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My biggest mistake today was assuming that there was no need for me to avoid stepping in puddles while walking home. THERE WAS A NEED FOR ME TO AVOID THE PUDDLES! My socks weren't wet all day like I thought. My feet were just very, very cold despite the fact I was wearing thermal socks. I realised this the second I stepped in the puddle: I immediately felt the cold wet seeping around my feet & through my socks. Although, considering how heavy it was raining at that point, it was just one more thing that makes me believe I would've been better off (and dryer) swimming home instead of walking. I looked like a drowned rat when I got through the front door, and I left a very clear drip trail as I went to get a towel and dry clothes. And I can't help but think that I would've felt less like a drowned rat if I'd only worked harder to avoid stepping in the puddles as I walked home.

My weekend in Bendigo is almost over, and all I've really seen of the place is the showgrounds and a couple of pubs. It's a good thing I've been to Bendigo before, otherwise I might be a little upset that I haven't been able to do the touristy thing and see all of the touristy places. Although I did learn one thing: Puggs Irish Hotel is a good place to go for chicken parmas, & that the Mexicano parma doesn't have nearly as many cornchips as you'd expect. Still, I am getting to know some of the other expo people really well. If it was to go for any longer I'd say I'd have some lunch buddies (besides those already working with me).

So far most of today has consisted of us getting lost: We drove 30km out of our way because we missed the turn to Bendigo. Turns out two people in a car with no sense of direction & something a little more sophisticated than a piece of paper with squiggly lines is a good way to get lost. So is being in Bendigo! God knows who came up with the layout of the city, but it's not out-of-towner friendly. Trying to find the show grounds ended up with us driving around in circles looking for a street that only change its name a km up the road. That took awhile to figure out. Then trying to find our stand at the expo wasn't as easy as first thought. I forgot the country version of "just inside the door" doesn't necessarily mean "just inside the door." It can mean through the door, a couple of rows over & a few stalls down. First day well spent I'd say.

This Weekend's Home

Apparently Ballaratians aren't made for the sun. Sure they all say they like the sunshine (I assume), but after today I very much doubt that. After at least a week of miserable, cold, rainy and windy days, today was finally decent: in that it wasn't unbearably cold and there was actually sunshine! By Ballarat standards that's almost a heatwave! If I'd been able to, I would've been running around in the sunshine, celebrating the fact that there's sunshine. But since I was working I couldn't. It wouldn't looked professional. Plus, there wasn't any grassy patches for me to run around on. And doing that in a car park, even an empty car park, just isn't the same. So I was very surprised at how quiet today was. Especially given how busy we were last week when the weather was cold and miserable. It's like the people of Ballarat were scared of the sun and the possible witchcraft that brought it out, and were hiding from it. Either that, or living in Ballarat too long turns you into some kind of cold blooded being that can't stand sunshine and warmth. Maybe I should move soon so that I don't get turned into a true Ballaratian.

And, like, you know what I mean? Man, I really hate people who constantly say that when talking. Of course I know what you mean! And if I don't, asking me if I do isn't going to make me fess up and admit that I don't. You're still going to get the vague "yeah" since I most likely stopped listening the second I first heard you say that. It's really annoying trying to have a conversation with people who do this: either you think I'm a complete moron who fails to comprehend the most basic of concepts, or you lack confidence so much that you doubt your own ability to communicate. So stop asking "And, like, you know what I mean?" At the end of every sentence!

Two of my housemates are such home makers! They're both getting super excited about all of their new kitchen utensils and other home maker stuff (obviously I'm not a home maker sort). Where they're all excited about the new egg timer someone bought, I'd sooner use my phone instead ... although I'm not going to complain about all of the new pots and pans: they do cooking a little easier. But they seem to be feeding off each other, which is why the lounge room got rearranged yesterday. Even as I type, they're re-doing the laundry and organising the linen cupboard (at 22.25!) just because one of them decided to put her old shelves in the laundry so that we will all have somewhere to put our stuff in there. I'll probably appreciate their efforts tomorrow. But not tonight. It's too late to fake enthusiasm about that. And that's what I'm going to have to do when they proudly show me the handiwork. And I'm sure that this is all linked to how strong a person's maternal instincts are: Good home making skills and proud of them? You're going to love parenthood & be good at it. No home making skills? DON'T have kids. You'll be a bad parent! Could be some kind of test for when they do decide to license people to become parents

There might still be hope of me becoming an artist yet! Lol. Although that's clearly a long way off

Since this company is all about saving the environment, I thought it would be apt to have a smurf as our stall mascot. Smurfs are the personification of saving the environment & are extremely vulnerable to changes in the forest where they live. Although I haven't figured out how cutting down on the stand-by power usage helps save the forests where they live. Especially since I'm in Australia & I'm pretty sure they're somewhere in Europe.

#The Smurfs #Deforestation #Australia #Europe #Saving the Environment

Yesterday I was talking to a lady whose husband has just recently died. My colleague said something about being sorry to hear that she had lost her husband. The lady replied that she hadn't lost her husband, that she knew exactly where he was: in an urn in her lounge room. Sometimes words in the English language are used in weird ways.

One thing that always makes me smile while at work are the sweet little oldies. They slowly shuffle by our stall, and insist that they're in a rush whenever someone approaches them, before continuing their slow shuffle onwards. I know that it shouldn't amuse me: the poor little dears are shuffling along as fast as they can. But whenever I'm in a rush, I move so much faster (and I'm aware that age might have something to do with this). I don't think I could handle being in rush and unable to move any faster than a slow shuffle. It would drive me mad! It's also unfathomable that this may one day be me. And I'm sure they thought the same way back in the day.

A Future Dilemma

Easter means going to visit mum for the weekend. And naturally this also means doing the touristy thing and heading down to the beach because living inland I really miss the beach. Turns out while I miss living on the coast I don't miss all of the tourists that insist on visiting coastal areas whenever they get the chance to do so. By definition, tourists are stupid and always get in the way no matter the situation. So when I do eventually move back to the coast (and I will), I'm going to have to live on a very remote part of the coast where tourists dare not venture. The only problem with this is that I don't like living in remote, isolated areas. I prefer city/urban living. It's just too quiet otherwise. But I guess this is a problem for Future Em to deal with, when I do actually make the move back to the coast.

#Beach #Tourists #Coast #Dilemma #How I Met Your Mother #Remote #Isolated #Stupid #City #Urban

Just testing to see if I can make this work lol

Leo clearly started something with this. Plus I think Josie might be punishing me because she's had to share my lap with my computer all night. Josie doesn't like to share.

#Josie and the Pussycats #Cats #Photography #Leo #Sleeping #Share

Accepting that it was still too early for her to go outside and go hunting. Just watching the birds from the window instead.

#Josie and the Pussycats #Cute #Cats #Photography #The Hunter

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