It’s Saturday afternoon with the wind howling around the house and both of my boys are asleep. I’ve got the armchair facing out the window so I can’t see the bombsite that is my living room (see, I’m learning to think like a Mum) and at my elbow is a little table with rooibos tea in a teacup and the peanut butter jar. Mmmm. This morning we went for Dim Sum with friends giving the afternoon that sense of happily tired and overstuffed feeling. A bit like Christmas Day.
To update, the much moaned about essay was finally handed in and forgotten about. Someone asked me recently which essay question I had answered and it had literally gone from my brain. 3 weeks of writing about it and I couldn’t remember! That is until I had an email from my professor with the unit results. One of those ‘ohhh, I don’t want to read this email but I have to’ moments. All good. 80%. It was worth the extra hours. I am quietly punching the air.
You won’t read much from me over the next little while because I’m practicing a new art –the ability to listen!! I have too many opinions and not enough mental capacity for actually listening. It’s hard to really hear someone else when simultaneously thinking ones own thoughts! I’m learning too that ‘opinions’ sit awfully close to judgment, even when they seem correct. Did you know that judging a person, even in a positive way, is still making an assumption about them and is therefore sin? Sin with literal repercussions. Phew. Well, you probably did know that already. Seems I have a lot to learn in the listening/judging area so best I zip it and tune in a bit more. Hence the hold on writing.
I’m sure it won’t be forever. I’ll get itchy typing fingers. Until then, enjoy the quiet.
PS and given I can't spend my time monologing I'm going to get on with 'Project Photos' so maybe a few will make it onto here as I work my way thru the unkempt digital piles of pics strewn across our hardrive
80% woohoo!!!!! Great news :) A negative side to traveling solo is being left with ones own thoughts for most of the day...the plus side is meeting interesting people and listening to their stories, there are some very interesting ones to hear!!
Posted by: Ness Moore | June 27, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Wow Kt - excellent result. Congrats.
Posted by: York G'ma | June 27, 2009 at 09:45 PM
katie have too many opinions? who would've thought ;-)
Posted by: reg | June 29, 2009 at 07:39 PM
For that crack Mr Reginald Fallon I am gonna post the video with the can opener!! Hmmm, and what else can I find....I have so much photographic dirt on you oh illustrious fellow flatmate that it is hard to know which to choose. =]
Posted by: katie | June 29, 2009 at 07:55 PM
Ouch!!
Posted by: York G'ma | June 30, 2009 at 06:50 AM
DOH!!! it was a very confusing can opener!!!
Posted by: reg | July 03, 2009 at 10:32 PM
I am just working out how video happens on typepad and then look out Reggie!! =]
Posted by: katie | July 05, 2009 at 12:20 AM