Today was actually lovely, despite my sincere hate for the day. I have always hated Thanksgiving. I used to get sick on it every year and my mother used to say my body was objecting to the holiday as much as my mind was. But it was nice to be with family I haven't seen in years, including my nephew Sean who is like 12 feet tall now, I swear. ( Read more... )

A view of Christchurch from the hills the minute after the quake. I was in the middle of this and so were so many others.

That dust cloud is from collapsing buildings and it is just...so- Indescribable ( Read more... )

OH and I totally got my loan ;) WHOOOHOOOOO MONEY ( Read more... )

Today was my last day at ACU. Mmm. Lisa left early so I hugged her up in the morning before she had to go. Brad wasn't even there, but we said goodbye yesterday. I had coffee with Marg Burgess, which was awesome. And because she was a bit late (tee hee!) I spent some time with Doreen, Gracie, Cassie and then Michelle afterwards. Just chatting ( Read more... )

Went to see Sherlock Holmes again last night because APPARENTLY Melbourne is a city of child movie haters and The Princess and the Frog wasn't playing ANYWHERE I could get to without my car. And brilliant me, I took the train yesterday. Foo. So plans changed, and I'm going this weekend because I.Must.See.It ( Read more... )

- I just tried to sign in as 'Amaris'. Uhm NO. That's not even her USERNAME what is WRONG WITH ME ( Read more... )

Today was the all Melbourne campus ACU Christmas party, and it was quite lovely. Lisa came in today which was awesome because she's been off work for several weeks because she put her back out, poor thing. And I've missed her! When she got there, she gave me a big (careful) hug and told me congratulations for getting in to the University of ( Read more... )

This afternoon I got caught in a deluge that formed around me as I walked back to work from the Vietnamese restaurant we celebrated Lewi's birthday, I sampled Japanese Kit-Kats, I met the beautiful and lovely ikona_rakasha and I got to see Lisa again *squeal* and then I got back to work where I was coddled for having rain trousers (soaked from the knees down ( Read more... )

Working here is awesomeYesterday Lisa was talking to one of the theology course coordinators. She is a theology student, so they get along really well and have a good relationship. Apparently he was trying to get her to do something and she was refusing ( Read more... )

There's a man at the cafe downstairs who has a rather unique accent. He's incredibly cheerful and always friendly, but most of the time I can't understand him and that makes me really nervous. Social situations, you know... He's from an Eastern European country...you know, previously part of the USSR but not Russia. I do not know which part and ( Read more... )