Stilt walking was fun and exhausting, the tournaments were real value with lots of whacking, a few minor injuries - and even use of real blades rather than just padded clubs. Risky stuff and worthwhile.
We got to see a rendition of The Taming of the Shrew which was quite reasonable, but all in all it ended up pretty boring. Some of the acts were bizarre, but most were just dull.
The workshops that were around last year didn't make an appearance, so it wasn't much fun in the end.

We're Defecting Back to Victoria

About time for a holiday I reckon, so we're coming to visit kith and kin and cause general havoc from April 11th to 14th.
We plan to base ourselves at the Fogues house in Kangaroo Flat so that we can branch out to everyone without having to travel too far once we get there.
I'm looking forward to the long trip. No one to talk to, nothing to think about except the road and the taste of siphoned petrol (we ran out last time).
Being in familiar surroundings again will seem strange, although I suppose everything has changed over the past year or so. Can't leave you lot alone for a minute, can we?

The Fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, Social Security, was lodging with me earlier this month. "You were over paid for the Christmas period" he bellowed "give us back our $74.20 or be cast into infernal pits with vipers and other unsavoury things". I complied and am having a small amount taken out of my pension every fortnight. Bastards!
That week was one of the most hideous to ever have come into existence. Jase got holiday pay when he finished work, which meant that he was paid normally for another two weeks but DSS refused to pay me anything. Jase did give me half his money but I still got annoyed. I wanted to put the separate amounts on my form - normal wage one fortnight holiday pay the next - they wouldn't hear of it. Again I say Bastards!
We are both looking forward to getting paid normally on Tuesday.

Over the past couple of months I have been working on Sundays at the booth in the Mall, and getting paid for it! $138 for four and a half hours work is pretty damn good I think.
This weekend was so busy! Saturday we met some friends form England Toni & Tony (a friend's father and his wife)

in the city for drink, as they left for a tour of Kangaroo Island, Jason & I decided to visit Bernice out at Port Adelaide. By the time we got home it was almost 8 o'clock and we still had all our Autumn Festival preparations to make. We drew up a sign, printed business cards & packing all the books that Jase had made earlier that week.
Autumn Festival turned out to be a complete farce. No advertising on the roads around the park meant the only people who knew about it where the few store holders and their immediate family.
Still, we (I actually) sold a book. Jason was too scary for people. He'd leave me alone for five minutes and suddenly 20 people would be crowding around me, Jase would come back and they'd all scarper! Horribly cold, wet and windy. I almost got hypothermia (much to my delight my lips started to turn blue).
Last night we went to the Civic Park Spectacular. Lots of lovely fire works left us going "woo". We stood very close to the fireworks area so when they went bang I was sure that the bits were going to land on our heads. The one that Jase liked the best was fantastic. Wormy gold bits wormed and sparkled while purple streaks flew; other things went bang and some went whiz. It was so pretty. We were both very happy when we left.
Every second Friday I hope to get to a Deaf Workshop. Sitting around pubs and cafes in the city signing to Deaf people and other Auslan students is good fun. I think this is a bit of a non sequitur, but I wanted to tell you about it any way seeing as how I haven't mentioned school up until now. Yes thanks I still love it!
See you soon!

Approaching a shop in the city to display Spellbound books; to do well at TAFE; but above all to just settle down and do some writing. Funny that it was my writing that bought us here in the first place, but I've hardly picked up a pen.
Just you wait and see...