31.03.04

Birthdays DON'T get old

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:52 pm by Sarah

I love it… birthdays still hold a certain amount of excitment for me.

My boss gave me my first present today. She's so nice, I don't know that many people who get birthday presents from their bosses.

Jo is coming over tomorrow afternoon to take me out whereever I want to go…. problem is… I have no idea where to go. I have absolutely no imagination! I have a few vague ideas but nothing that thrills me. Oh well… we'll see, it could end up being fairly random!!

Then we're off to Parkes on Friday. Al and Emma are road tripping with me. Looking forward to seeing the fam and the rest.

looking forward to a proper break, lets hope I get one.

25.03.04

The Age Difference

Posted in Uncategorized at 6:35 pm by Sarah

I will be 23 in exactly a week.

I feel old. I have felt old since I turned 20. I really can't explain why. I don't think I want to be a teenager again either. It wasn't any more exciting than now. Maybe I've just been influenced by large amounts of media to make me feel old and to buy wrinkle cream.

I shouldn't feel old for the following reasons:

- I'm not, by most standards
- If I was it wouldn't matter – this life is temporary

Some people never get old in spirit, maybe I can endeavour to be like that.

22.03.04

Injury No. 1

Posted in Uncategorized at 2:08 pm by Sarah

Al once told me that I should keep a journal where I list all my weird injuries. I have this gift of being able to hurt myself in weird and wonderful ways.

Anyway my weekend…

Remind me never to double book something ever again, We went to a George gig in parramatta. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I wasn't itching to leave for the church house party. I really had no idea how far we had to travel. Therefore we arrived at our destination at 3am!! The weekend was otherwise good, apart from being sleep-deprived… the place we stayed at was casual and had surprisingly nice food (for camp food that is). It seemed to go quickly though. The teaching was excellent.

We went and visited a friend of Jess' on the way back. She lived at a gorgeous mansion overlooking the Entrance. We visted with her gorgeous new-born nephew and I ruined the occasion by falling down their tiled stairs. I'm covered with huge purple bruises now – very attractive.

19.03.04

Random Stuff

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:58 pm by Sarah

Not Happy Jan!!! I just wrote this hugely long post and the computer just gobbled it up without a second thought!!! How rude!!!

I shall try to recreate the orginal masterpiece….

Oh the fun of workplacement students. We get them periodically at work and I usually get stuck with them. It's ok if you're really busy and you a have a ready-made job which will take them hours without supervision… unfortunately this was not one of those times… This is the first time I've been able to have the computer to myself in a whole week!!

I really enjoy people-watching on the train. Wondering what their lives are like, and whether they are cranky all the time – or only when they're stuck on a late-running hot sweaty train wedged between people. But the latest episode has been interesting. A guy has started taking my morning train. He just sits there for the entire journey and chuckles to himself. He doesn't have a book he laughing at, or a friend. He just sits, stares out the window and laughs like he just heard the funniest joke. It frustrates me no end!! Is he just a particularly cheerful fellow or is he just amused by what goes on inside his head?? I guess I'll never know.

In other news I and looking forward to our church weekend away…. It's always good to break the rhythm.

11.03.04

This is for Al

Posted in Uncategorized at 8:22 pm by Sarah

(I may getting a little over-enthusiastic)

Well… after all the stories she's told about ME!!

I picked up Al from the Gerber's the other night and as everyone knows… when you go down their path you WILL walk through spiderwebs. Anyway I got pretty covered with them on this occasion and when I got into the car I saw something black on my hand and squealed and shook it off. I didn't think much more about it after that.

The next day Al and I were driving around and Al let out a screech. A spider was dangling right in front of her face. I couldn't stop the car so she just had to sit there frozen to the seat while I laughed hysterically.

The moral of this story is NEVER walk down the Gerber's front path.

Here I am

Posted in Uncategorized at 7:25 pm by Sarah

Finally, after much anticipation… I have a journal.

Don't ask me what for. I'll probably end up venting frustrations, saying things I don't really mean.. perhaps tell a few mundane stories, and then forget about it altogther.

I'm finding posting harder than I thought. I'm good at typing rubbish, but THIS rubbish is slightly more public.

I am thinking of going overseas at the end of the year. It's interesting… I have a deep longing to travel O/S. It's itchy feet. Who cares about travelling Australia, I'll save that for retirement! I think it must be inbuilt… there's no reason why I can't stay in comfortable familar surroundings. I've been planning this trip since birth… it's slightly more detailed now.. and actually possible! China, England, Ireland (France????) and the US.

Who knows… I might even make it this time.