you should probably know i love personality tests. which is why going to melbourne last week was my best australian holiday ever. it started with shopping. then moved to cocktails and ended in three days of personality tests, 360 reviews and counselling.

here i am drinking a mint julep. not in savannah, but at the meat and wine company - melbourne, while watching a couple give eachother foot rubs IN PUBLIC like it wasn't a thing. for me, it WAS a thing and i could barely cope with the mad case of the giggles it was giving me.

i am resisting being self disclosing about the course, even though it was so awesome it is basically all i can think about. it confirmed i'm an infp. so i feel confident that i can accomplish great and wonderful things. however there is a questionmark over how this combines with the fact i'm a fire sign. jung and astrology seem fairly similar if you ask me. ie both are right on the money.

and at the course i fine dined, and got to wake up to this view every morning, before walking along the beach (for like five minutes, this was self discovery not a health spa).

since returning home i've been in a bit of a haze. mostly because all i want to do is talk about the course. i keep recommending it to people, and analysing their problems. i'm like an evangelist. which is why i urge you to do it too. but if you don't have a spare five thousand dollars or whatever it costs to do this professionally, take the free internet test here.

i have also dedicated time to finding new places for my ikea presents to myself. it turns out i didn't really need that third duvet cover. oh well - i bought that before i was self actualised. so it doesn't count. oh and i went to see the tempest at toi whakaari. i don't do shakespeare without claire danes so it wasn't my cup of tea. plus it was too avante guarde for my tastes. but it was enjoyable overall plus gave me the sense of being cultured. bonus.

speaking of being cultured i need to stop writing now and go and work on my 1001 books to read before you die. months ago i declared i'd read one a month. that hasn't happened. i've only read one - fear and trembling. but am close to finishing a second - eva trout - which despite all the summaries making it sound like the perfect book for me is actually duller than you could imagine. i do not recommend it.

i had a fight with my sister the other day because she accused me of being too soft on ryles. firstly i'm his aunt. so i am allowed to spoil him. and secondly i don't spoil him. because i watch reality tv shows about nannies and i know how to be a disciplinarian and gain the respect of children. plus the closest thing he gets to lollies from me are saltanas. like in this picture taken on wednesday. he was smiling immediately before and immediately after this photo was taken. my camera's speed is questionable. anyway the fight all ended badly, with me referring to her as the world's greatest parent. which she really should have considered a good thing. anyway. sometimes people just get the wrong end of the stick.

like today. i'm working from home but i bet *some* people think i am taking it easy and watching ellen. doubtful. although to be honest that happened yesterday. she's just so amusing. like in her ellen is that you segment. and hillary duff was on and sang some god awful song. and i felt even sicker.

anyway, i'm feeling slightly better today. last night i decided to go out and do something in between dinner and beddy-byes. so i went to a play at circa. heroes. about ww1 war veterans at a veterans home. who amongst other things plan an escape. which was sufficiently funny to have me smiling and the woman behind me hee-hawing. plus it has ray henwood in it. and we all know i'm basically in love with his son due to his one man shows and insert video here tele programme. then when i got home i popped a sleeping pill and an hour later voila... i was on the train bound for morningtown.

the ride was shorter than anticipated - i woke up at six - but better (to the power of infinity) than the previous rides - all of which were over by 2.42 am. tonight i'm trying drug free but if it doesn't work i'll be back on the pills quicker than you can sing rockin' rollin' ridin' out along the bay....