HOORAY!!!!!

This is me passing my permit practical exam :)

View from my window at work

#36 Rip all my CD’s into itunes

I have completed the very tedious job of ripping all my cds into itunes.
I now have 756 days 2 hours and 46 mins worth of music. :)

Practice

Yesterday I decided to take the bike out of the driveway.  I have my test in 4 days and I thought that a little road practice would stand me in good stead.  What I didn't realise is that I don't actually know how to ride a bike.  

My bravado came crashing down just as the GPX did in the car park of the shops up the road.  Some things I learnt from my first ever dropping of the bike:

1. I don't know how to turn corners

2. let go of the throttle when the bike is falling

3. I can pick up my bike

My audience viewed me with accusation and mirth in their eyes.  They didn't laugh outright, which I would have found more natural, they just stared. I was a bit shaky when I got home, but I had a little putt around the cul-de-sac before calling it a day.

Today I geared up with more experience and knowledge under my belt and decided to tackle some back streets, a round-about, 4 give-way signs, some traffic.  I found the right gear at the right time (mostly) and used my indicator.....it felt good. 

Gear wise my glasses fog up when I have the visor down, need to investigate how to stop that and I think my gloves might be a little big.  

Todays session was a vast improvement on the first one and I even feel confident that one day I will be able to ride this damn bike. I love it!

My Gear

#88 Participate in a trivia night

I have been part of a team at the Trivia night of the Corner Hotel in Richmond. First week we came 2nd and last week we were 3rd. Hoping that we can remain in the top 3 this week.

Busy 31

I have decided that I am too impatient to wait until this month ends and the next begins before I attack the majority of "monthly" tasks on my list. So I am counting 31 days as a month. So the next 31 days requires:


NO ALCOHOL - This use to be no problem for me, but I am a little fearful that Dazza (Darryl Braithwaite) on Friday night is just not going to be as enjoyable sober. Will I even know all the lyrics to "horses" when I am not pie-eyed. Then there are those nights when kicking back on the verandah with a corona and GB is all I want do. Ho-hum.


NO CHOCOLATE - This is always hard. 1. Chocolate is the second best comfort food EVER (just in case you are interested pasta is the best) 2. Work has Haighs choccies about 3 times a week 3. I crave it when I don't have it.


BRING LUNCH IN 3 TIMES A WEEK - this one is so easy - just means I have to be organised. Saves money too.


WALK ON THE BEACH AT LEAST ONCE A WEEK - this one is also going to be easy now that GB has decided to spend more time at the beach. Walked along Carrum beach last night and watched GB splash around for awhile. Water was calm, sunset was fantastic.....really nice way to exercise.

Please note credit on account.......

Sometimes in my job I have to write notes on client's statements. For some reason, as I jot down my note I always imagine myself scribing something important, like I am a ship's captain completeing the travel log that will one day be entered into history, a doctor writing a script, a teacher writing notes for her student, a poet adding the finishing lines to a masterpiece......it makes my handwriting neater.

#79 Visit Melbourne Zoo

Chris bought tickets for his family and myself to see the Blues Brothers tribute show “Briefcase Full of Blues” at the Zoo Twilights. This was so much fun - sitting around on the grass, drinking Coronas, listening to the lions roar……
The band was a lot of fun too.

This also counts towards #56 See a live band at least once every 3 months for a year.

5 geeks and a girl

5 geeks and a girl attended the Trivia night at the Corner Hotel in Richmond last night.

First round was TV and movies, second round was music and third round general knowledge. After each round one person from each team were given the chance to win a jug of beer for their table. Unfortunately we had to buy all our drinks. But in the end the ROFLCOPTERS won second prize.

After each question was answered the other 5 people at my table would either read or update twitter. I sporadically attempted to engage them in conversation......... it was quite an eye opener. It appears that even if you date a geek and have had exposure to the sense of humour, the conversation topics etc, being surrounded by them can be overwhelming and boring.

Gear....first purchase

My first piece of gear for the bike.

Confession

I am emotionally unstable. That is the reason that my 101 things in 1001 days list has "see a therapist" as an action item. I have a quick and ferocious temper, I often feel despair and I also feel great joy and happiness. I cry if anyone tells me they think I am sad or if they tell me I should love myself, well I cry at pretty much anything - my anger, guilt and fear are all finely linked to my tear ducts. My therapist told me that this was ok, that I just had a high level of emotions - that although everyone has the same emotions I just "feel/experience" mine more intensely. He didn't seem worried about this. He even told me that this was a good thing.
I have stopped seeing him because I don't believe that this is good.

I feel like I need to be more than this at the moment. GB is going through a shitstorm with his family. His father died several weeks ago, his granmother is losing her independence, his mother's expectations and demands are varied and never ending. And I am struggling to be the stable "rock".

Maybe I just need to get my head out of my own arse. What I really want now is the licence and gear required so I can clamber aboard the GPX of DOOM and clear my mind by losing myself in the freedom offered by the wind against the helmet.