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Last week was very full.

I worked on Monday and Thursday.
This is a masive answer to prayer, as I have had no work for many weeks, and have desperately wanted to start as a teachers aide at William Rose SSP for ages. It’s a really nice school to work at, and I’ve had the chance to be in several different classes over the past weeks, so am gradually building up my experience base with different kinds of kids and their many and varied disabilities. It tires me out something fierce, but the experience (and money) is invaluable. I had to turn them down today as I was feeling yuckky this morning and needed to do some long-neglected uni work. It’s hard to find the right balance.
I also went to Uni on Monday and Tuesday.

Wednesday was uni and then bible study. I think people were pretty tired, so it wasn’t the most fabulous discussion, but it’s always encouraging to meet with fellow brothers and sisters in Christ, and chat about the Bible.

Thursday Joel came over for dinner.
Joel is Ben’s brother and we’ve been trying to have individual members of bot our families over for lunch/dinner at various times, and this was joels turn. We made vietnamese spring rolls, laughed alot and played cards.

Friday was prac.
A long and chaotic day. Enough said. That night, mum and dad came over for dinner. It was lovely to catch up with them as I haven’t seen them for a week or so, and they seemed to enjoy it. It is funny having your parents over to your house for a meal for the first time…something feels vaguely reversed, but it wasn’t at all unpleasant. On Friday, late at night, Deb arrived from Canberra.

Saturday was busy.
In the morning I had to go to a MK committee meeting, and then rush home so that Ben, deb and I could catch a train to Newtown. Deb wanted to ‘feel the vibe’, so we spent the late afternoon exploring King St. and Enmore St. with the help of Jane who is a well worn Newtown-goer. On the train on the way home we took silly pictures with newspapers on Deb’s digital camera. Deb cooked Pad Thai for dinner that night which was yummy, and we watched Goodbye Lenin.

Sunday was Katoomba.
Sunday saw the three of us trek up the mountain to Katoomba, for prowling in curious little shops, thumbing through dust books, laughing at vintage fashion, and eating Kebabs for lunch. We stopped at echo point lookout to take a picture of a jacket with the three sisters, and then sat and drank tea and ate brownies before going home. Ben and I both fell asleep in the car, so it was a good thing Deb was driving. That night we went off to church, and I sang for the first time at TAC. It went well, but ironically I’m getting a sore throat and it had to coincide with the first time I’ve needed to sing well in about three months!

And here we are at Monday again. My lecture is about to start, Ben is in a Stats lecture and Deb is probably back at our place getting ready to go back to Canberra. And that is all for now.