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Today Seamus found he unexpectadley had the day off. We celebrated by having haloumi on toast with marmalade for breakfast, I went out to buy it while he did the vacuuming. After a lovely prolonged breakfast we headed off to the post office so he could submit his uni application and I could send some mail I've been meaning to send for a while. We then went into a little homewares shop and bought ourselves a few things we needed plus a present for friends who are engaged (and I think we've picked something original and- I hope- useful.) Last shop was a junk shop where we bought cd folders galore.

Upon arriving home we went upstairs and put cds and their booklets in the folders. This took a while, but now we no longer have a pile of cds in the study and all the pirated cds and dvds are hidden away. Win! Also, I looked through dvds Seamus had pirated before we lived together and discovered a few I really wanted to watch. Consequently when we sat down to lunch we did so in front of Shrek 2, and I still think that human Shrek looks just like Seamus :-)

After the film we decided to wander down to Verb and grab coffee and just relax in each other's company, it was really nice. Then we got home with enough time for me to check the mail (and discover two Book Depository books!), collect the cd cases into a box to be op-shopped (I was going to just put them out to be recycled, but apparently people pay money for cd cases, so I figure the op shop can have them, unless anyone here is interested?) grab some dinner and had in to work.

And considering the shift so far, I'm glad I got the nice relaxing day before!

Day off tomorrow! No Seamus unfortunately during the day, but looking forward to partying the night away!

Due to my roster, my wish to see the Guild Leage and other things I am in the unenviable position of working four days straight, having one day off and then working another four days straight (including Australia Day- public holiday pay FTW!) To make up for this my Friday, my one day off? It will be LUDICROUSLY RELAXING AND INDULGENT. And involve a lot of petrol use unfortunately, but as my bike is going in for a service tomorrow it cannot be helped.

The Plan:
Sleep In
9am: Wake up, have breakfast, shower, wear comfy yet nice clothes.
10am: Drive to Toorak
10:30: Attend oesteo apointment with the lovely Raya
11:15: Drive to Abbotsford Convent
11:30: Go for a wander around the convent, maybe also duck in to the Collingwood Children's Farm
12noon: Eat lunch at Lentil as Anything or the other little cafe at the convent, taking my time and reading the new book I will have purchased the day before.
1:15pm: Drive to Northcote
1:30: Meet up with cousin for a cup of tea and a chat
3:15: Drive to Williamstown
4pm: Have a massage, footbath and facial at Endota Spa and revel in the relaxation
5:30: Drive Home
6:30: Change clothes, possibly go out for dinner somewhere.
8pm: Be at Northcote Social Club to see the Guild League
After: Go for a drink/coffe somewhere then go home for (hopefully) a good night's sleep before starting work again the next day.

This is a nice plan, I like my plan.

By the way, anyone who wants to join me at the convent is more than welcome!

Yesterday was awesome.

Woke up earlyish for a non-work day, hit the shower, shovelled some bircher museli down the gullet and walked down Macaulay Road to meet the lovely vivienne_aster for coffee at Elevenses.

These days when I say I'm meeting someone for coffee what I actually mean is "generic non-alcoholic beverage- usually warm" becaue for some reason coffe these days makes me feel ill. So I sat with my pot of tea and Kate had her coffee and we chatted for an hour or so until mc_shamo came down and picked me up. We made a quick stop for supplies at SAfeway then headed to the zoo.

The last time I went to Melbourne Zoo the animals were still in the little cages. I was really really glad to see them in proper sized enclosures that mimicked their habitats in the wild. I think my favourites were the orang-utans, though the gorillas were also pretty cool. Since it was such a warm day most of the animals were keeping cool by sleeping in the shade. The Canadian brown bear looked like he was having a good time. He'd got into the water in his enclosure and was swimming about, throwing himself on his back over and over. Oh! And a meer cat tried to dig his way to freedom, but was stopped by concrete once he hit the side on his enclosure. We picnicked near the carosul and watched the penguins playing.

We had a look at the zoo's Sustainability information and discovered you can actually buy... well... they've politely called it "Zoo-Gro" but I think it's probably better known by the name we gave it of "Zoo Poo." We bought a large bag of it for a our front lawn, soil enriched with pygmy hippo and monkey poo here we come, exotic!

When we left I still had a bit over an hour before I had to be anywhere, and we were both flagging a bit, so we decided to continue with the animal theme and have coffee at Animal Orchestra near uni, then we walked to Lygon court so I could check out the new EcoWear shop. I was very restrained (mainly cos I'm broke) and walked out only with a pair of fisherman's pants and a cotton bag to put them in. Definitely saw somethings I want when I'm more flush with cash though!

Seamus dropped me off in the city where I met up with cows_might_fly to do some of the last minute shopping for her wedding and generally catch up, which was stacks of fun. We caught the tram together and then I walked the rest of the way home. Seamus texted to ask if I was still in the city since he and rin_tin_tin_ were there for rock climbing and wanted to say hi, but as I was ten minutes from home I declined.

Since he is awesome Seamus had set dinner marinating before he'd left in the morning, so all I had to do was bung it in the oven and collapse infront of the television for an hour (Glee- I'm hardly ever home when it's on, but if I am it's enjoyable trash). I decided to have a bath to soothe my muscles (the day before I'd done spin and balance at the gym, then I'd walked about 6 hours all up including the zoo and the city) with lavender and bath salts. Yum.

Seamus came home while I was in the bath, ate his dinner, then suggested we go out and get some Mountain Goat and drink it in the backyard since the weather was so nice. I thought this sounded great, so put off gaoing to bed in order to do it.

When we'd sat ourselves down in the backyard we heard plaintative whinging mewing from inside. So I got up, got Loki's harness and leash and let him come out for an explore. Puck hates the harness and freaks out when it's put on him, so he doesn't come outside at all, but Loki doesn't mind it, I think his curiosity overrides any discomfort!

It was such a nice, relaxing day, without being a bludge day physically. The original plan was to go to Healesville Sanctuary, then I wrecked the car and we had to opt for a slightly more frugal microbreak, but I don't think the day could have been any more perfect any other way.

I have a Saturday off tomorrow, without having pulled a double the day before (well, I'm working 11 hours today straight but shush), without having an essay due next week, without a major house/family thing to do. I am looking forward to it immeansley.

Here is what I plan to do with my day:

Sleep in til at least 8:30am
Go out for breakfast at Ceres
Go food shopping, maybe at the market at Ceres!
Catch up on the housework I missed today
Potter in the garden
Go to a Pump class at the gym
Eat a marvellous moussaka for dinner prepared by my fiance
Go to the last ever Kent st pub

Okay, it's not the most exciting day in the world, but it sounds like bliss to me!

Sure I could be doing the dishes. I could be cooking dinner. I could have cleaned the lounge room.

But playing with this, and this, and this and finally this...

is a lot more fun!

Today I finished work at 7am. I came home and collapsed into bed until 11am. Luckily mc_shamo had the day off too! We had french toast for breakfast while I wrote out a massive shopping list an then we went out for errands.

We bought a herb garden! We went to the nursery on Macaulay rd and bought Italian parsley, mint, thyme, coriander, lemongrass, rosemary, oregano and chives. These are the herbs we cook with the most apart from basil which does not seem to be in season. We also bought two wide shallow bowl-like pots and some potting mix so out garden will be portable.

From the nursery we went to the Queen Vic market for meat and fruit and veggies, which was fun. Then we went to the supermarket for the non-fresh items we needed. We came home, packed the shopping away and divided tasks: Seamus made a beautiful soup while I planted the herb garden and tackled the Mountain o' Dishes.

After lunch (which we had at 4pm) my night at work was catching up with me so I went upstairs to sleep. Which is kinda what I've been doing ever since (and reading in bed during the day- one of my favourite guilty pleasures!)

Now Seamus is downstairs feeding the kittens and I'm planning on taking a nice relaxing bath before eating dinner and getting ready to go our with good friends.

Such a lovely day, I'm so glad I swapped my shifts around.