I think I have been away for about two weeks. After finishing the thesis I just didn't want to write anymore, think anymore, be in front of a computer anymore!

Luckily it coincided with school holidays, my 2 y.o was sick for the first week with the dreaded Winter middle-ear infection. So, we just stayed indoors, him on my lap keeping me warm. When he was feeling ok, we read books & painted. It was nice to not go anywhere & just be together. The second week we went to the Zoo & the children got trampled by goats in the Petting Area - which was like deja vu as I remember the same happening to me there when I was young.

Last night we went to our friends for dinner - which was very delicious! We brought some wine & the shop is selling wine for $2.80 as apparently there is too much wine this season...so I filled up a box! Hope it tastes alright, but I don't think you can go too wrong with South Austalian wines.

I'm applying for a job at an art gallery, which is 3 days a week. Sometimes I feel kind of lucky that I don't need (or at times even want a job), so I feel that pressure is off me. On the one hand it would be nice to being out there, amongst adults again & doing something meaningful and for 'ME' in a way...but, then I think that I would miss being around for the children every day...so, I'm just putting in an application and seeing where that takes me.

On Friday night I had my former best friend from High School over for dinner...we reunited on facebook. It was great to see her again, but there were some old, emotional feelings there...bubbling away under the surface. We met when we were 14 & went through all our crazy times together - which I look back on fondly & think of them as the things that have shaped me.

But she was dismissing them as stupid, I think she is kind of conservative now. And she was being a bit like "Can't believe you still like the Cure/Morrissey"...maybe I am just taking it too personally. Lately though, I feel like I am being treated like a freak, an obsessive, someone who hasn't grown up. It is really making me want to keep my mouth shut when I am around people. So, guess I am self-censoring!