Wow, a lot has happened in the last month. We’ve actually set ourselves up in Brisbane after all. Nik & I have two jobs each & are attempting to recollect our domestic life. We’re back living in the valley, in our old building even. A small but still quite empty apartment looking over the hustle & bustle of town, rusty rooftops & dingy alleyways. The traffic’s constant hum & crowd cheers coming from the nightclubs below, a reminder how far I am from the forests & deserts of only a couple of months ago. It’s still quite disorientating.

I’ve found myself working in a kitchen again after many years, in a deli in the western suburbs. The work keeps me interested, still learning recipes & new techniques. The other job is just supermarket work; mundane but well-paying. It’s funding this never-ending shopping spree of homewares, furniture & fun things to fill our apartment. I’m also saving for a motorcycle/moped at the moment, so it’s really a fun time in a way, shopping for all this stuff & starting again. Everything’s so new & fresh. A little retail therapy has been good after living rough on the road.  A new camera is pretty high on my shopping list, so hopefully this site will come back to life with some colour.

I’ll try to stop by more often. Sorry for the awkward pauses in the chatter. We have internet in the apartment now so I’ll be a little more net-active. Btw I tried the Wordpress app for the iPhone numerous times but it crashed on uploading every time; excuses, excuses.