thank you universe...

i said to ben earlier, before i got an email which could potentially turn out to be something fabulous, that i felt as though i was on the verge of something big!

i'm just really grateful right now for all the opportunities that are coming my way, for my ability to be myself and having learned some patience...

it's a luxury i wasn't expecting to be able to really consider what it is i want to be doing with my life rather than feeling i have to do whatever will pay the bills...

it's funny, i always thought that financial security came from earning a lot of money! but over the last few months i have learned that maybe spending a bit less and being a bit more sensible is actually a big part of it...

so, thank you universe - i am reallly happy with where i am at right now and looking forward to all of the opportunities that will come my way - i feel as though all the visualising and dreaming and projecting is working and it's all coming together...

and who doesn't love it when a plan comes together?

my very first paying

coaching client signed up today! i am thrilled! i met up with him last week, sent him an email proposal and he sent back an email today saying he'd like to work with me.....and pay me!

so that abn i got in january is now gonna get it's first 'outing' and i am now officially 'in business'!

i'm so proud of myself...this is the sort of work i have wanted to do for a long long time and finally now someone will pay me to partake in their journey :-)

on another note i have a job interview tomorrow - great role, very close to my perfect role, so fingers crossed!

gotta go to bed now to a) get my beauty sleep and b) get to bed at a reasonable hour so i can get up at a not so reasonable hour to wash my hair...groan!

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not only is it...

good to have a fantastic partner, but it's even better to have a resident IT helpdesk in your own home...

need i say more? really?

no more ringing the providers helpdesk, i simply turn my chair around and ask ben nicely and he sorts things out...

not like there was too much to sort out - this move has been, to date, rather seemless...

let's hope it continues!

we're changing isp's...

that's why i've been so quiet - come the 21st of this month we'll be on a new service which we hope is a) more reliable and b) significantly cheaper...

when we're back up i'll write some more

on another note i had a FANTASTIC (but short) catch up with my dearest sister leaf yesterday - so good to see you girl - wish you lived here!!

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i got a new...

dvd player finally! i've had my current one for maybe 5 years and it's been good - it's probably only gotten bad in the last few months due to overuse! so i guess i can't blame the manufacturer...

sooo i now have one that is multi-region, meaning that i can play dvd's from the US so we don't have to wait the ridiculous amount of time it takes things to arrive here in Aus...

very happy!

happy 27th anniversary...

yep, 27 years ago to the day we arrived in australia...

it was (contrary to what my dad promised us) bloody freezing, and in fact snowing when we arrived at richmond airbase! and almost colder in canberra when we arrived there a day or so later...

however, 27 years on, i can't think of a single reason that would make me want to go back to england (well, at least not to live there) - i reflect on this every year at this time and if my dad was here (he was the driving force behind us moving here, after a short stint in adelaide in 1974/5) then i would call him and thank him...

see, i cannot imagine what my life would have been like if we'd stayed there, and no doubt it would have been just fine, but australia is my home...and seriously, who wouldn't want to call it home??

so thanks dad! bloody ingenious decision on your part and one i won't ever forget...

can't wait to see you tuesday

go blues!

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don't know what took me so long...

to get help for my back/hip problem...

i've been suffering since november and until the other day i really thought it might just get better on it's own - who was i kidding?

sooo i've now had 2 sessions with my new physio (she's great) and i'm noticing an improvement already -it's gonna be a reasonably painful and long road methinks - probably coz i was stubborn and left it way too long!

sometimes i wonder why i waited so long - i guess a small part of me was scared that they might tell me i needed a hip replacement and with everything else going on the thought of surgery was too much, and to me (and this is not intended to be offensive to anybody reading) hip replacement is usually surgery done to old people or elite sportsmen and women....so i think there had been enough other stuff going on in my health/life so that i didn't want one more little thing to make me feel old...

and don't get me wrong, i have no issue telling people how old i am (i'm 40) but i have really started to notice a decline in my ability to repair when things go wrong and i guess it just doesn't feel that good :-(

anyway, onwards and upwards, new physio is good, nice to talk to also, exercises are good and don't hurt and i'm slowly moving out of the 'in pain 24 hours a day' phase...

lleyton v's andy...

what is a girl to do? i'm torn, really i am...

coupla years ago i would have gone for andy, hands down, no thought required...in fact i did go for andy in the 2005 aus open semi (lleyton ended up winning and then got beaten in the final by my other fave, the cranky russian, aka marat safin...)

but now i'm older and wiser, and of course with the lovely ben, so andy is no longer the love of my life, and of course lleyton has grown up and he's playing some amazing tennis...

so i think i'm gonna put country ahead of former flame, although the truth is, i don't mind who wins - what i want to see is them both play good tennis, and feel that they gave it their best no matter who comes out on top...

so go lleyton and go andy....may the best many win

now my only decision is whether to stay up or not, since another men's qtr final will be on beforehand and it could well be a 1am start...

sure i don't have a job to get up and go to (this is a good thing), but i do have a coffee date with a girlfriend and i'd like to be awake to hear her news...

decisions, decisions!