26/05/2008
Corner may have been turned …
don’t want to speak too soon – but things are looking a whole lot better!!! 
First I have a car!!! 
A lovely green brum brum – which is timely as…
I have a job!! 
I actually had the offer of 2!!! (But had to choose one which was sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo hard!!! 
because they both are in great schools and offer me new opportunities 
but I start term 3 – which is still a bit of time away …
plenty of time to play hostess to My 
Beloved’s Mum who is coming up for a visit 
which I’m really looking forward to.
And my visa has been extended without ANY fuss 
– in a record time of 2 weeks – (well compared to last year’s 6 month effort!!!) and I have my passport back in my hot little hand … 
Sadly my creative writing class was cancelled 
– only 2 of us enrolled – so that’s a bit disappointing …
But I still have the reading group to look forward to … the book for this month is Dry by Augusten Burroughs -his memoirs of being in rehab and recovery from alcoholism – not a preachy dull book but funny and sad and thought provoking – I know when I’m ‘in’ to a book cos I read it in the ‘voice’ of someone I know – and both books I’ve read by this author (I also read Magical Thinking a book of short autobiographical ‘stories’ – which I thought was funnier!!) were read in the voice of someone I knew from way back who had alsorts of delusions of grandeur even at a young age!!! And who I could imagine going down a similar life path to Augusten as an adult … 
Went to see the new Indiana Jones – great way to spend a Sunday afternoon – but was made extra special cos we had a ‘Gold Class Experience’ 
The seats reclined, and had foot rests and were wider than normal … and as we were on the front row it was like being on a sofa in front of the biggest TV you could have in your own lounge … 
I fear I may never be able to go back to just sitting up right at the cinema … 
it was way 
for now
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