is no Bunnings within easy PT distance of me here in Melbourne); my Christmas shopping is done and dusted, kippers and custard.  Aces.


6.  No matter how hard I try to not let it bother me, it really, REALLY bugs me that I've still not heard a peep from (former) Bestie P.  No word after the birthday card I sent her at the beginning of December; no word after the Christmas card I sent two weeks ago; and no word after the Christmas present I sent my gorgeous god-children a week ago.  I know I need to just let it go, but it's still really difficult.


And on that cheerful thought... I'm off to bed.  Gotta kick this cold in the gonads.




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Saturday... hurry up

I'm really feeling the pull to write at the moment but I have very little time this week - both my jobs have kept me busy and I've had a load of other stuff on.

But Saturday I have free*. Saturday is all mine and I'm going to dedicate at least a few hours to writing.

I'll be posting something. Not sure what yet, but I will.

Promise.

* When I say "free", I mean I don't have any appointments, or meetings or social engagements. I do have laundry, a house to clean, grocery shopping and packing for 3 weeks in Adelaide over Christmas to do, but that's just stuff.

Daily Reminders

I stumbled across this today:

• Be aware.
• Anxiety is fear of the future, depression is fear of the past.
• Most people don’t do anything with their lives because the mediocrity they experience is not painful enough to motivate them. Feel the pain and be motivated.
• Being realistic is the most commonly tread path to mediocrity.
• There is no reason for a Plan B – it only distracts from Plan A.
• Exercise daily.
• Drink water.
• Eat as fresh as possible.
• Don’t eat things that come from those which have a heart beat.*
• Don’t smoke.
• Don’t drink too much.
• Be honorable in acts of sexuality.
• Be strong.
• Be total feeling.
• Be noble.
• Be clean.
• Be on time.
• Be patient, prepare for the long haul.
• Scarcity is powerful, but make yourself available to those who need you and are worthy of your time and attention.
• Live up to your own expectations.
• You are tougher than you think you are and you can do more than you think you can.
• Don’t be a pussy.
  
• “Make friends with pain and you can never be alone.” Ken Chouber.
  
• “The world is large but in us is as deep as the sea.” R. M. Rilke

I like it. I'm adopting it. Apart from the one about not eating things that come from those which have a heart beat... I'm a useless vegetarian!