My wish is for unlimited long weekends!

Hey friends! Hope you've enjoyed your second long weekend in a row?! Between the bunnies and the Anzac ceremonies, and the unseasonal sunshine, wowzers it's been a great couple of weeks!

Our long weekend was a brilliant combination of quiet down-time and fun autumn outings. Anzac Day was observed pretty quietly at home, some yoga in the morning, some footy watching in the afternoon. Saturday we spent time with some magic friends of ours, eating dinner and planning more of our trip to Western Australia in August (YAY!). Sunday was just a freakin' ripper of a day. The sun was shining, breakfast and coffees and long overdue catch ups, a quick paper read in the sun out the back at home and then more footy!  I've very quickly come to realise that in Melbourne, it's kinda the go-to activity? I'm totally ok with it, hot coffees in the afternoon sun, cheering, people watching... Reminds me of how much I love this town! My team won on Friday (yes!), Dunc's team didn't win today (nawwww), but it was just really great to have a good old fashioned afternoon out.

Right now we're camped by the fire, watching ok-just-ONE-MORE-episode of The Bridge (if you're not watching it, please start immediately!) getting ready for our week. Gosh, even with an extra day this weekend, it still feels crazy that tomorrow is Monday!

Hope your weekend was just as brilliant! Maybe even more brilliant?! Lucky you! :)

[This book! I know I'm like a million years late to the party but, man! This book! I got through a fair chunk of it this weekend sitting right here :)]

[Yeah, so I rarely left the fire this weekend... We love it!]

[Penny is more in love with the firewood than the fire... Silly girl!]

[Anzac day! Collingwood won! I drank red wine on the couch!

YAAAAAAAAY!]

[Pen was interested in me for my warmth, but quickly learnt I was being way too noisy and shouty for her liking and moved to the other end of the room. Ha!]

[In order to go grocery shopping, you gotta fuel up guys! And before you ask, no these were NOT both for me :)]

[The delis at Prahran Market... My word!]

[Our spoils from the Market for delicious homemade souvlakis (Thanks Gourmet Girlfriend!...]

[... that were devoured with this little gang!]

[More footy! With a scarf change?! I'm a part-time Bulldogs supporter... but my blood will always bleed black and white :)]

[Peezel also gets involved in the costume change]

[Looking on! Go dogs!]

[Oh, Melbourne, you just don't quit]

what are you trying to tell me, my dear body?

I have officially been in the wars. And when I say officially I mean not a single soul other than I have made anything official and when I say wars I mean not actual wars. But my poor, aching body has been trying to tell me a little something of late.

I've battled head colds, fevers, racking coughs, fainting and spewing in the street after blood tests (embarrassing!) and now! to top it all off! my wisdom teeth are being the biggest jerks in the entire world and making half of my face look squirrel-hiding-nuts-ish. Geez! Gimme a break already!

Now while I know this is absolutely nothing, and so many people deal with so much worse, I do have to think there's a little somethin' somethin' goin' on here. I get it, body, you're not happy with me. And I hear ya! It might have taken me the whole month of August but I hear ya. Better late than never/in hospital, right?! I've really been making an effort to hold up my end of the bargain and prioritising my health and sleep and healthy food and taking deep breaths and letting go of stress. While the symptoms suck, I'm so grateful for the slow down message and even more grateful for a body that can heal.

And in the meantime, before these sucky wisdom teeth get pulled the heck out, I've decided the best thing to help me smile with a big, fat face is some bright-ass clothes and lipstick.

(spot the fat cheek!!)

xx

the weekend. iphone evidence.

This weekend just passed was a lot of fun.

Friday: drinks and dinner with some wonderful friends we had just been to the U.S with. It was so great to see their faces again and to hear the rest of their adventures after we all farewelled beautiful Alaska. There were even a few mentions of heading back for another trip in the Winter, so look out AK!

Saturday: a little bit of work in the morning, a little bit of unsuccessful possum rescuing at Dunc's Mum and Dad's ( we tried little guy! :( ), a quick sushi lunch date then some home hangs in the afternoon. I was in a top 10 foul mood on Saturday so it was probably a great reason to hibernate a bit. Watched movies and read books in bed. No study was undertaken despite the best of intentions. Whoops.

Sunday: the sun was out, we ate bagels and drank coffee in the morning rays, visited my new favourite place, the nursery, looked at potential new homes (!!!!!) checked out the pop-up People's Market in Collingwood with my dazzlingly pretty friend Bianca, held an impromptu food truck picnic in a car park, ate tacos and corn and talked and talked, nearly got blown off a rooftop bar, ate a beautiful sponge cake after dinner (still celebrating my birthday! luckyyyyy!!), and finally caught up with some  friends for some late night cricket watching while the boys drank espresso martinis. My friends are the coolest/craziest.

xx

walk a mile

Tuesday's are my sleepy morning day. Most days during the week I'm up in the dark hours, before the birds, before the world wakes, in the peace and the still. I'm already working away before some people's iPhone alarms have greeted them good morning. I think GASP I'm becoming a morning person.

Tuesday mornings are my favourite though. It's my one morning of the week where there's not much of a schedule, I can lay in the warm, wrinkled sheets (body clock doesn't always remember I don't have to be awake at 5am) and read, or look at beautiful things and blogs on the internet, or study. I can make myself a long lazy breakfast, dawdle down the road for a glorious coffee. Just... take my time.

This morning I pottered. Watched the clouds draw nearer with Penny Cat by my side. Washed towels. Packed away clean dishes. Felt the morning drag along, which is such a beautiful feeling. By the time it came to leave for my afternoon at work, I was looking forward to the stroll. My walk takes me past Melbourne's Botanic Gardens, which seem so fiery and alive during these cooler, crisper months. My walk was slow and deliberate, my milky hot coffee keeping my hands warm, taking in the greens, oranges and rusty, deep reds of the garden. Admiring and breathing it in.

Tuesday mornings remind me life is good and quiet is wonderful. As frantic and fast-paced as life can be, this time is mine to savour.

Enjoy your Tuesday darlings.

xx