Happy Anniversary to Me

Today marks my 3 year anniversary in Australia. THREE years! I cannot believe I've been here that long. THREE bloody years. Geez, time flies by fast....now my family will remember these last three years as the QUIETEST years of their life, with chatterbox Lori out of the country. As one of my co-workers used to say, I 'can talk under water' ;-) I do miss you guys (talking about my family and old friends here) - all I can say is, appreciate the silence while you can!

Happy Halloween!

Went out to dinner in Newtown last night with Gavin and Glenn...we had red curry barrimundi and bbq chicken with sweet chilli sauce (I can hear my family and Kristen licking their lips with jealous hunger! ;-)

I have more funny cab adventures coming soon (I know, I really have to stop taking cabs), but now it's time to go to bed. I'm laughing over my two most recent purchases at the book store.... 1) After the Darkest Hour: How Suffering Begins the Journey to Wisdom and Foundations of Clinical Psychiatry. There's no need to worry folks, I'm A-OK...the first book takes a very Buddhist perspective on life/philosophy/chaos/fate/luck etc. which is pretty interesting because it's obviously very different to what I believed when growing up. The clinical psych book is a good reference book...I swear I'm not trying to classify the crazies I meet as I'm walking down the street - alas they don't make a purse-sized version of this book just yet ;-)

I was going to tell some Halloween tales of old, i.e. trick or treating stories and fond memories of scaring the crap out of poor unassuming trick or treaters, but maybe tomorrow!

Don't forget to brush your teeth, kids!

Stunned in Syney

I'm in shock. Two good friends of mine are in the middle of something terrible. Today I found out that one of them actually went through with a threat they had made. I can't believe it. What happens to people that they can go ahead and purposely hurt the people that they love the most? It doesn't make sense - none of this makes sense. There was no reason for any of this to get ugly. No reason at all. And most of all, there is no acceptable excuse for this outcome. None.

Me so tired!

Oy...I'd love to tell y'all about my weekend in Melbourne and the Band Comp and meeting up with my Melbournite posse, but I'm too damn tired - maybe tomorrow? Gotta be up early - have to get my butt to the train station by 7.30 am to be at an early morning meeting about an hour away...wheeeeee!
Happy belated b-day to Dad!

Cheers!
-Lozza :-)