Ugh, April.

Well hi April.  I didn’t see you sidle in the door.  Why are you here already? WHY?!? However, thank you for giving me Autumn, the season of skirts and boots.

Some crazy (busy with work, karate, roller derby, family), yet lazy (been so busy, just want to watch Buffy) months have just flown by – I have glimpses of house work (when does the washing/tidying/cleaning end!? NEVER?! What do you mean NEVER?!), yard work, lots of driving back and forth from work (an hour each way sometimes, that’s TWO HOURS of my day just GONE), family dinners, preparations for karate classes and gradings, and more roller derby than one could poke a referee at.

Ross and I celebrated our one year wedding anniversary yesterday, too.  Dinner at The Meat & Wine Co. on Southbank, Melbourne. Here’s some photahs…

My intentions regards blogging are irrelevant.  I’m learning to let go of anxiety surrounding construction of mountains made from molehills – a job I am far too qualified at.  I’ll post when I remember to, and that’s OK.

Oh, and it’s not just me, or you.  Even little kids in my karate class are saying ‘wow, summer went past really quickly!’ – and kids don’t say that.  Kids see summer stretch on and on and on.  Jeez, I miss kid summers.

We now resume our regularly scheduled broadcast.

OK, so.  The biggest thing that has changed since July 2012 (jeez!) is that I am now a roller derby skater.  I started with a local club flat-track roller derby club in September, and haven’t looked back.  If you want a sport that is tough, fast, skilled, strategic and fun, go find a roller derby club.  More that all of this, your roller derby club becomes your family faster than you can believe.  I am at Yellow Star level right now, with about three more months of training before I can step up and be part of the bouting team.  If you don’t know what roller derby is, watch this:

YouTube is full of videos of how to play, tips and tricks, and snippets from games (called ’bouts’). You can also watch the movie Whip It, which is the reason I became interested in derby in the first place, though take no notice of the punch-ups, the blatant illegal tactics, or the banked track. If you’re really REALLY interested, let me know and come down to one of our training sessions! We love Fresh Meat skaters!

Second biggest to that, I have taken up a part time job (to supplement my current full-time job, yes, I am perhaps exhibiting my inability to say no to things) as a veterinary nurse, to get my head and hand back in to an industry I love, and miss.  I think the work schedule needs a little tweaking before it fits perfectly, but working with a wonderful Head Vet, in a team of wonderful vet nurses, in a small but busy practice in a bustling shopping complex makes it very easy to want to make this all fit together.

Ace and I still don’t have any pets.  We’re about to go overseas for a short trip, and I’ll start ringing around for puppies shortly after we return.  I’m more excited about the puppies than I am about going overseas, but sshh. That’s a whole other story.

8., 9., 10., 11.

8. 6 o’clock (sketched since I kept missing it)

9. View Today (the carpark and lovely skies)

10. Best Bit of the Weekend (toast in bed with my hunny)

11. Door (adjoining office suite, locked, what’s on the other side?)