It's been a crazy two weeks. We had three visitors for the last week of term 1. My lounge room was like the United Nations; a guy from England a girl from Canada and three Aussies! It was great to see them again but it was exhausting too, trying to wrap up the school term and then come home and cook dinner, make conversation etc.
My Mum and Dad have gone to Bali with my sisters and their families. I miss them and worry about them.
But other than that, everything is going well. We saw the doctor on Thursday and he said everything looked "perfect" both on the scan and according to my blood pressure and measurements.
I can feel the baby kicking and moving often and it is such a good feeling. I feel like asking everyone "Did you feel that?" As though it's an earth tremour everyone could experience!
I've spent the first part of the holidays camping and then back at home "nesting". I've begun preparing a nursery and cleaned out cupboards that were long overdue. I really enjoy being in my home and sorting through things and organising stuff, but it is hard work and I have been sleeping for ten and eleven hours each night.
This week though - a well earned rest. I am going to the Blue Mountains near Sydney for one week. I won a place at Varuna the Writer's House (one of five places from 375 applicants!!). At Varuna I can work on my manuscript. It's a young adult fiction about a 17 year old boy and I've called the story Measuring Up. It's about his journey through that final school year and the way he changes his perception of himself and his relationships, how he defines himself.
I've meddled around in the writing world for a while with some small successes but no publishing deals yet. I mainly write for young adults.
Anyway I had best sign off. We are going to Bateman's Bay to look at a car. Another big "people mover" to replace Matt's ute. Matt's in a frenzy about getting away on time and running to schedule. I love him but sometimes I just want to give him an enema to help relieve his anal retentive tendancies.
