NB

Last week Nath came to see me and we spent the week watching tennis, drinking amazing juice/cider, going to the zoo, falling asleep in the park, going man shopping (!!!) (I LOVE BOYS CLOTHES), swimming in the ocean, fighting about whether abbreviations ending with "s" are ok or not ok, cooking bacon and eggs for breakfast, dancing to Michael Jackson, and painting up the town.

We both really like triangles.

I'm unsure when this obsession started, but living in Melbourne has only fueled it. Melbourne should pretty much just be renamed Tri-city. Or something. 

When we decided to stencil something around town it was kinda clear that it would involve a triangle, an N, and a B. Obvs.

Yeaaaaaa. We're pretty proud of this.

We're pretty small in this big, big world, but I know we're both going to make our mark on it.

Familiar

It feels like home when you start to recognise people in the supermarket. When the guy who makes your coffee sits down and talks to you for 20 minutes. When you meet your neighbours in the lift and they finally realise that you're not just a visitor, and they introduce themselves. When people ask you for directions and you can actually help. When you start getting Australian numbers in your phone along with all the mile long international ones. When you actually memorise your own Australian number.

Home is quite a fluid thing which I don't think I'll ever completely arrive at, in this life at least.

Lover not a fighter

Sometimes I wish I held more of an opinion on things, sometimes I wish I could stand up and fight for something I believe in. I wish I had an answer for everything and everyone, and I wish that I could be so sure about something that I'd defend it no matter what anyone threw at me.
But I'm a lover, not a fighter.
I passionately believe in the power of an infinite love.
I'll stand for this love, because it's one thing I know for sure. It's one thing I will fight for.

And that fight is only won by love.
Ironic.

When you know

You know.

Every day

It's a really beautiful life.

Go

If we dream we can do it then we have every reason to do it. If we ask why, shouldn't we be asking "why not?" just as often? Let's start asking questions and learning new things. Doing things that scare us and taking risks. It's a beautiful and crazy world out there and we're a part of that. We're infinitely big and frighteningly small in the very same breath.
Find yourself.
Be surprised at all that you are. Be amazed at all that you are not. Be curious at all that you could be. And be daring at finding some way to intertwine the three.
You're the only one who can make your dreams come true.
So go and make them.

let it out

"We are cups, constantly & quietly being filled. The trick is knowing how to tip ourselves over & let the beautiful stuff out." – Ray Bradbury

Wonder

When you spend 4 hours on an aeroplane that I imagine is flying fairly speedily through the sky -eventually landing you up in another country where they call jandals "thongs", and laugh at you when you say "six" "seven" "ten" or "eleven - that makes popping home for a quick visit so you can give Mum a hug a bit tricky. It makes coffee dates with Nath rather scarce. 

It also means missing out on frozen L&P and Burgerfuel - two of the most amazing things in the universe.

However, it also gives you beautiful lightning storms fairly regularly; a fancy apartment with a lift straight to your door; triangles everywhere; something new to see every single day; a job that pays you enough that you can finally start saving; sunny days; elderly asian ladies kissing your cheek and saying "you are so so so cute!"; the best packaging at the supermarkets (oh, I could spend hours in there); 1kg of fresh cherries for $3; a double bed which pretty much works like the pillow phenomenon (when you get way too hot on one side you turn it over and BAM you are cool again - except with the bed you just move to the other side. IDEAL. I've never experienced such luxury); the joy of talking to Mum once every few weeks is delightful. Equally so is the joy of talking to Nath!; endless, endless shops/shopping; the purchasing of an iphone becoming a very real possibility; a million people to people watch; beautiful alleyways full of graffiti; the cutest little coffee shops tucked in the most obscure of places; free internet all over the place; TRIANGLES EVERYWHERE; 1000 different foods to try (newest fave = squid!)....

Most of all, though, I think it's given me the hugest sense of appreciation for all that I have. 

I'm really, really lucky and I find it all too easy to take for granted. Missing home, missing Mum, missing Nath. But I've realised that the luxury of having someone to miss is something beautiful. I'm learning to be thankful for even that; to make the most of my time here because nothing lasts forever. 

Let us revel and wonder in every small moment that comes our way - you have to live your life for now.