Swimming to Class?

I'm about to head off to my freelance journo class - hopefully I'll be walking and not swimming - it has been pouring on and off all day in Syd - beginning this morning as I was trying to walk to work, with no umbrella and no raincoat. I was a good 15 minutes away from work when the downpour began and I realised that I would never get dry all day and should race back home, change, or grab new clothes to put on at work, put them in a plastic bag, and come back to work with a raincoat. However, just as I was about to head home, a tall 20-something woman came up to me and asked which way I was heading. I surprisedly said "Surry Hills" - and she said that was on her way and she proceeded to share her umbrella with me as we walked towards Surry Hills. That was all fine and dandy and incredibly fantastic of her until I realised that she was trying to pick me up. (A little of the, 'Are you seeing anyone? Would you like to meet up for a drink some time?" thing) Ooops! But, ummm, I couldn't let on that I wasn't at all interested in her and that I dig guys until I got closer to my office, due to the rain. I am evil, I know...but what the hell??? This is the second time a woman has hit on me in Sydney using an umbrella in a downpour. Weird. Do I give off some sort of "Lesbian Damsel in Rain Distress" vibe? I mean, it's all very flattering, but still...

Really looking forward to class tonight - should be good!

Happy Mum's Day, Mum!

Happy Mother's day to my Mum! And to her Mum, my grandmum aka Babci. And to Auntie Kate, Auntie Jo, and Auntie Nancy. Congrats on bringing all of us kiddies into this world and not killing us for being too exasperating over the years. ;-)

The Butterfly Backpackers aka Chez Shea just said farewell to its lastest guest, Heather, who left today to move to Melbourne. I told her she better find some place nice to live, because I want some place nice to stay when I come to visit. ;-)

I missed seeing Davros in Sydney for the billionth time, so once again I realise I've only ever hung out with him in Melbourne and Tasmania and never in Sydney. Weird.

On Friday night, had dinner with Heather and the boys @ Spanish Tapas and I went to see X-Men 2 for the second time - their first time. Yes, I am obsessed. Yes, I love Hugh. And yes I did tear up at the end even though I obviously knew what was going to happen!

Yesterday we went to the Glebe Markets, as did apparently most of the city - it was jam-packed, likely due to the amazingly warm weather. We were freezing in the shade, burning in the sun. It was great. I bought 5 used books for less than the price of 1 new hardcover. Yay! I have new books to read! I needed some new stuff to carry me over until the new Harry Potter arrives ;-) After the markets we went to Otto's and I had a yummy baked haloumi sandwich with mushrooms, tomatoes, lettuce and mayo - mmmmmmmm. I'm right into haloumi at the moment....love that stuff. Last night I went to see Jimeoin @ the Enmore and my god, I have never seen so many couples in one place before! I didn't realise that Jimeoin had such a 'couplish' audience. Maybe it's because he doesn't offend or make fun of one sex more than the other? No idea - anyhoo, it was a great show and my cheeks actually hurt from smiling/laughing so much. Unfortunately I cannot tell my favourite joke here, as well, it's a little too blue for mother's day... ;-)

Today was a lazy day, I just read my new books and did some writing, and I did squeeze in a massage....I'm hooked. And they know what I want as soon as I walk by - "Neck, shoulders, back?" Yup! Hell yeah! I really needed it - my neck still isn't quite the same since I hurt it and ended up wearing that stupid neck brace. And my back is full of knots from sleeping funny, so it was well worth the embarassment of having a 'public massage' in order to work out some of those knots...

Okay, gotta go call me mum!