Howdy!

What's been happening lately? I wish I could say a lot, but in reality, that's not true. I went to the Melbourne show (which was not all that it's cracked up to be), I've been pretty sick, but you don't want to hear about that, I've been working non stop (nine days in a row this week) and I'm moving out of home.

I'm moving out. It's scary, actually. I want the seclusion, I crave the seclusion, but I'm leaving home. Leaving my mum, my sister and everything I've ever known I want privacy, my own space, as it's something I severely lack at home... But as Peter Pan would say, "It's an awfully big adventure..."

I've got almost everything I need. It's cool too because my dad is actually going to make me a few other things, like a wardrobe and book shelves... He did the robes for mum's house and the wall unit in the lounge.

News... My birthday's next week. I turn 22 on the 18th of October. I have to work that day which sucks. People keep asking me what I'm doing for it but the thing is, I don't know what to do. I'm 22. My days of big birthdays are over. I'm all out of ideas. I actually suggested to Katie that we go to Hungry Jacks and utilise their party room, but that is too close to my 21st which I held at McDonald's in the party room. So I said no. Would be fun though. Maybe I'll just do nothing. Ignore the whole thing. It would save me a lot of trouble, but I know I'll be disappointed if I did.

Katie and I have been going to different restaurants for a long time now and tonight we went somewhere we've never been. We went to a place in Morwell called Turkuaz. The food wasn't bad. Filling, though. We had the Chicken Doner Kebab which is a heap of chicken piled on tip of rice, and the Iskender Kebab which is Lamb... lots and lots of lamb, piled on top of a bread, dough thing, with a rich tomato sauce over the top with a dressing of yogurt over that. It was very good, very rich. You can't eat a whole lot of it. Kitty and I got through about half of each dish and called it quits. There was just too much. Next time, if we get something huge, we're taking Greg or Kylie or someone to share with us.

Next week, or next time, we're going to Amigo's again. Good food there, if a little unusual. Mexican. After that we're going to Out of India. We feel it's time to try new things. In all aspects of life.