What you first notice, as you drive into the hills, is the greenery. It makes it difficult to believe that Victoria, as an entirety, was today declared a drought state. It's intriguing to see that areas still much in their natural state can survive conditions which, really, are part and parcel of the Australian environment.
The second thing you notice is the drop in temperature. The reduction in concrete, the increase in shade and the enticing breezes combine to cause the temperature to feel notably lower than horrid 35 degree Melbourne.
Today I worked in The Patch, a cute little area just out of Belgrave. Sometimes I think I could live in the bush. Then I remember I hate snakes, and windy roads make me sick. And I'm scared of bushfire, trees falling down, random bitey insects. Then I decide I'll stick with the burbs.
The GOOD thing about working in the hills today, though, was the opportunity to restock the tea cupboard, through a visit to my favourite tea store, in Sassafras. Mmmm. $30 spent in about five minutes. I love tea. (If you're interested, I restocked with Monk's Pear (similar to an earl grey style), vanilla black tea, imperial spice (spiced black), Wahgi Valley (black tea from PNG) and tried for the first time dandelion root, and fruit fantasy (a delicious smelling black based fruit tea))
Spent the rest of the day hanging with my nana, including taking her to The Scottish Rock Opera (which was pretty good tonight- the actors seem to get better each night, which is great). My nana nodded off. How anyone falls asleep three rows from the front at a ROCK OPERA (ie lots of loud singing/ screaming and a live band) is beyond me. Also sold tickets to a girl I lived with, who ducked out on the household still owing people money. Awkward.
My nana is staying in my uncle's company apartment in Port Melbourne, and waxing lyrical about how she loves Port Melbourne. I hate it. Yuppy snobsville overpriced wank of an area (yeah, tell us what you really think...). Doesn't even have a decent beach. Ugh. I hate places that charge twenty bucks for a small pizza. Get real.
Tomorrow I was thinking of auditioning for 1 vs 100, but turns out that you had to register for a time (which I totally didn't get from the website), plus Nick's going Wed night, so I am not going to do it any more. Can't do the other auditions due to Macbeth :(
Meh. I am going to Europe, anyway, so prob wouldn't be able to do the show, even if I dd get on. 12 days til bon voyage!
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