In the last few weeks I have:

lost 4 kg (so far - we have a group effort going at work, and if you gain weight you gotta pay $5)
started playing water polo
met a Very Nice Man
spent 48+ hrs straight outside, swagging it beside the campfire on a beautiful piece of land 45 mins from home, with the aforementioned Very Nice Man
renovated my bedroom (photos coming once the windows have been done and the orange is all gone)
been rather sick due to mould poisoning after renovating my bedroom (lesson learned: wear a mask!)
made a few new friends
spent quite a bit of time reading about Mr. Unavailable and the Fallback Girl
had my first pedicure (photos coming at some stage)
delivered a 45min presentation on shame to 50 or so school teachers
fallen in love with Abbie Cardwell after seeing her play at the Grace Emily
been to see Michael Franti and Spearhead (3hrs straight they played, it was an awesome gig!)
lost money on the Melbourne Cup, yet again
experimented with mail order shopping (FAIL - my body shape is such that I’ve just gotta try stuff on before I buy it)
started hanging out at a local pub (again with the aforementioned VNM)
stopped experiencing sciatic pain in my left leg
broke a toe on my right foot (actually, that one was just last night - the colour of it is stupendous! I will make that today’s photo I think!)
had a number of very nice dinners out
generally not been home anywhere near as much as I usually am and hence -
lost the beautiful cat Billy Boy to nearby neighbours
gained a prospective sister-in-law

So as you can see, i have been pretty busy, and not on the computer much. I havent been taking many photos either, despite my resolve to take at least a photo a day. I should get back to that again, but then i have to edit them and all that, and there is such a stack of pics already waiting to be edited, inc from back in July when Kuri was visiting! Bah, enough excuses already. Do, or do not. There is no try.

• Kristen (Tokyo) said on 08/11/12 at 10:07 PM.....

  Wow, you have been very busy. So happy to hear about the VNM and all the exciting activities you have been doing. I can’t believe you broke your toe just after your leg felt better. You have bad lower-body karma, don’t you?

• martine said on 08/11/12 at 10:21 PM.....

  oh, a VNM? yay, delightful news. They’re hard to come by it seems….

  You sound really happy, J.

  Hugs

  M. xo

• j-ster (Planet Happy) said on 08/11/13 at 02:55 PM.....

  I am indeed happy, not really feeling like i deserve it, but still, trying my best not to muck it up.
  Not really sure what is going on with the lower-body injury thing.. Maybe im just gonna have to launder my karma.

• Ashman said on 08/11/15 at 02:49 AM.....

  yes, older Thredgold there is no try, only do…...
  action, reaction
  so saith the Lotus Root

• arumanda said on 08/11/15 at 01:50 PM.....

  hooray for you.  so many nice, lovely, positive things happening for you.  lovely to see you here again.

  for the most part, i believe that we create what we feel we deserve.  i hope that really deep down inside, you believe you deserve all that’s happening. because you do. and in essence you have created it all anyway.
  enjoy enjoy enjoy.

  hip hip hooray for you!

• Fiona said on 08/11/28 at 01:29 PM.....

  I can’t wait to catch up in person! You made the space for the VNM, and there he is, just what you ordered by the sound of it XX