the first day..... of holidays..... of the blog.......

Ok here goes. After looking on urban dictionary to find another interesting name for ‘teacher’ to call my blog – I have wasted (or should I say lost) 1 hour of my life albeit having a few laughs out loud and learning a few new terms such as ‘bi-polar coaster’, ’fartapnea’, ‘i-finger’, ‘holiday-hangover’ and too many more, way too unladylike to have come out of me in writing. I have looked up the names of my family, my other half, and our last-names to find out that ours is another word for drugs.

So for the time being I am going to write in word and then transfer to cyber-space after I write this entry.

On my quest to improve my memory and document life in some form, I am setting out to write a bit of a diary. In order to have it kept private (you're reading this so it can't be that private!), as well as minimising paper waste, have decided to go online. In all honesty I know I would probably sensor more if I knew that it may be stumbled upon by one of my nearest and dearest looking for gym gear / a dress / a diary. So this way the problem of accidentally stumbling upon said diary is solved. If the truth be known I am quite forgetful and want to have some memories of life to colour conversations with and share with my grandchildren some day.

So it’s finally the school holidays which means that the time has come around whereby I have given my soul to the kiddies all term and really need to just relax. After spending Friday night madly filing the last of my floating paper mess, and then Saturday spent tidying and cleaning the upstairs part of our home (shared with 'Si' and his father as we save for our own house), yesterday was a time to either start on job applications or start to wind down. I chose wind down. A clean-out of the car, lazy walk with the dogs followed by a long read of the paper, home-manicure and watching the last episode of the block curled up in the man sized brown suede bean bag has meant that the wind down has properly begun. Tomorrow am off to catch up with a girlfriend Jess, and her new little baby boy followed by a netball break-up dinner at the Corner hotel. Might pop around to visit some good friends of ours that have just had their second baby.

Wednesday is catching up with mum, my sister and her boyfriend for dinner, and then Thursday looking forward to hanging out with my cousin who will be coming down from the country for the day to have a break from her two kids. We grew up like sisters, being 6 months apart, and she is one of the most special people in my life although we don’t see each other too often. Friday – catching up with some girlfriends from work to do a cupcake course, and then next week the man and I will head off to the beach for a week to relax and rejuvenate for the term ahead. We just booked tickets to Thailand the other night for Christmas, and am really excited. Has been so long since we’ve been on a holiday, really makes the cold and miserable weather of the moment really not seem so bad.

And on that note..... the blog begins. Si is on his way back from checking out an even for work. After falling asleep last night face-down on the carpet (following a 'whetting') – will no doubt be tired and possibly grumpy. Off to see what’s on telly, and then hot chocolate, some Jeffery Archer (not quite Shade's of Grey but will keep me engaged enough to enjoy but then send me off to sleep without being too exciting!).

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind. Dr. Seuss