Little Luxuries & Life

A few things I have been up to lately... Little Oliver and I.

Oliver and his mum, my friend Claire. Very cute. We went to the Mind Body Spirit Festival, where I felt rather weirded out by many things... Claire saw a psychic, I had reiki, which was really interesting. I felt quite calm afterwards.

My new bedlinen... mmm, 300 thread count Esprit (a bargain from the Sheridan factory outlet!)
Close up of the bedlinen print. Reminds me of berries.

The Teachers' Strike on Wednesday 21st November at Vodafone Arena.

10,000 teachers attended!! I felt like I was really part of something bigger and more special than just the insular environment of my school.

My little overseas extravagance for my birthday... DKNY sunglasses! I was so frugal with my money while I was away that I spent the rest of it on duty free before I flew home!

A new fashion mag I picked up Borders on Saturday. It's quite intellectual, almost too much so, and no pics, not a glossy page in sight... but it does raise some interesting ideas, and I love the illustrations. As far as I can tell it's Melbourne based.

The novel I just bought and started to read last night. Douglas Coupland is fast becoming my new favourite author.

Bunny Love from Milo

Paris in Pictures (finally!)

Queen of the Unfinished...

I cannot believe I haven't posted for over a month!

It's a been a big month...

~Career choices to be made.

~Relationship decisions... trouble in paradise.

~Assessment 'season' at work, therefore many an evening and weekend spent marking essays and exams and other school-related things.

~Teachers' Strike on Wednesday - I hope you saw my mum on TV! Intergenerational Unionism, I like it!!

~ The depression battle continues to rear its ugly head at times... certainly disrupts one's life on occasion.

~ Two friends leaving for Norway for a year or two, and another two friends have just arrived from Scotland.

~ Year 8 Camp for a week... fun and games (and lots of stern teacher-voice-talking-to's-and-angry-eyes) in the bush with the mozzies and leeches and tents and camp food (yuck!) but lots of laughs, plus 6 hours in emergency with a student who had broken his arm on the first day, poor little possum!

~ The Chill Island Festival at Phillip Island... blissfully relaxing and great music. (and clearly lots of dancing as you can see below!)

~ Spring Racing Carnival - Stakes Day at Flemington with the gorgeous Elissa and then the Healesville Country Races with a busload of drunken teachers from work (they are the worst kind of teachers - drunk, sunburnt and rowdy!)

~ Domesticity such as new bedlinen (mmm!) and a wardrobe cleanout. I've decided that domesticity is not a necessary part of my life, but it is indeed the way in which I procrastinate best. "Oh, I have to change the sheets, vacuum the house and clean out my wardrobe before I can mark those exams. I HAVE to have cleanliness to work!" - that's my justification!!