The long slow road to Vet Science?!

I have started on what I hope to be the road to Vet Science. I am doing a Certificate II in Animal Studies, which will give me the experience to become a vet nurse (When I eventually finish it after I get back from my adventures in Africa and Europe).

Then it is a matter of getting a job as a vet nurse (not an easy thing to do), so I can then complete my Certificate IV in Vet Nursing.

Once I have experience as a Vet Nurse, then hopefully one of the University's will feel sorry for me and let me in!!

Or someone could just be kind, and let me in, and save me all the trouble and time.

We can but try!

New Year Celebrations

Happy New Year to all of you out there. May the new year bring you new opportunities, joy and fulfillment.

My New Year's Eve.
Spend the day at Coldstream Vet Clinic, cleaning and helping with grooming, then headed round to my brothers to hang out until going with him to one of his mates houses to see in the new year. Nice and relaxing, watching movies (Take note: Seven Pounds is very confusing when watched at 2am. Apparently if you miss 45minutes due to sleeping, you are still very confused. On the bright side, in the last 5 minutes we did managed to work out what was going on in the movie, and hey presto! it all made sense :) )

And so onto the New Year...What will it bring? More work, volunteer work, some study, a trip overseas (wait for it... including some more volunteer work) a new job?-we can but keep our fingers crossed, and hopefully some more time catching up with friends and family.

Movied out!

I was given a double movie pass to La Premier for Christmas last year, and had to use it by the end of December this year. Therefore, on Christmas day I thought I really should go and see some movies before my tickets expired.

So... Boxing day, after I had been to Coldstream and helped to clean out the cattery, and had a lovely morning tea there, I then headed to Eastland to see Australia. Boxing day sales were in full swing, so parking was at a premium. None the less, I saw my movie, not too bad, and headed home.

27th....Decided I wanted to go the the Moonlight Cinemas in the Botanic Gardens. A lovely place to go and have a picnic, spread your rug out, crawl under the blankets and get eaten alive while trying to peer round peoples head to see the movie!!!! After telling the people in front to stop sitting up so I could see, I enjoyed James Bond, and thanks to the fairly warm weather, didnt even freeze to death. No-one wanted to come with me-snobs you all-but enjoyable all the same.




Sunday 28th...Day off from movies, but tried to go to some markets instead. Unfortunately, out of 3 markets apparently on every Sunday, only one was on, but what can you do?

Monday 29th...Back to the slog of work, and then to the movies!!! Again back to Eastland, this time to see The Curious Case of Benyamin Button. Not a bad movie, a bit slow to start, but good.

Tuesday 30th...Was supposed to go and see Twilight with some work mates, but they pulled out and so I was saved from a 4th movie-apparently we missed a good movie. Do I see another solo trip to the movies in the distance.....

Christmas

Christmas was a beautiful warm and sunny day spent with family and friends. Eating out on the deck, with fresh beautiful food, hand made Christmas crackers (each with a handmade Christmas decoration and mind teaser inside!). What better way to spend your day!!

Could be a bit different next year, with me planning on spending Christmas in Europe, but you havent lived until you have experienced and white Christmas and a hot Christmas.

PUZZLES

I found this cool website that turns your photos into puzzles, oh hours of entertainment!! You either play the ones they have for free, or upload your own photos-how fun :) Check it out at www.jigzone.com

I cant believe Christmas is almost here, there is so much to be done between now and then, and yet so little time. Where has the year gone????

Cup Weekend on the Murray

Cup weekend this year was very exciting, as for the first time in many years I managed to go away as I wasn't working or studying for exams!!!

With my brother Gwilym, his wife Bec, two of Bec's brothers, and one of their girlfriends, we went up to the Murray River, and spent 4 days "rafting". This largely consisted of sitting on a home made raft, and allowing the river to carry us downstream, and trying not to get stuck on the submerged trees along the way.

It was a very relaxing weekend, with just enough excitement thrown in to keep us from getting completely bored. There was a lot of sleeping done, just enough paddling, and lots of lazing on a very small deck.

Being Cup Weekend, there were a lot of people camped along the riverbank, and we received a lot of comments on what were we doing, along with it looks like a lot of fun, looks relaxing, and we seem to be missing a motor.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

On 16th June I turned 24! Yay! for me! Didn't really do much, worked for a couple of hours and had the rest of the day at home relaxing.

I made my own birthday cake, and then went out for dinner with my parents, brother, sister-in-law and grandma.

Overall, quite a pleasant day.

QUILTS QUILTS QUILTS

I have finally finished 2 quilts. It has only taken me about 6 years, but I got there, and they look nice, and most importantly, they are warm.

ANZAC Day

Dawn Service at the Shrine of Rememberance


Waiting to go through the Shrine


Shrine Attendent


ANZAC Day march


What a moving day ANZAC day way. I got up way too early, 4am, and caught a bus into the city to go to the Dawn Service at the Shrine of Rememberance. It was lovely sevice, with thousands of people attending, marred slightly by the couple of drunk ladies wandering round during it.

After the Service finished I decided to line up to go through the Shrine to lay a poppy on the stone in honour of those who fought and continue to fight for us. Apparently so did most of the people who had attended the service, and I ended up at the back of a very long, slow moving queue to go through the Shrine. Eventually I made it through after almost 2 hours, but glad I had waited.

I then headed down to the Gunfire Breakfast, put on by the Army, before continuing on to Flinders Street station, so I could watch the start of the parade, while I wated to join my Grandfathers squadran, with whome I was going to march. It was amazing how many people come out to watch the parade, and how many set themselves up for the day, with chairs and eskies, so they will be comfortable for the whole march. It is fantastic to think so many people still pay thier respects to those who faught or are fighting, as it is the only way to remember the sacrifices made, and ensure we never go through it again.

Eventually I went down to line up with my Grandfathers squadran 10th Squadran in the RAAF, with the Sunderland flying boats. We then marched up St Kilda road to the Shrine, which took about 50 minutes or so. The path of the march was lined the whole way with people who had come to watch.

When we finished marching, I watched the rest of the march, and then met up with a friend who had been marching with the Vietnam Veterans.

World Map-where I've been

create your own visited country map
or write about it on the open travel guide


Ok so I found this site where you could mark all the different countries you have been to. It stated that I have been to a massive 2% of the world-thats assuming I have been to every square inch of all countries I have visited!!!!

On reflection of this,
-I have a lot more of the world left to see (that's a slight understatement but you get the picture!)
-There is so many to cultures to experience and countries to ooh and aaah over, that one lifetime just isn't enough
-There are a million more photos to take, which will bring back the most amazing memories later in life, and paint a wonderful picture for others of the life lived

Hopefully in the next 2 years or so I can add a few more places to my map-from Asia to Africa, keep your fingers crossed!