13th February 2000

Woke to the most glorious day I've seen in ages today. If I didn't know better, I'd swear spring has started, just looking out the window at all the sunshine - and warmth - makes me feel like dashing out again. I'd planned to work my day away diligently until 6pm then head for church, but something about the air magicked me out of the house. Walked to church in the sun, attended service, then bought a Chinese McRib meal from McDonald's and ate it in the sunshine in Brunswick square before getting the week's shopping done in Safeways, and it was a good experience. A Good Experience - the most mundane of days, but it felt good and still does. Gone, grey drizzly days, gone cold blustery wind - children playing outside my window, people walking around in pullovers. There's a magic in the air today.

I was walking home and caught sight of my shadow, this nice-looking shadow with messy hair and thought - is that me? No overcoat-shadow, no neat-hair shadow, no backpack-shadow? Then I looked up and saw this really tall Japanese girl walking in front of me and looked down and realised she was about 8 inches worth of high heels and a little bit of person above... what a nasty thing to say. :)

Someone disagreed with my last article; she thinks girls do go for SNAGs, well that wasn't my article anyway I was quoting someone else, and I'm sure girls, like guys are all as quirky and whimsical, and some of you go for SNAGs, some of the time, so yes frau, you're entitled to your opinion.

It's too nice a day to do any serious thinking, too nice a day to even read rheumatology - but unfortunately that's the grim reality of what I'm going to do after I finish this. It's a beautiful day and I can feel myself running in the park with the wind in my hair and sunlight on my back.