welcome to the world

i received a text from inga as i walked out of the revue. "what a surprise. it's a little lady. we have called her hillevi. she's not bad looking either. obviously takes after me. x" what wonderful news.


the theatre was full to the brim, the lights dimmed and with no announcement the curtains were raised. the dance extravaganza had begun. it was a fun evening of watching the history of jazz dancing. shaz, as always, was my favourite. brilliant show by all.

winnings...

off to the aviary to have a celebratory drink with dave for getting filmVic funds to take one of his features to the next draft. fantastic news that.


i had won tickets to one man's star wars trilogy at the forum, so took nat along. very simple and to the point, no introduction but one man in overalls reciting the rolling titles that we all know and love. hilarious and gob-smacking.

WOOHOO!!

dave just texted he got filmVIC funding to take his feature draft to the next stage. how exciting. very happy for him. me next.

i concur!

"A chief event of life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson.

the sunday before this day

there was starbucks that morning. this announced i'm home, if nothing else. ;)

i was invited over to trish and stuart's in the afternoon for a bbq with a few friends. i think there were around 20 of us crowded into a tiny space in the backyard. a whole lot of fun and i was introduced to pimms. which is my new favourite drink ever and will have to start requesting it when out. yum.

then back into the city in the evening for chris's birthday dinner at the chocolate buddha. a lot more laughing and eating. food, will it ever end?

back to it!

after catching up with some sleep i managed to drag myself out of bed around noon. unpacked, laundered and grocery shopped. yep, i got myself organised. i've got a life to get back too. it's true. whenever i go on holidays from melbourne as much as i enjoy myself i look forward to coming home again. i think this is a good sign, don't you? maybe found somewhere to put down roots. nan would be proud. "at last" she'd say. of course it would be followed with, "there's nothing wrong with boulder". ha!


the evening had me tramming (sigh!) into the city to meet jamie, jill and mark for japanese before heading to the fairfax studio and MEOW MEOW. marija and i caught her act almost two years ago on the esplanade in perth so i was keen to see her again. definitely didn't disappoint. a performance and cabaret artist, she sings in russian, english, french, spanish, german and there's insane crowd surfing, rose throwing and deliberate wardrobe malfunctioning so people can undress her then dress her again. it's all about the love of a good audience and we all definitely loved her.

jamie and i stayed around to walk through the free ACDC exhibition in the arts centre. have i told you how much i love melbourne recently?

p.s. left my ring in the airport bathrooms. lost and found aren't open til monday. it's probably lost forever. i'll let it go after calling qantas.... :(

leaving on a jet plane

friday.... is here. i made it. it's been relaxing and fun catching up with everyone but i reckon i'll be glad to get home. ;)

down to fremantle for the much needed reflexology session. i nearly went into conniptions when i couldn't find them in their normal locale. everything's moved around in the last 6 months, but i managed to track them down. yah! "the usual, thanks".



down to visit mom at work to say fare thee well before dropping the hire car off and hitting the streets. wandered through the city, which is kinda the same even though the shops seem to be changing. it still feels empty and quiet there.





a couple of hours spent in a king street cafe before meeting melis and finding our way (via BUS - oh my goodness) to leederville and the garden. joined by mike, al, marija, inga, tim and brad. lot of talking, laughing and eating. there was even a harpist accompanying the dj which was just a little bit strange. and also belated birthday presents from marija and melissa. mad women, both of them. but yah to presents anytime.




marija dropped me off at the airport around 10.30. redeye and homeward bound. yah!