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annwfyn...but then, he has said his goal for his trip to Australia was to drink a lot and play pool with Nic.
Sally's plans for Australia, which featured more tourism, seem to be slowing up. So far I've manged to go shopping and find some amazing goth and boho type shops, book plane tickets up to Sydney for four days next week and visit the Melbourne Aquarium and zoo. I've also drunk more out here than I have done in months in the UK, and role played an alarming amount as well. So far I've been to two games, had one one-on-one rp session with a very nice man who plays the Lord Regent of Melbourne, and played in jez's play-yourself game which he ran randomly for a bunch of people out here last night. New depths were plumbed, finally ending up with me and my exciting new friends getting stranded next to the River Styx. We escaped leaving Cerberus on the loose, and Hades probably trying to get his claws into us.
At least Nic didn't decide to summon the demons he had access to and make a deal with them.
I'm trying to work out whether I feel horribly geeky for the amount of role playing and drinking I've been doing (compared to the amount of sight seeing) but I don't think I do. It's been lovely meeting new people, and Nic and jez do only get to see each other every three years or so and therefore it is probably a good thing that they are hanging out a lot. It's also been very fun to kick back and just enjoy life without worrying about what I'm meant to be doing in the morning and whether I'm wasting good studying time. Everything a holiday should be.
Nic and Mandy are leaving Melbourne to go on holiday to the UK (oh - the irony!) on Friday, and so after that I suspect we'll have a lot more time sight seeing. Tonight we're being taken out to the restaurant which apparently does the biggest steaks in Australia. Sunday we're going to see jez's extended Sri Lankan family who mostly live in Melbourne now, although jez did murmur something about hunting for a stunt double to take his place.
I've been in an odd but I think increasingly good mood. Going away always does wonders for me. It lets me put things in place, work out what is something that it is worth worrying about, and what has just been nonsense that I've allowed to build up in my head. I always come back feeling a lot more sane, and to be honest getting a break from things has also been incredibly medicinal in terms of making me step away from things such as university work which has been dominating my brain for ages. The other good thing is that I've realised that despite all the work and all the stress, I'm still looking forward to next term and my thesis. I do know so much more than I did before. I have learnt so much and I have been so lucky to have gotten as much out of this last year as I have.
The weather is gorgeous today here, by the way. It's bright and sunny and warm enough that I can wander around in a t shirt. The air is fresh and clean and I'm meant to be meeting Nic and jez in a couple of hours and so I really ought to go.
Be well. Feel loved. See you all soon.
Sally's plans for Australia, which featured more tourism, seem to be slowing up. So far I've manged to go shopping and find some amazing goth and boho type shops, book plane tickets up to Sydney for four days next week and visit the Melbourne Aquarium and zoo. I've also drunk more out here than I have done in months in the UK, and role played an alarming amount as well. So far I've been to two games, had one one-on-one rp session with a very nice man who plays the Lord Regent of Melbourne, and played in jez's play-yourself game which he ran randomly for a bunch of people out here last night. New depths were plumbed, finally ending up with me and my exciting new friends getting stranded next to the River Styx. We escaped leaving Cerberus on the loose, and Hades probably trying to get his claws into us.
At least Nic didn't decide to summon the demons he had access to and make a deal with them.
I'm trying to work out whether I feel horribly geeky for the amount of role playing and drinking I've been doing (compared to the amount of sight seeing) but I don't think I do. It's been lovely meeting new people, and Nic and jez do only get to see each other every three years or so and therefore it is probably a good thing that they are hanging out a lot. It's also been very fun to kick back and just enjoy life without worrying about what I'm meant to be doing in the morning and whether I'm wasting good studying time. Everything a holiday should be.
Nic and Mandy are leaving Melbourne to go on holiday to the UK (oh - the irony!) on Friday, and so after that I suspect we'll have a lot more time sight seeing. Tonight we're being taken out to the restaurant which apparently does the biggest steaks in Australia. Sunday we're going to see jez's extended Sri Lankan family who mostly live in Melbourne now, although jez did murmur something about hunting for a stunt double to take his place.
I've been in an odd but I think increasingly good mood. Going away always does wonders for me. It lets me put things in place, work out what is something that it is worth worrying about, and what has just been nonsense that I've allowed to build up in my head. I always come back feeling a lot more sane, and to be honest getting a break from things has also been incredibly medicinal in terms of making me step away from things such as university work which has been dominating my brain for ages. The other good thing is that I've realised that despite all the work and all the stress, I'm still looking forward to next term and my thesis. I do know so much more than I did before. I have learnt so much and I have been so lucky to have gotten as much out of this last year as I have.
The weather is gorgeous today here, by the way. It's bright and sunny and warm enough that I can wander around in a t shirt. The air is fresh and clean and I'm meant to be meeting Nic and jez in a couple of hours and so I really ought to go.
Be well. Feel loved. See you all soon.
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Date: 2005-07-06 08:56 am (UTC)no subject
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