Single digits now!!

Wow, it's only 9 days until I set out on my epically epic adventure of epic proportions (too much??) It's incredible, once I leave these fair shores I shan't be returning until at least October 16th!!! wow! And I can honestly say - I am wigging out!!! eeeeeeeep, I mean, wow, I mean, sheesh, I mean.....Emotion overload to be honest lol, I am so excited but so nervous, ridiculously happy yet unexplicably scared - it's really quite intense, seriously, it's like an atomic bomb is going off within the confines of the supersonically paced messages that is my mind. (rambling again)
But in all seriousness, I am very very excited to begin this adventure, i miss Tanzania sooo much. There is an anonymous quotation that states that you 'go to Africa to heal the heart'. I think that pretty much sums up what Tanzania is for me, in a nutshell - there is something about being there, doing work there that is so spiritually and soulfully satisfying and fills you with a sense that I can't really put into words. I am just so excited!!!

peace!

What if...

I was listening to an awesome song over and over today, and thought I'd share the lyrics - yes, no witty comments or hilarious life stories, just some lyrics to contemplate and read and listen to the song if you can.


What if it makes you sad at me
And what if it makes you laugh no but you cry as you fall asleep
And what if it takes your breath and you can't hardly breathe
And what if it makes the last sound be the very best sound

And what if what I want makes you sad at me
And is it all my fault or can I fix it please
Cause you know that I'm always for you
Cause you know that I'm always for you

And what if it makes you lose faith in me
And what if it makes you question every moment you cannot see
And what if it makes you crash and you can't find the key
What if it makes you ask how you could let it all go

And what if what I want makes you sad at me
And is it all my fault or can I fix it please
Cause you know that I'm always for you
Cause you know that I'm always for you

And if this be our last conversation
If this be the last time we speak for a while
Don't lose hope and don't let go
Cause you should know

If it makes you sad
If it makes you sad at me
Then it's all my fault and let me fix it please
Cause you know that I'm always for you

What if what I want makes you sad at me
And if it's all my fault then let me fix it please
Cause you know that I'm always for you
Cause you know that I'm always for you
Cause you know that I'm always for you

Copyright of Safetysuit, "What If" (I do not own this song in any way, shape or form, it belongs to Safetysuit)




peace

...Why do you have a gazebo on your roof?

Now, I like to think that, even in my short 18 years, I have seen a fair few - interesting things. But today, I got to add to the list - ever seen an 18 year old and her grandfather try to pull a 3x3 metre gazebo down from a roof?? Yup, I thought you'd say no, hence the inclusion of pictures.

But yes, I was minding my own business, innocently cleaning through the bomb site that is my room when I realised the wind was picking up and gaining substantial momentum and remembering that the gazebo we had set up for lunch the other day had no weights on it, I made haste to get outside to pull it down before something crazy could happen.

Too late - I got to the door just as the gazebo quite literally took off, being lifted up and over the house. My stream of consciousness and actions in the next few minutes went a bit like this:

"huh - well there's something you don't see every day...would make an awesome kite...haha, that magpie just got wiped out!...wait, it's going over the roof...there's a road on the other side of our house....**#&$*#%@ -takes off running around the front of the house-...oh phew, it's caught on the roof, that was lucky!...wait...no, I can't reach it...do we have a ladder?...maybe if I make a lasso and get it round one of the legs and yank...epic fail...great, now what?...picks up phone and starts calling around to people in the area. Heya Cassie, you doing anything? I am currently at work, what's up? Oh, nothing, I was just wondering if you wanted to help me lasso a gazebo off my roof, but you're busy. Oh, that sounds...fun...Yeah, talk with you later, thanks anyway. Hangs up. Rings Pa. Hey pa, are you doing anything? Not at the moment, why? I am in a bit of a pickle; I have a gazebo on my roof. Could you give me a hand? Laughs, sure, I'll be right over...it really would make the most awesome kite...and to think, most granddaughters call asking their grandparents for help with a backed up loo...I call asking for help getting a gazebo of my roof....life is never dull...I smell something burning...aw man, there goes my lunch...maaaan..."

So, really, I guess the lesson from today's...uh...experience, is that you really should put weights on your gazebos people and make sure that in extreme wind, you get a kite that isn't liable to pull you away to some far away place like in Up.

Another random insight into my life :D

peace

All Hell Breaks Loose II - A convention story

Those that know me, understand that I have a few...guilty pleasures - namely the tv show Supernatural that I like to indulge in, follow weekly and enjoy immensley. And what way to further enjoy ones's favourite show than to actually meet the actors that play said adored characters. Now, many may ask 'how can such a feat of daring be accomplished?'

It's simple - Convention!!!!! now, some words immediately come to people's minds, like 'nerd' or 'obsessed' or 'pathetic' but I prefer 'dedicated' and 'passionate' - the connotations are much more pleasant. So I hereby have my most excellent claim to fame :D once again, I attended the Supernatural convention held in Sydney, this year at UTS - and it was an absolutely fantastic day!

The line up was excellent, including Misha Collins (castiel) Rob Benedict (Chuck) Julie McNiven (Anna) Samantha Ferris (Ellen Harvelle) and Jim Beaver (Bobby). The day was filled with photo sessions, autographs and Question and Answer time with the guests and they were all awesome and funny, and my sides were aching after some of the stories told. So see, normal people attend conventions too!! well, if you consider me normal... teehee. The highlights definitely were many, but included meeting Misha (again :D) and meeting Rob and Samantha, both awesome, funny and remarkable individuals. For those of you out there who may be reading this saying "what is this Supernatural of which she speaks" then I truly do pity you for it is only one of tv's greatest creations! Eric Kripke is a master of storytelling, along with his minions of writers, plotting ways in which to make fans go crazy (not that we're not already crazy according to folk lore) but meh, everyone has their guilty pleasure :D except, it's not really a guilty pleasure for me, cause I don't feel guilty :P