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All right kiddies, time to get out a permanent marker and start drawing on a new ‘border’ for Australia. The shape of our nation just changed. It seems the new shape of our land resembles a giant hand flipping the bird at the UN along with the poor and needy looking for refuge here.
It could also be drawn as giant bollocks.
Get to work on those maps.
Parliament excises mainland from migration zone
No other country has ever done this before….
On the weekend Nina went on her second camping trip. But she was only about 8 months on the first one so this was the first one where she was really able to engage the experience. We went to Ruby Gap. It’s an amazing place.
I was a bit worried about the drive out as it is a pretty long and full on bumpy four wheel drive trip. I thought she would be pretty over it by the end but she loved bumping along and Keith made especially good sound effects for a long time to keep her giggling. We even let her sit in the back of the ute for a bit and when it was over she kept wanting to get back in.
We had a pretty great campsite.
Nina loved setting up the tent and then we played in it for ages.
We had a pretty nice view from the tent too.
Nina also loved collecting firewood for the fire and sitting on an esky. She really is a little camper.
We went my grandparents who really wanted to see Ruby Gap. They are both over 80 so I reckon it was a pretty impressive effort to get there and back, it’s a pretty full on trip and camping is a lot of work too. It was a blessed time with them for us.
Nina an mum had a swim in the waterhole.
I thought it was too cold but I enjoyed the spot.
We had a beautiful Central Australian sunset too.
I have moved into a new house.
I left my house at 11:30 and I was standing outside my 12:00 class at Sydney University with 5 mins to spare. I am not sure anyone can quite understand the feeling. Imagine when in the past you would leave your house at 9:15 and get to class 5 mins late. Then you will understand what I am talking about.
The other amazing thing is that in the past I would normally be carrying stuff on my back to last me for the days I would be staying in Sydney. This day I was carrying nothing.
Don’t get me wrong. My time in the Mountains bought me many blessings. The runs up there were stunning, and the baths and the quiet and the autumn leaves and the air and the opportunity to work at New River. And we got to meet Pat. That’s definitely a good one.
But the comparative difference in the travel and the feeling of relief around being able to get home without having to tackle Parramatta rd or a 2 hour train trip is huge.
BTW – my house is lovely. There is a tree and purple and green stain glass windows and Annika and Francis are really cool.
Clothes are funny things. They can tell you a lot about a person. Status. Style. Favourite colours. Values. Values? Yes, I think clothes can reveal a person’s values. As Mum and I have been bagging up Dad’s clothes, I’m learning things about my Dad. Things I know I knew, but perhaps never spoke about. I mean, it’s not often that... Read more →
So I got a girlfriend the other day. That was a good day.
I want to save you all the sappy “new love” stuff, so let’s just skip straight to the relationship gripes.
The worst thing about having a girlfriend is that my entire repertoire of sad, creepy, single man humour is lost to me. I’d been developing that for years. Now all I have is inadequate, newbie boyfriend humour, and that won’t last long. Then I have inadequate medium/long-term boyfriend humour, and that’s pretty much every non-single man’s joke bread-and-butter.
They say relationships are about sacrifice, but I totally forgot to count the cost to my comedy routines.
If you’re wondering, the best thing about having a girlfriend is she’s awesome. I would have liked to have been able to add that the best thing is also that we get to sync calendars, but she uses a paper diary and you can’t sync them with anyone. Still it’s probably for the best. It’s way too early to be syncing calendars. That’s a level of intimacy our relationship is not yet ready for. I think syncing calendars is probably up there with pet names, hosting dinner parties, and public fights in the shops, and we’re not ready for any of them.
