Non-holiday

It has been scorching weather here for the last few days. And more on the way. Touch has been cancelled all week :( Although I have to say that running around in this heat is even a bit much for me. I spent yesterday arvo at the pool just getting in and out of the water and reading the book I borrowed from MM; Naomi Klein The Shock Doctrine which I recommend, but don't read it if you are already depressed with the state of the world...



It was a pretty long weekend, we were intending to go to Robe with some friends but life got in the way, as it tends to do with us. MM's sister passed away after an unexpectedly brief battle with cancer. He is obviously very sad and I didn't want to go to Robe without him - seemed kinda mean. But really there was not much I could do. MM isn't very help-able. I am pretty much a 'fixer' - I like to confront problems and iron them out as soon as possible. Activity is what helps me, but this situation is something that cannot be ironed out. So I guess the best thing to do is stay away, which is really hard but I guess that's the point of the whole 'for better for worse' thing they put in the wedding vows - probably the only part of the whole bizarre arrangement that I could agree with. Sometimes poeple just don't behave the way you expect them to so you have to change your idea of 'being there'.



So, not a great start to the year. I am hoping that my time away from Australia this year will somehow re-jig things and we can start getting some better breaks upon my return. It would be nice for things to be easy for a while!