Ahoy there.

School’s out for a week. Well, we’re already half way through that week. The so-called break is just to deceive us poor students into thinking it’s a week of ho-li-da-aays, when in fact its just one week of no classes but many assignments. I had good intentions of doing a lot of work, but thus far they’ve yet to manifest into actions.

I’m spending a short while in Canberra to hang out with the family. My guilt of being a less than perfect daughter/sister has me devoting this short stay mainly to family time. But again, good intentions don’t necessarily manifest into perfect reality.

Canberra. The sense of old familiarity. Nothing seems to change.

Saturday was spent traveling across the city in pursuit of a myriad of activities. Travelled to the Dandenong Ranges with a group of urban city boys, stopping along the way to playing with boomerangs. Yes boomerangs. Made our way back to the Globe 2 Globe World Music Festival, with a quick dinner stop along the way. Braved the freezing night air to jump along to some funky music and giggle like a little girl as fireworks lit up the sky. The night might have been still young but we were cold and tired. Still managed to continue our journey to Chapel St, to a small and all too cramped bar, where Himself was due for a cameo appearance. Stayed just long enough for the heavy clouds of cigarette smoke to settle into our clothes and skin. Home welcomed us back with its usual creature comforts. A shower, a bath and 10 mins of tv later, I was asleep in front of my little fan heater curled up in the most unusual position.

Sunday was much a blur. I remember waking up close to 1pm, having food, then before I knew it it was time to watch Idol.

Today (Monday) is much the same. Although I might try to achieve more, like maybe walking to the mailbox.

We’ve been taking trips to the Dandenong Ranges for the past two weekends to absorb the freshness that is nature. Both times we did a short walk through the lush greenery of Ferntree Gully, before heading up to Sky High at the top of Mt Dandenong to look over the city. Isn’t it interesting how you can drive only 30 mins out of the city and experience a completely different environment. Crisp air, beautiful scenery, quaint little cottages in quaint little villages, and amazing views. If I was organised enough I would post up some photos. But I’m not.