Haiku

Flowers are confused

they are waiting for their time

When will winter end?

Daily Outfit: Day Two, Round Two

Is anybody else sick of this rain?!



Hey, fancy that! I wore the same stockings on my second day last prac. Spooky.

Daily Outfit: Day One, Round Two

Another week, another workplace.




I've started at a new school for the next five weeks. The dilemma of what to wear!

Remember my last practicum? It's a whole lot colder and wetter this time round. Thankfully the flowers are starting to come out.

Daily Outfit: A perfect Sunday

Bliss! Sunshine and bliss! A glorious 18˚C on Sunday and everybody was out celebrating it.

I had a delicious lie-in, went for a ride through the parks of Adelaide, enjoyed a long, lazy lunch with the boyfriend's parents and had a nap before riding to the warmth of home.

I didn't even need a jacket under the blue skies.

The ride home was a bit nippy that night.

Yes yes my friends, I successfully ran the gauntlet of meeting the in-laws for the first time. Hope they didn't find my outfit too cray-cray.

My Very Entertaining Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizza pies

Oh Pluto, I miss you.

Four years ago today, the International Astronomical Union redefined the term "planet", and consequently booted Pluto out of the Solar System. Now it's been demoted to a humble "dwarf planet". Poor Pluto.

School children around the English-speaking world revolted! How could they accept this new view of the Solar System, one devoid of delicious pizza pies? Clearly they needed a new mnemonic to commit the order of planets to memory. What did they come up with?

My Very Entertaining Mother Just Served Us Nachos



It doesn't have the same ring to it, does it....



Last night I devoured a swiss brown mushroom laden pizza at Good Life in Pluto's honour.

Daily Outfit: D-day

Sequin Cat's interpretation of a 'neutral' outfit (sequins! Sequins! More sequins!) to not give away her political preferences on election day. Plus, democracy is a cause to celebrate, no?



Mmm, peach ice tea cordial.

Pet Peeves

While chatting with a friend over a brew or two last night he asked me what my top three pet peeves were. The first two came to mind immediately but I was somewhat stuck in deciding on a third.

Without further ado,

1. Warm money. When somebody hands you their change that has warmed up in their hands.... shudder


2. Knife licking. We may be having the most amazing dinner date, but as soon as your tongue goes anywhere near your knife it's all over.
   

For number three, I didn't want to go for the predictable spitting/not washing your hands/talking loudly on the phone on public transport/bad grammar.... they're just too easy. Perhaps this is a good sign that I'm a relatively easy-going person.


What are your pet peeves/dealbreakers/whatever you'd like to call them?

Daily Outfit: Rainy Day

Thursday was a wet one!





Can't wait for spring.

Daily Outfit: Little Red Riding Boots

Got dressed in a hurry again.





I feel like I've worn a very similar outfit to this before. I'm not one for repetition. I should really get into tagging my posts....




ETA: Found! Summer version; Autumn version.

Wednesday Wrap-up

Howdy folks! I realised I hadn't done a decent Wrap-up for ages so I hope this makes up for it.


Great week. Despite, err, being sick. This meant that as soon as I got home from Uni I'd ignore the assignments piling up and hop into bed with a book instead, or watch the ABC with my mom.


I recovered enough to go see my friends Steering by Stars play at The Gov on Thursday night. It feels good to hang out with old friends sometimes, you know?



On Friday I acted as a language assistant and helped some high school students practise their French. After, I headed to the central markets to pick up supplies (cheese!) for my weekend away.




Ahhh, ABC. A Beachhouse at Carrackalinga. So reluctant to come home on Sunday evening after time spent cosying up with books, DVDs, cooking, walking along the beach, climbing a hill, visiting local shops and picnicking at a waterfall.

I want to feel like this all the time.

As sometimes happens on Sunday nights, I had a little freakout (hurrah for stress) but pulled through and cranked my assignments for the week. I'm on top of things now (except for the essay due Friday. Which I'll start Thursday night, right?). Uni is such a joke at the moment; nobody can stop complaining about the appalling quality of the lectures. I'm gritting my teeth and keeping my head down. Getting good marks is the only thing keeping me going!


At least I start teaching prac next week. I went in to my school on Monday to have a little look around and feel confident in starting the new experience. This time round I'm working closer to home so will be able to ride my bike everyday.



That's it for me for now. I'm reading the second book of the His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman, playing Civilisation on my DS a little too much, watching politics on the ABC, meeting my prac supervisors, eating crumpets for breakfast and afternoon tea, watching film adaptations (Atonement and Felafel at the weekend), enjoying the first tastes of spring despite the cold weather, socialising at band, dreaming about the future and spending my time studying with the cat on my lap(top).