My Space, My Escape

 

For the past year I have been lucky enough to call this place my space, my escape. With a walk-in wardrobe, ensuite, balcony and large window with a gorgeous view, I really felt I'd hit the jackpot when I found this Master Bedroom for rent.

 

Note: I usually have an artists bedroom (aka messy), so don't feel bad if yours doesn't look like this!

Soon though I will be packing up and going overseas for 3 months, therefore leaving this place behind. Before then I wanted to capture it at its best; afternoon sun pouring through the large windows, inviting me for a nap on my colourful bedspread.

I recently picked up The Art Of Travel by Alain de Botton, given to my boyfriend by my brother for Christmas. I opened the book to a random page and read this paragraph only:

'At the end of hours of train-dreaming, we may feel we have been returned to ourselves - that is, brought back into contact with emotions and ideas of importance to us. It is not necessarily at home that we best encounter our true selves. The furniture insists that we cannot change because it does not; the domestic setting keeps us tethered to the person we are in ordinary life, but who may not be who we essentially are.'

I then closed the book. I felt it unnecessary to continue reading at that point, content in the power these words had given me.

So as much as I love this bedroom, and as hard as it will be to leave, I know it will be worth the adventures that lie ahead.

 

Aurora Borealis Solar Lamps

 

Solar lamps are the bomb. That is all.

Oh, and an easy way to find my house at night!

 

 

 

 

 

 

2015 Memorable Moments

If there's anything I learnt in 2014, it was this:

If you're going through hell, keep going.

That year, I survived...and that was enough. With all its challenges, 2015 was a much better year. It is easier for us to remember negative experiences than positive ones, because they affect us greater. So I chose to write down the good experiences I had as I went to be able to look back on at the end of the year, to help me remember and focus on the positive things that happened, big or small.

Jervis Bay Australia Day trip.
Birthday dinner at Cholos.
Started seeing John at Psych Sessions.
Hyatt Hotel exhibition and free buffet dinner.
Autumn photo published in Canberra Times.
Surf Camp with Duckie and visited Keith in Sydney.
Left Franklin Early Childhood School and started working at Springbank Rise Early Learning.
Completed Jamison Flowers course Part 2.
Joined Tri Sports team.
Gained 3 new housemates.
Threw a joint Hippie Housewarming party.
Signed up as a Camp Quality Volunteer.
Completed Cert 3 in Early Education and Care.
Photographed the Governor General.
Set up an Emily Davidson Photography stall at the Hall Markets.
John McGrath Used Cars commercial modelling job.
Wedding photo published in The Chronicle.
Meet the Meerkats experience at Mogo Zoo for Mothers Day.
Bush Kinder commercial photography job for Canberra Early Learning.
V8 Race experience at Wakefield Park.
Rob's boat launch in Yarralumla.
Cam Knight 100 percenter stand up comedy show for Rob's birthday.
Snow Day in Canberra!
James Turrell exhibition with Rob at the National Gallery.
Participated in Guinness World Record break: Most People Stargazing Across Multiple Sights in a Country.
Rozie's visit and stay at Katoomba St.
Bought Magic Cherry Blossom tree.
Extra in Foxtel miniseries Secret City.
Westfield Cerebral Palsy charity Parade.
Miss Tourism Australia heat.
Fashion Styling assisting for Lucy Hendricks workshop.
Completed Agency Photoshoot.
Oktoberfest with Rasa, Dave and Ed.
Dizzie laid an (unfertilised) egg.
Children's Week Dress Up Day and Teddy Bears Picnic.
John McGrath Ford Fiesta commercial modelling job.
For the first time, met another person who has Nightmare Disorder.
Shot wedding with Candice at couple's home in Bungendore.
Hair model for Leslie Henshaw's Pravana Hair Show.
Found the best Zumba class with Ange at Northside/ Fitness centre.
Victoria's Models Christmas Card photoshoot.
2nd shooter a wedding with Dan O'Day.
Christmas parties.
Photo sold to The Hyatt and shared by Katy Gallagher on Facebook.
Styled Photoshoot at Shaw Vineyard Estate.
Santa Pub Crawl with Charlie, Rasa and Dan.
Christmas with the family + Boxing Day brunch with the girls.
New Years in with Rob.

Paper Flowers

 

I love flowers, but I get sad when they die. Problem solved!

 

 

 

 

Pizza Boy

6:30am:

My alarm goes off

‘I’m not up for work today’

I call and tell my boss

 

I roll over and go back to sleep

11am:

I hear my phone beep

It’s the psychologist’s office returning my call

‘This week we can’t get you an appointment at all’

9am Monday is the earliest timeslot

But when you’re depressed, four days seems a lot

 

11:30am:

Still lying in bed

Negative thoughts taking over

Like clouds in my head

 

12am midday:

I walk to the shower

Clutching my towel, crying,

Trying not to fall over

Although not visible, I’m hurting inside

Wondering whether this feeling will ever subside

 

1pm:

My friend sends a text

‘How are you going?’

I send her one next

She calls me, we talk,

I cry and she listens

I tell her, ‘I don’t see the point of existence’

 

2pm:

Haven’t eaten all day

Order two pizzas to be on their way

 

2:40pm:

The doorbell rings

I look for my wallet in my big mess of things

Go downstairs, open the door

Take the boxes of pizza and place them on the floor

 

As I give him the cash,

We both ask the question:

“How has your day been?’

With a caring expression

 

‘I asked first,’ he says with a smile

I tell him I’m sick, a little white lie

 

He tells me he hopes I have a good day,

And I think to myself as he walks away

Pizza boy brought me more than just a margherita

He gave me just what I needed along with my pizza




 

♪ ♬ Sunshine... on my window...makes me happy...♫

 

When my brother was born, my parents planted a white Camellia tree at the side of their house, and when I was born they planted a pink one next to it. What a beautiful act so many years ago that still brings joy.

 

Needless to say, I love these flowers :)  

 

Little reminders that can help in a big way...