I need to remember to come here and write. It makes me feel better.

This weekend my job was advertised. It is weird to see it there - the very sort of job ad I would respond to, only I already have that job. Hmmm. Best not to think too far along that line. On the other hand it means that all the shit I do will be someone else's responsibility. And change for me and in the school is good. Just praying that someone excellent applies!

My knitting continues apace. Sort of...when I have wool. I can't get to the wool shop here as it is closed more than it is open and I ordered some online but it is taking FOREVER to arrive. Frustrating. It is becoming an obsession. Mostly it is all I think about. I even volunteered to go on an excursion to Melbourne so I could knit on the bus there and back and possibly while at the expo too. Perhaps I am really loosing it.

Petrol prices are freaking me out. I really don't know if it is sustainable to keep driving 150kms per day - even for the five months, minus four weeks holidays, that are left before we go. The bf says I need to not panic and he's probably right. But it is just horrible to see hard earned money being used to continually fill and refill the tank, just to get to the place where I earn the hard earned money. This circularity is what made us decide to go in the first place. I'm going to try to live without a car when we get to WA. No idea how possible that'll be, but I'd like to try.

Speaking of things I want, a friend just made a list of 10 things she wants. Thought I might try it:

1. To have no car and no regular driving.
2. To have a vege garden that supplies most of our vege needs
3. To have a source of local, small farmed, stress-free meat and dairy products - possibly our own eventually
4. To make everything in the 'Knitting Precious Things' book - except the weird thing
5. To be teaching history in a high school part time
6. To be marketing the jewellery locally and o/s
7. To be running the art class business idea I have
8. To be a part of a community in a meaningful way
9. To finish the Heritage course and do something with it - even if that means a change of career
10. To enjoy being near my family again

We'll see in a few months how this changes - as I imagine it will.