A new wave of randominity...

1. I refuse to believe that we should be blaming banana crops and the
price of fruit for the next interest rate rise. This country has
officially gone mad.

2. Some uni student commited suicide at the shopping centre near my
work yesterday. Yes - in public. It creeped me out when I heard about
it and an image of a young person doing that has been lodged in my
mind ever since. What would drive an undergrad to do something like
that?

3. Mum had this pretty close friend who moved to the U.S. about 10
years ago and they kept in touch writing almost daily emails to each
other. She was my Mum's email friend. It was cute - not one else's Mum
had email friends but my Mum did.

And yesterday Mum got an email from her friend's daughter saying that
her email friend had died. She called me and was crying on the phone.
It's hard listening to your parent cry and it's hard to know what to
say. I remember the lady - she was really nice. It's sad.

4. I feel as tired and sleep-deprived as a new mother. Okay, now I'll
prolly get hate mail from people who actually have had kids telling me
that I have no idea how bad it really is to be a new mother!

5. I know it's not for a while, but I have no idea which party to vote
for in the next federal election. One's just a disapointment after too
many years in power and has grown big-headed and made too many stupid
decisions and it feels like we're sitting in stagnant water right now.
But the other party is too incompetent for me to comprehend voting for
them and I cannot abide this country being led by Beazley - he's just
gross. At least Howard is cute if you like wombats. Maybe I'll become
an anarchist like my Dad but donkey voting is so not my style.

6. We're going on the Seven Bridges Walk this Sunday (I wish I could
do proper links when blogging via email, but cut and paste this:
http://www.7bridgeswalk.com.au/event-map.htm ).
It's 22km and will probably take about 6 hours to complete.

It's for a good cause, fellow Sydneysiders - you put a gold coin
donation when you pass each bridge and it raises money for
health-based charities where walking plays an important factor in
prevention of certain diseases: The Cancer Council, Diabetes
Australia, The Heart Foundation and the Beyond Blue national
depression initiative. All worthy causes. And even if you don't do the
charity thing, it'll be fun anyway - Sydney always looks spectacular
on the weekends - all blue skies and sparkly water. I'm looking
forward to it. (And I'm going to be very sore come Monday morning.)

7. Ever since I heard Meat Loaf sing "It's all coming back to me" on
the radio the other day, i've been a bit Meat Loaf obsessed and spent
last night watching clips for "I'd do anything for love" on YouTube.
So that's what's in my head right now. Go on, sing it, I know you want
to.

8. I just had lunch with a friend and was discussing, of all things,
babies. And when we're likely to pop one out. She said that she has
pressures from her future mother-in-law to start trying as soon as she
gets married next year. I'm lucky to have no such pressures, but I
still don't want a kiddy, not matter how cute they are. Not just yet -
maybe in three years or so. I just want to have some time where
there's no dramas - where there's nothing in particular going on in my
life - I just need some quiet time to recuperate because I feel like
I've been running in a panic without taking a break. I need a break!
And having a baby will not give me a break! So, no, no babies in
JezzyLife for now.

9. Yawn! So sleep deprived. Sorry to repeat myself, but I'm yawning
and stretching like mad here, plus I have to go out to dinner tonight
- one of the managers has invited our whole team to his house. Gawd.
That's the last thing I feel like doing today - I fear I shall fall
asleep standing up, holding a glass of wine.

And all I really want to do go home, get changed into my trackydaks,
and eat my leftover cottage pie while sitting on the sofa and watching
(*checks TV guide*) Futurama, Catalyst, RPA and Family Guy. And then
get into bed and read. Bliss.

Is that so much to ask?!