Present and Future Tense

OK anyone still reading my blog now I'm back in Melbourne- my apologies for complete lack of posting. Originally I blamed Nick for taking the computer on holiday (lucky computer), but he's been back an entire 5 days and I still haven't blogged. I know, slack. I should be poked with sharp sticks. Or something.

So I've been home three weeks. Only three weeks. In some ways it feels like I never actually left. In other ways it feels like I must have been away for years, because everything is weird. I'm sure that will pass. That or I'll just go away again so I have valid reason for feeling like a foreigner...

Plans for this are already in the works. I figure that, as I was supposed to be away until next August anyway, the rest of this year is prime travel time (Hey, I've got non-refundable travel insurance until mid August! Might as well use it). Hence I am planning to hang out in Europe with Lisa from April til June-ish (France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, anywhere else we get around to). If finances permit (which means working like a dog in the hope of this, but ok!), I want to visit New Zealand and WA or NT for a few weeks/ month each. We'll see how we go. I had vague aspriations of spending New Year's in New Zealand, but then Rami suggested having a bouncy castle in his parent's backyard. I really like bouncy castles...

I am back temping, receptionist extraordinaire. I've looked at teaching jobs, but, because it's the end of the year, there isn't much work around. Plenty of ads for next year, but I really only want first term work so I can travel, and most jobs at the moment are full year positions. But I'll keep looking. I'd rather be temping than teaching, but I'd rather be travelling than teaching. Priorities :P

Trying to stave off 'myeh'ness (This is a condition which involves me looking at options for my life- long and short term- and responding with verbal 'myeh' and mental dejection). Hoping to learn a language, or find an Indonesian cooking class, or do a wine tasting course, or, I don't know, write a novel in November. Something that will interest me for longer than my current goldfish attention span.

Cup Day is coming up :) Yay for days off to watch small, brightly coloured men clinging to speeding horses. I have bought an utterly hideous dress for cup day- but don't worry, that's deliberate. Our Cup Day party is 70s themed. Now that's something they don't get in Indonesia- dress ups. *sigh* I KNEW there was a reason I came home! :)