fie-guratively speaking

let’s go.

pit stops and all.

 .

i love that no matter how rough-along-the-edges i feel, or how tired i am after a long day’s work, it all disappears in light of a single phone call.

if i lay here

if i just lay here

would you lie with me

and just forget the world.

cheers to my old college chum, josh, for a yummy dinner treat tonite! we had a jolly natter over good jap food and caught up with the latest goss. it’s super that even with the spanned years and miles between us, nothing seems to have changed. live jazz band sessions soon, yeh, mate?

don’tcha just love catching up with old friends and reconnecting?

punctuate the days

with missives that evoke smiles.

even with expanse,

enough.

according to the Boy, it’s thankful thursday, cos “it’s so close to friday”. he’s been bitten by the alliteration bug (think “merry monday” and “wacky wednesday”). you gotta love the creativity.  

:)

it’s been an exhausting week.

work has been keeping me on my toes, literally. i don’t know why i bothered signing up with fitness first. running up and down the alice smith hallways everyday ought to give me a more than enough muscle work-out. my ten year olds are such darlings. they remind me of the things i used to do when i was in primary school - from the pepsi-cola, stomp-on-your-foot jumps, to the i-friend-you-today-but-not-tomorrow sagas (oh gawsh, how i remember those). i feel old everytime i tell them i used to play this or that game.  like…corrr…. these kids are more than a decade younger.

today, on the bus on the way back from our museum field trip, ella took my hand, looked at my rings and asked if i was married.

…..

i mean, i’m older but not that old.

my days are tiring, but oh so worth while.

things are awfully quiet without the sister.

i miss lauren lollipop.

the heRo turns twenty-four today.

happy birthday, rockstar.  you may not live across the street anymore, but i’d much rather be apart (only for a little while!) than not have you in my life at all.  so glad i’ve got you. have a fab day!

*muah*

;)

congratulations and loadsa hugs to the brand new mr & mrs soo mun keong!!

*throws confetti and pops the champagne*

:)

cheers to the Girl who continually amazes me with her zest for life and zeal for those around her and to the Guy who first extended the hand of friendship to a scared and lost melbourne undergrad.  may your journey together be a sweet one and may your days be filled with every blessing He has to offer. love you both!

***

mish mash of pictures that have been long overdue up here.

concord breaths

say everything

you want to hear.

and for a shining second,

the velvetreds close on

absence.

***

goodbyes suck.

majorly.

confounded ldr *grumblegrumblegrousegrousegrouse*

that said, there are things to be happy about.

my mum, for instance, who has been an absolute, rocking cool person in inviting the boy over and even letting him hang till the wee hours of the morning. yes, folks. it took me a while to get back from the land of Slack-Jaw Surprise too.

someone must have played his cards right!

:)

imissyoualready. we’ll always have sunsets&sketches.