still in sydney

5 February 2006 nearly 9am, i guess

Friendship is a funny thing.

One of my favourite things about life is when you meet a person, and instantly love them, utterly and completely. a friendship with no expectations, just one where you treasure each moment together, and walk away glowing from the inside and feeling whole. sounds like mushy bullshit, but so it is.

yesterday, i was lucky enough to spend the day with three people i feel that way about. each of them is a person i fell in love with the first moment we spoke - even though i admit, the first time i saw scotty i did think he was a bit of a wanker, you know, "oh, he's so good looking, and he so knows it" (sorry babe, but sometimes first impressions can be right...). and while i'm scotty bashing, you nearly crashed my car in slow motion you bastard. who does that? how does one do that? we had a really bizarre near miss at about 5km an hour - he'd driven less than 100m from the hotel.

anyway, i know that sometimes i go into gushy bullshit mode, but there are some things that need to be said - i'm realising how important it is to share with people how you feel about them when you have the chance to. when i left my work in brisbane, so many people said amazing things to me, and i thought it was sad that it had taken 3 years and me leaving to convince them to speak up. my new mission is to tell people and show them how much i love them, not just once in a blue moon, or because i'm scared i'm going to lose them, but whenever the moment feels right.

em, scotty and liz - thanks for the amazing day. keir, kate, steve, leanne and jt - i'm a little gushed out sorry, you guys will have to wait until another entry (rest assured we love you too - kate still gives me shivers down my spine when she sings)

just to finish this entry, i had an added blessing. i got to come home and hang out this morning with beautiful anne (another one of my "love at first sight" people) and in a couple of weeks i get to go hang out with Lucy in Canberra. be prepared for lucy gushing soon...

whew! am emotionally exhausted and overwhelmed. i need a little lie down...

big sloppy kisses to everybody!