31.03.08
Posted in Journal at 11:10 am by Sarah
Birthdays are always somewhat depressing – and not because of the age factor. I don’t much mind getting older. I like the idea of growing old gracefully, rather than piling on the age-defier cream and pretending to be 25 for the rest of my life.
Rather, I always have high expectations… and more often than not they get shattered by something or other. Perhaps this is particularly poinant after the horrid weekend I just had… but still.
Of course this is not helped by the few people who find out my birthday is on April 1st for the first time and think it’s funny to poke a few jokes at my expense. Practically being called a fool on your birthday every year, no matter how you look at it, is not funny.
On the other side of things, it’s this time of year you find out how thoughtful people can be, when you didn’t expect it.
And I can’t forget H, who makes me feel so loved and special that it makes up for any number of destroyed birthdays.
11 sleeps till we leave for our adventures!!
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18.03.08
Posted in Journal at 2:57 pm by Sarah
Yup… I’m here. The extended silence was due to… wait for it… work! My usual blogging space and brain has been taken up with my new role. It is very exciting though. I get to design things, I have an excuse to go on training courses for design programs.. and I finally feel like I’m doing something I like.
Other than that we have both been sick with creepy-flu-virus-makes-you-sleep-all-the-time bug which has not been pleasant. It goes beyond the stage where you’re kind of happy that you get to stay home and bludge around.. and takes it to the ’ahhhhh!! I have to get out of the house!’ level.
I did get to do some shopping recently at the new fancy shopping centre that just opened up nearby. It’s a bit of a novelty… suddenly we have a JB Hi-Fi and a Borders and numerous other shops right on our doorstep! I love it – right down to the cool parking lot with little green lights that show up the empty spaces.
And we’re almost almost ready to go on our little European adventure. The amount of organisation and planning we’ve had to put in has slightly dampened the enthusiasm… But things are falling into place and we’re actually going! H and I are trying to figure out a good travellogue method at the moment… preferably one we can both use. We’re thinking maybe a A5 arch file with inserted pages??
I managed to finish crocheting a couple of scarf type things to take with me (assuming it will be fairly cold still)… one being a pattern from my ‘Happy Hooker’ book! I’ll post some pictures soon. 
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03.03.08
Posted in Journal at 3:28 pm by Sarah
It’s been 4 fairly significant years of my life – a ‘coming of age’ if you will…
When I first started I was wondering what my life would be. I was in a job I hated. I was flatting in Quakers Hill with my sister. I ran a girls bible study – very badly I suspect.. I hung out on the fringe of the Sydney indie music scene… and tried to look cool 
Since then I’ve lived with 4 beautiful girls that I love dearly and who occasionally drove me bonkers. I’ve moved a total of 3 times. I’ve had cancer. I’ve had boyfriend. I haven’t had a boyfriend. I got slightly obsessed with ‘Friends’. I’ve changed church services. And I got to know someone who would one day be my husband.
This deserves a whole new paragraph because blogging was a significant part of how we ‘got together’. It’s actually a fairly convienient way to stalk someone (in the nicest way possible). In fact, I first suspected that H liked me after reading one of his blog entries!
So now I have several new obsessions. I’m older. I stay home on the weekends more often than not. My church responsibilities have changed. I wonder about my friends who have gotten married and moved away. I actually like my job (although you might have thought differently several times last week!) And I still wonder what my life will be.. our life now.
Thanks for reading
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