i got a new bike

very good news from mandy this week. chookers mandy. you deserve things to go well for a change. i hope it continues.

i'll get the complaints out of the way first. IT'S HOT. i hate the heat. for some obscure reason i cope quite well with it in bali but not here. moist heat and dry heat i suppose. my skin is much better over there too. not so dry.

my g/friend maz, has a job interview this week so i'm wishing her chookers.

i'm going to the chemist to get weighed soon but i'm not hopeful as i had pudding for xmas lunch and some chocolates. yes, i know that's terrible. :) we'll see.

i hope to see the kids this arvo. my daughter is moving next week. have you noticed that supermarkets don't have cardboard cartons anymore? i guess you could ask as they may be in the back. i'm hoping they settle in well and things go ok for them.

they are advertising a duster on the teev for only $60 something dollars, plus $20 delivery. omg. i wonder if people buy those things.

big news. i got a bike, that's a pic of it. it's got lots of gears and one day i may use some of them. it's red so it goes fast, except when i ride it that is. old people on bikes probably not a good look. i have to put it in my dining room coz it won't fit in the shed, besides the lizards might poop on it. i wouldn't mind a scooter. i had one when i was a teenager, loved it. then my late husband and i had one each. he used to take our daughter on his. i love them. the woman next door got one recently. she's scared of it. i must say the traffic takes no notice of you on a scooter. you have to be doubly careful. but the benefits far outweigh the negatives. you can park just about anywhere, it cost didley squat to fill with fuel. you can wait at the lights behind buses and inhale. ahhhhh. love bus fumes. negatives include being out in the weather, both hot and rain and insects. i got stung by a bee once and it hurt like hell. it went inside my shirt and stung me on the neck. it was red and angry for months. the man in the shop asked me if it was a love bite. how embarrassing. i was sad to sell them when my husband died. anyway back to my bicycle, maz gave it to me. i know, she insisted. she can't ride but had visions of riding to work etc etc. i will give her some money for it. may have to buy a gift voucher. she won't take anything for it. i will force her.

last night i dreamt that i was in bali and i rang my b/friend and he didn't want to talk to me. i was so upset. i could hear him and he told his friend to say he wasn't there. recently i've started dreaming of arriving in bali and wtf it's port pirie (a really feral town up north, hot and dry and not pleasant). stress dreams i suppose. once i dreamt i went to bali and it was semaphore. (lovely seaside suburb of adelaide where lots of lesbians live). i have the weirdest dreams, it's like i'm on some mind altering drug trip.