Some changes...

Let's just say I had the best holiday in the history of holidays! Yes there was some tension with my mother and brother, but I coped. I let a lot of it just fly over my head and I bit my tongue.

I also spent 3 nights in town. First one was for a meeting up with some people I had met online. We had a ball. Drank into the wee hours back at one of their places... But most of all I had fun. And I had a guy come onto me! LOL! I had followed A online for a while (It is too hard to explain Twitter on here!) and we had had brief interactions. Basically we knew who each other was. He actually visited up here last for his cousin's wedding and we almost caught up for a drink but didn't. Well this night we were drunk... but...

We kinda texted after that and sent a couple of messages. We knew we would be catching up on the Thursday night at another event. I hinted that he could stay at my hotel and was told that he had to work the following day, otherwise he would love to. Well the night came and we drank some more. And he ended up back in my room. And he was so sweet and lovely and nice and all...

And he sent me a lovely message when I left Melbourne and all. And I like him. I like him quite a lot really. But I also realise that I think he sees it as a holiday fling. We have emailed once or twice and he has said that he wants me to keep in touch. He asked me to ring him from time to time and I rang him the other night and we had a bit of a friendly chat, and it flowed and it wasn't forced, but I suppose I didn't get the impression that he would contact me. I dunno. I just can't read men!

Plus the thing is that the holiday in Melbourne, even without A was wonderful! I so enjoyed catching up with friends- G, K, D and the Ls. They all think I should move back. As I got on the plane to come home (in tears I might add!) I clutched a copy of The Age and looked through job notices and housing prices.

The long and the short of it is I have decided to stick it out here this year. I will finish my thesis and have told work I am cutting back to 30 hours/week to do this. My boss was so supportive. I think now I would like to go into adult education of some description. Maybe even branch out into IT a bit more. I did another training session at work yesterday and today and I do enjoy facilitating them. Who knows.

At the events where I met A, I also met some other wonderful people with whom I have developed great friendships. I am so grateful that I met E in particular. Knowing that I can have a 'mate' who is male and who is not going to just jump into bed with me (although he jokes that he would like to!) has been great for the way I see myself. E's wife I didn't get to meet, but I will in the future. One big thing is that E is helping me set up another blog which will be more public. Basically I will leave this one for bitching about SFB and other stuff that I can't share in a non-anonymous way. But I want to rant and rave about issues that affect me. To boast about the kids and I suppose keep up my writing. Critique my thinking as part of my thesis and the like. Don't care if anyone reads it or not, but still I will be out there throwing in my $0.02!

And as for SFB. No time tonight. But he is still being a PITA!