The second week back was a series of up and downs, and it's all happening inside my head. It's not a case of we're all mad here, not yet, and we'll leave before that happens again. A relapse of last year won't be good.



Tuesday 29th July

Stressed and freaking out quite a bit. Today was a day of appointments. Dentist, we need 11 fillings! Holy crap! That's a new record, 11/28 teeth. I'm so freaked out that I'm packing my toothbrush + kit and bringing it out and about with me. Picked up my glasses, was feeling a bit sick w/o them.


Stopped by an asian town to get lychee for another round of jelly! Shopped (planned) at Priceline, this time we checked all the prices and made sure everything was in the bag. The SA probably thinks I'm an accountant or banker. :P

The worse thing to shop for, to me is shoes. I love looking at them, but the majority 95%-ish won't fit my special feet, so we have to go to certain stores. We're so lucky they still sell the one I bought last time, so we've ordered that for $180 on sale. Doesn't look like a sale to me, but they're great shoes. You can really feel the difference between old and new. Also discovered boots that fit me! Never having worn boots (knee high) before they feel restricted at the ankle, but they fit! We'll pass this time but one day I shall buy boots!

• Uppers made of shiny, classic leather with antique finish
• Leather lining and covered inlay sole with ECCO Comfort Fibre System
• Direct injected, two-component PU sole
• Heel height is 65 mm (2.6 in)

Wednesday

Today at some point in the afternoon I was talking to mr IT and we (I) felt negative. Not sure what it is, but perhaps I'm feeling hurt? Or sad? I don't normally feel anything, so when I do it's intense (and normally a panic attack followed by a psychological breakdown). What does it even mean to feel hurt? Other than a negative emotion I'm lost, but I think it's affected by something external. I'm scared of losing control again. And I'm scared that bad things will happen because I'm not totally open. Because if I was it would upset le beau. I prefer the need-to-know basis rather than over-sharing, which upsets people. 

We've decided to drop a subject, can't survive 6hrs of her voice. Really hoping the other one will take it next year. Dropping a subject means more times for travel and homework. Taking an arts lvl1 class which is a version of one I've done, but with a more reflective approach. Morals vs ethics was today's topic. The samurai is in the same class :) he came to class smoking XD literally, being pretty tall it's amazing he didn't set off the smoke alarms and activate the sprinklers. He forgot to put it out, and somehow no one told him till he got to class. 

Marketing is getting easier, or rather I'm working really hard on ignoring/filtering out the "hey" which two others said are actually "kay"s. It just comes out after every few sentences! I counted over 50 times in 45 minutes! Surely she can't be conscious that she's doing this, if she is she's a great actor, no one would remember to keep it up. Consumer behaviour we always enjoy, though hope to do something more hands on. What if we tazzer her each time she says it? Through conditioning she can unlearn that behaviour. 

So I'm meant to brush my teeth 30mins after I eat each time - which means no more snacking... struggling with this. Today we did brush my teeth after breakfast. Still totally freaking out, this is going to become an OCD thing. On the way home someone asked me if I was ok, that was nice of him. I'm just too tired to function. That and I look depressed when I think.



Thursday


Struggling with photography, we're going too fast and with no written notes. Shall read the book and try this on my own. To the library! It was bright, sunny but windy before, but by the time I left the library it was dark and rainy, still windy. Freezing. We started some work, but got in too deep and got lost. 


Shopping with Lily. First stop was Mimco, for their 'Intergalactic Event', much much smaller than expected. It was pretty much two models (who were nice, the general rule being models are not nice) with sparkling water and candy. Why do people like sparkling water? Tastes like panadol + water to me. :( Would be different if it had flavour though.

Next we went to Roll'd, which failed. T&C not clearly stated on the website! Lunch only. 


Dinner at the Emporium. Jimmy Grants, I had the chicken/lamb combo. Love chips! Sadly they sell it as a side but for $7. The souvlaki  I really liked, would recommend and buy again. At the time it felt like a snack though. Would this be a snack to you? At $9 it's an expensive snack.


Finally we got to the 'Magnum Pleasure Pop-Up Store' where you can pick your own coating, toppings and drizzle. There was a mix-up and I ended up with an extra ice cream! (Free.) Lily already has one (which she started on while I was in line, forgot about the picture) so I ate both. It was a good idea at the time, but I don't feel so good, and I wasn't the one eating rose petals. 



Friday

Made brunch, not sure if it was on Friday... no glitter was harmed in the process.

The glitter is for the dollhouse, that or I may make a charm bracelet from it.

We saw 'Strictly Ballroom' which was entertaining, though it was like set in a small town where everyone's life evolved around ballroom dancing. 


On other days...







Believe it or not I have never actually seen Sleeping Beauty, even though she's my favourite princess/fairytale. Being the one that le beau says "if someone breaks in I kinda expect you to protect me, as you're in the NRL" I am no damsel in distress, though love the idea of him saving me.

Does anyone else find the name of the dead girl in PLLs interesting? In Desperate Housewives Beth Young is quite a fragile characters by nature, and she ends up dead. And in PLLs they find her body and she's 16/17 with the same name, and described as a fragile patient. 




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Open House Melbourne (OHM) is an event held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia that showcases many of the city's buildings to the public. This annual event is held on the last weekend in July since 2008. They provide the public a free and rare opportunity to discover a hidden wealth of architectural, engineering and historic buildings nestled around the city. 

Well known buildings not usually open to the public are open for free public tours. 

There will be long lines at the most popular places, close to the city.


Open House Weekend, unfortunately I didn't know about it months ago and enter competitions/ballots (random chance) to get into places that aren't normally open e.g. The Ballroom at Flinders! 

Wasn't feeling great so we just went to Como House in South Yarra, it was busy so I didn't get pictures of the kitchen, and then got distracted so I completely forgot. 








Door on the left leads up to the tower, unfortunately it's closed cause it's not safe to go up there. First room on the right was Freddy's Room (Freddy is a boy, only now do people also use it as a girl's name, like Charlie). I would like to add some painting to these room, as it did look a bit empty, with potential.  




The balcony only accessible from the master bedroom, I'm starting to think all the chairs at this place match! We think the bed might be a single but wider. Missing modern beds which are huge. Someone suggested people were small back then.


Check out this amazing wardrobe. Behind it you can see the room divider, this room and the bedroom next to it, together was the ballroom for the 3rd family, the Browns. The 4th and final, the Armytages decided to create one downstairs (perhaps so that guests were less likely to go exploring which looking for the bathroom).




To the right of the master bedroom is Laura's room, she was one of the 3 sisters to last live in the house. In the last years she lived in the room, and didn't leave it.


A room that seems like it should have been a hallway, was the nanny's, later governess's and then finally Laura's nurse. It was in-between the master bedroom and children's down the hallway (not the door in the picture) behind me was a hallway (picture below) that lead to the children's rooms. 

- Info about the House + People - I wonder what happened to the family in the end. By now most would be dead (old age) but I would like to read more about their adventures, and what happened in the end. e.g. In the 'Young Victoria' and 'BBC Tudors' after the end there's info on what happened next, the kids they had, what they went on to me (or rule). 


Self-guided tours, I suppose if there's lots of signs with ok it would be good. Not in this case but the house was still pretty and there were tour guides floating around.  We'll be back for a full tour, though won't get pictures again. I'm suprized by who good the pictures are, especially as it is dark inside.

While we were there, there was a kid's party going on. Oh wow, I knew people rented places/things for kid's parties but have never seen it. I love styling them. These parties cost thousands and are a compretition with other parents really. Got to outdo yourself and everyone each year. I prefer just to spend that 5k or so redecorating or something. 

Upcoming tour dates... 

• Saturday 23 August between 10:30am - 3pm
• Wednesday 10 September at 2:00 and 3:30pm
• Saturday 13 September between 10:30am - 3pm
• Wednesday 5 November at 2:00 and 3:30pm
• Wednesday 10 December at 2:00 and 3:30pm
• Saturday 13 December between 10:30am - 3pm

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Tonight we went to the Unleash Creative Draw! Pilgrim workshop at the Finders Keepers AW14 Melbourne Market, which was fun. Tickets were $60, which is not worth it. They're worth $10-20 really. Though Lily says she can do something similar with her class, maybe grade 4. 




Jas lined up for 40mins to get it. I miss my staff pass. The line was much longer than Comic-Con and curved around the centerpiece twice and the end of the line was the car park area. They were letting people in batches at a time.


We spent another 20mins lining up to order dinner and then 40mins to get it. Fortunately there were no more lines after that. Cold cheese bagels aren't nice, but there wasn't anything I actually really liked offered that night. One van sold lemonade but they had long lines. There was a van for African food though no one was lining up there, so we were iffy about trying something new. Unfortunately no one sold spring rolls - which I love. 

There was a few food trucks (no dessert though), a cupcake stand and some homemade treats stalls, and we got some cotton candy. Rose and coconut were the best, and we also got lemonade which wasn't as good as expected. 
  

A creative way to present organic chocolate. Cotton candy! We bought a few of those, and was tempted to get marshmallows too, but then remembered they're at Thomas Dux too and at the same price. 






I love Blank and wooden beads though $15 is $$$ for plain beads. We need to find a supplier, the cheapest I've found is $1 each for plain unpainted beads. Anyone found a supplier? I'm only going to make them for myself and one friend (a volunteer, SIL).















The event itself wasn't good enough to justify lining up for that long. Not worth it. It went from 6pm to 10pm tonight, an hour to get in, another for food and a 2hr workshop and you don't have much time to explore. Should have opened at 4pm. I've always wanted to go to Flinders Keepers though found this experience disappointing. Meanwhile le beau & co were with Mahler on opening night, I wanted to go though we already had workshop tickets.   

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