Holidays continue and it’s great! Australia day for me means BIG DAY OUT! And this year was great!

It was a hot day full of great music and great fun and this year I wore an Australian flag as a cape (tick! Off the list) and let me just say to all those ever thinking of going to the big day out the Aussie flag cape is a must! Not only is it cool but it doubles as sun protection and you can wet it to keep you cool.

Also recently I did something I said I would do ages ago and that’s visit a friend of mine who moved to a small country town of Benalla.

I’d never been to Benalla so made the effort to head there for the day, my friend was happy to see me and Benalla although small was a nice town to visit.

So its holidays time and its a strange time for me, I always try to take some time off around my birthday so I can do something (so far doing nothing on my actual birthday) but never has it been as much as two weeks and because I have to book the time off so far in advance you can’t really plan for what happens.

This is were the list comes in,

“not sure what to do with your time! Well quit being lazy and tick off the list”

After spending 24hours in Mildura for Christmas I decided I needed more time to spend with friends and family, I did see them at Christmas but we didn’t really get to do the things I enjoy most with me friends like going out and having a few drinks or working on cars etc. etc. basicly everything I did when I was 18 (that was a Goodyear) it was a shame Nadine couldn’t make it. We were a few short of being the full crew again but we put in a fair effort for those missing.

13.Fly somewhere: After making the painful 7 hours drive twice in 3 days at Christmas I really couldn’t pass up flying there in 45mins at about the same cost. Sure it was a challenge to get places at times due to cars being out of order but it was part of the adventure.

17.Laser tag: We decided that laser tag would be the perfect way to work up a thirst before drinking and boy did we. It took a game to get into it but that second match we kicked arse. We decided when teamwork and defensive positions don’t work, and loud noises and scare the little kids into the back corner before going at them using team-mates as human shields…… needless to say we OWNED. ULTRA PWNAGE!

So yes had an awesome time but the best thing of all is I’ve only been on holidays for 4 days still got a week and a half to go. AWESOME!

So right now,  I’m in my hometown of Mildura a small rather hot town in Victoria Australia, Its been a while since I’ve been back for anytime longer then 24 hours and I have to say I’m enjoying it and its good me thinking.

Would I move back to Mildura? – Probley not but I miss this. If I moved back to Mildura

• I would be near my family (including all extended family) something I really miss, every week there is a family event either BBQ, fishing or going out for dinner.
• I would be near my friends who are all in the one spot for the first time in 4 years.
• I’d be in the country where the land you buy is a quarter the price, and twice the size.

although they are pretty strong arguments for moving home.

• There is some pretty seedy characters in Mildura and a higher percentage of Dickheads here then in Melbourne
• Being near both my family and Nadine would be great but between the two of them there would be no time for just and Nadine, something I enjoy and I really hate being guilt tripped into doing stuff when all I  want to do is watch TV with Nadine.
• The biggest point for not moving is work, or lack there of. I will never get a job in Mildura that pays as well as my job in Melbourne. Jobs is Mildura’s biggest problem (something I’m very passionate about but we’ll get to that another day.)

The bottom line, I remember the good times, Being with friends and laughing with family, spending time with Nadine, being by the water but the reality moving back will never work the way it would in my head. the place in my head is gone, Its changed its life & and you can’t go back, you can only move on. so where to?

I can’t blog without spell check, Nadine would kill me and Jess would correct me.

After talking about it for years i finally got contact lenses, it still feels strange but i like it, i can wear sunglasses and 3d galsses now.  1 down 29 to go. going well.

it just occurred to me that the origenal saving private scott movie was set in 2010. So look out its world war 3 this year.