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Commuting to work 3 months ago

I’ve been commuting to work on-and-off for a year or so now. I like that it means I get outside, get some exercise but also get somewhere and I generally feel pretty good about life when I get there too (unlike the feeling you get being stuck in traffic).

Picking up my new bike on Thursday—my first ever brand spankin’ new bike, which I hope will encourage me to ride even more…

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Always have time for my family and friends
It's times like these ... 2 years ago

I spent this weekend in Adelaide, where I was born and my mum and dad grew up. It’s been too long since my last visit—I notice the change in people, my nanny becoming frail, the furniture in my nanna’s house losing its shape, my great uncle pausing while he tried to remember who I was with his fading memory.

The intention when I booked my flights some 4 weeks ago was to see my cousins and meet my new baby second cousin Levi, see my nans and catch-up with family which it had been too long since I’d last seen. Sadly, my cousin Daniel committed suicide last Monday, so you could say the spirit of my trip changed somewhat. My sisters and brother and our three cousins grew up together; I can’t count the number of family photos where we stood alongside eachother in age order, first with my big sister taller than the rest and slowly with the boys catching up before the line-up was no longer a perfect angle. We had so much fun together. We could go years without seeing each-other but feel like it was only yesterday since we did. I thought we’d continue this, all seven of us, into old age… Only 29 it seems such a waste—if only he realised how much he was loved and how much we would miss him.

Death is never easy to deal with I know. But these circumstances make it that much harder, it just feels so unreal, so wrong. I feel pain for how he must have felt to do this. I feel pain for his brothers, dad, mum, partner and two boys left behind. I wish I could change things, but I know I can’t.

It’s times like these we’re reminded, in the most confronting way possible, how precious life is, and that the people you love: your partner, family and friends—are so very special and that we should make sure they always know this and we always have time to let them know we care.

RIP Daniel 19-06-2006

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Mooch through Italy, France, Spain and Portugal (read all 6 entries…)
Has it really been a year? 2 years ago

Wow, time does go fast. It’s been a year since we set off on our trip overseas. Of course, it seems like longer in some senses—so much has happened. But then, when I look at the now so familiar photo of the Cinque Terre and the French Alps on my office wall I can still drift off and remember how it felt to be there: the joy of having a fire-fly land in M’s hand, the pleasure of spending hours at dinner drinking wine and musing about the world, the foriegn but friendly words of fellow diners floating in the space between… Traveling is a magical thing. Maybe South America (Chile?) next, or India…

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listen to more music. whiten my teeth learn to drive go back to college care Grow tomatoes, Watermelon, Onions & Cilantro in my mini-garden Pyxidragon wants to write haiku on fridays Find a good man Read a book every month learn to meditate buy more shoes Give away stuff on FreeCycle take a photography class get my ged online for free spread happiness learn swimming dofleinita wants to lose 5 kilos Say "no" every time i feel like it and not feel guilty get my act together learn german stop worrying make a corset know myself keep in touch with old friends find out what my blood type is change my top 8 to top 16 See Phantom of the Opera on Broadway