keeping it in the family

29 April 2006 11:15am

The last few weeks have been pretty amazing, in good and sometimes not-so-good ways.

Where do i even start?

Work has been great - who would have thought I'd actually enjoy myself this much? I'm slowly starting to feel like I know what I'm doing again - no doubt I'll start feeling really comfortable then leave, but that's ok.

Things are definitely on the mend for both Liz and I. We're well, physically, we're both wokring full-tie, and getting to know our way around Melbourne, as well as finding another huge group of friends (these things always seem to happen to us...)

Our beautiful flatmate kelly moved out so we were very sad, but the gorgeously fabulous Luke Ferris moved in, so we were happy again - although since he moved in a week ago, I've not even seen him in passing. My brother Daniel is also living with Luke's sister, so we're all keeping it in the family. Strange to move to another state but keep hanging out with the same people. They're awesome people thought, so that's ok.

the equally fabulous Ming and Renee live around the corner, which is dreadfully convenient for Luke who plays in a band with them, and explains why we never see him. It was strange (in a good way) catching up with Ming again. we hadn't hung out for about 8 years, and it kind of feels like some strnge cycle is over. we're both very different people now, i think.

in a fairly significant development for me, and one i've very rarely spoken openly about, as a result of an eating disorders inservice i presented at work, everyone worked out their weight and BMI. i was astounded to learn, since being diagnosed with poly-cystic ovary syndrome about 2 years ago that I've lost nearly 20kg. The strange thing is that I honestly had no idea it was so much. i thought i weighed about 10kg more than i do. i'm being serious. This body image distortion thing is real - and terrifying. The fact that all the clothes I've bought recently have been size 14 should have given me a clue, i suppose, but i still couldn't see it. liz said the same thing - she doesn't remember what i used to look like. neither do i. the change has been so gradual (approx 1kg/month) that it's hard to notice. At least that bodes well for keeping it off. the upside of all this (not that there's a down side) is that i feel much fitter, healthier, more energetic and just pretty damn fabulous overall.

Liz, Ange, Mel A and I celebrated this (and Ange's first successful ultrasound - 9 weeks, 1 day) with the eating of pizza. hurrah!

ok, what else has happened?

I went to my first opera last night, and LOVED IT! it was The Rakes Progress, and Mel A, who's an opera singer with opera Australia, got me a free ticket. liz was exceptionally jealous as there was only one ticket and demanded a blow- by-blow rundown of the whole thing when i got home.

we saw kate and transport play, and got tiarad up again - the fabulous kate gave us free cds and free t-shirts, so we were well pleased. poor kate could barely speak the morning of her gig, but still performed. my boss martin went to the gig (odd to go gigging with your boss) and since then has been singing "blah blah" every time i see him, and raving about everyone. he even went and got kate's autograph at the gig. how cute!

by the way, both kate and em's myspace sites have some of our photos on them - kate's has a portrait i drew - and the transport site www.yetanotherband.com has a bunch of liz's photos on it, so check out those sites!

i also flew to adelaide for 4 days to spend Anzac Day with my family. it was great to see them all again - i've decided i quite like adelaide (to visit for a couple of months, not to live). mum and i spent lots of girly time together, and dad and grandpa did the march together for the first time, and i met some of their friends. for those of you from New Farm, I also caught up with Di LIlly, who looked great.

Oh, and how could I forget! Liz and I went to see Dylan Moran as part of the comedy festival - he was awesome. we do seem to be really making use of our time here and doing lots of stuff.

Whew! I'm sure i've forgotten lots of stuff, but that's the basic update. there really is a lot more to write about, but that can come later.

Thanks for sitting through all that - and enjoy the new photos! more still to come, it just takes a long time, and sitting in front of the computer is doing my head in!

love to all

liv