Back To Normal

Well, our lives are back to normal. Work, work, work, weekend. But, actually, my work for Thom is slowing down, so I actually have time. Time at my home. To do other things. Like I'm finding today, I don't know what the heck to do with this extra time. I always seem to have some inane task or hobby to occupy my time, but I think I'm all out. I'm sure I'll find something. We might be motivated to go out and do things, but it's pretty cold and cloudy every day since it's the dead of winter. It puts a damper on our already fleeting desires to go out and do stuff. If we had a car, I may want to, but public transport on a crappy day is just depressing.

Speaking of public transport, Kane had the pleasure of riding the tram to work with an outspoken drunk last Thursday. Yes, drunk at 8am; certainly a winner. At least the people on my tram route appear to generally be normal business people, so I have yet to be accosted by these unpleasantries so easily and often found on public transit.

We looked at a couple new apartments this week and so far we're not having any luck. Kane's commute is over an hour and mine is about half that, so we're trying to move somewhere east of the city that's a bit more central to where we work. We're also sort of looking for a car to buy for use on the weekends, etc. And by "looking", I mean Kane is supposed to look, which means that nothing is really happening. But still, we often say, "We need to get a car". So, maybe someday we'll actually make the effort and fork out the cash. Someday...

Other than that, not much going on. It's our birthdays next week though - whoo hoo we're getting older! We're thinking of going to see a play and maybe getting massages. And there's a rad bakery downtown with extravagant cakes, gelato, and other ridiculously delicious looking treats that I hope to patronize for a birthday binge.

Also, I'd like to give a shout out to Alana for giving me this Regina Spektor CD; it's so weird but it rocks. Thanks dude! And Happy 4th of July to all you Americans - we'll be patronizing the pride of our country in tribute - TGI Friday's - with the other American Expats in Melbourne. Yeay for mediocre food and atmosphere!