Well, as of yesterday I am officially living with Gentil! In sin, as my mother so kindly pointed out. In jest.. I hope. The girls aren’t coping all that well, unfortunately. Katie is taking it exceptionally hard. She sobbed on the phone to me last night, and it damn near broke my heart. I can only hope that in time they will adjust and learn to live with the fact that their big sister has a life that doesn’t revolve around them any more. I miss them already, though, especially Mum! I think she is taking it hard as well, she misses having me around. Plus, she is worried about me making a mistake, I guess.

I’ve lived my life without mistakes for far too long, I think it’s about time I started to make a few of my own mistakes and stopped learning from the mistakes others have made. Although I don’t think that moving out is a mistake, it may (down the road) turn out to be one. If it does, then it does. I’m not worrying about it, for once. I’m just enjoying being out of home, independent and in love. Now all I want to do is get back to school and catch up there, and I’ll have my life back on track. My life certainly has been an interesting series of ups and downs, even at my relatively young age.

Everything fit into the spare room, thankfully. I have my new doona cover on my bed and the whole room looks very inviting. Rylee seems to be settling in well, and has been successfully going to her paper to do business. No accidents yet! She didn’t whine a lot last night, either, which I am thankful for. It broke my heart last time I tried to move her here with me and she whined all night, it honestly did. She hasn’t gone off her food, either, and she seems to be happy to spend time with Gentil and I. This weekend is Anthony’s birthday, and we’re going to take her with us to Sunbury. Anthony and Nicole have a little dog called Skye, so I hope her and Rylee get along.

I had a rather interesting encounter with an ankle-biter the other day. I was walking to the station, and an old lady was walking her little dog towards me. I moved off the path to allow room and the dog strained on the leash to get closer to me. As the lady passed me, it jumped on my leg, growling its little head off. I felt a slight sting, but I didn’t think anything of it. I just brushed the ankle-biter off and kept walking. A couple of steps later, though, the stinging got really bad. Like, ‘a thousand fire ants are biting your calf’ kind of bad. So I stop, and peel back my jeans.. and it turns out the little dog BIT me. Broke the skin, even! Thank god I had a tetanus booster three years ago.

I saw something written in the concrete near work the other day: “Bruce & Nat”. It reminded me so strongly of the relationship that Bruce had with his sister. I can definitely imagine them writing something like that in wet concrete. Even though I know it wasn’t them, it gave me a nice warm glow to imagine they did. Writing this has reminded me of something I meant to post AGES ago.. I will post it tomorrow. I also want to try and write something inspired by a picture I took a while ago, and when I have I think I’ll post it on the WB forums for critiquing. I have been attempting to write over the last few days, but have had some trouble.

McDonalds has been holding a competition for the naming of the new “NameIt Burger”. I cannot believe the name that was chosen as the winner: The Backyard Burger. Can I just say now, that this is the gayest name for a hamburger that I have ever heard of. The first alternate name I thought of was: The Backdoor Burger. *shakes her head* Terrible. Still, I’m sure the person who named is very happy, and good luck to them. They’re from Western Australia, so I’m not too shamed. At least they’re not from my state.

In other news, OldnGrey (the admin on SQ) has reinstated skill gain over time on the shard! I am SO rapt.. I doubt he even knows how excited I am. Now I can get in game and roleplay, and I don’t have to worry about sitting there double clicking a stack of firewood for three million hours, hehe. I’m very happy about this, and I really like the new gump that OnG implemented, too. It will make the options more accessible to players who may not even realise they’re there, despite the reminders.

I am reading Emma by Jane Austen at the moment, and I’m going to add a section next week to this site so I can post my thoughts and opinions on it. I have enjoyed it so far, despite the challenge of the different language. I’m surprised that a book so devoted to development of characters could capture my attention so entirely, but it has. I’m enjoying it immensely, and I’m planning on tackling Great Expectations by Charles Dickens next.

Ciao, everyone. xox