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A bit of rain falls from the sky and something is triggered in peoples brains that makes them drive stupidly.  For example, I was coming around a corner (two lanes) which merges into one lane just around that corner, and TWO people decide to do suicide u-turns across the road when a lot of traffic was coming.  The other, I was waiting to turn right into a side street and there was a big gap coming up, there was a car turning left into that side street. Plenty of time for them to turn and me to turn.  The left turning car stops dead right before the corner and turns the corner as if it were a hairpin turn on the side of a cliff with only a 30cm shoulder. Needless to say that I missed the big gap.

I have no way of tying these two topics together, so I wont even bother… so on my jogging route I pass this house on a corner block.  There is always this guy standing in his kitchen watching me.  I’m not entirely sure if he is the full dollar or not, but he watches me for the ~50m as I approach the house, then when i get to crossing the street he pokes his head out, then when i am just about to run past the house, he runs into the front room and stands right at the window watching me.. almost like a puppy, but not as cute, nor as young.  This occurs every night. I’m sure others must have crazy people who watch them exercise.. I fear going past his place sometimes more than running through the park in total darkness.

The End of Financial Year has come and gone.  Yesterday it rained cats and dogs, was really windy, to the point where I was expecting to see some cows being swept away. Quite fitting really for the EOFY, maybe some investors are shaking in their boots looking for cash to pay for their greedy investing habits.  I just want a place to live. I need mums and dads to stop forking cash over to their useless Gen Y children, and the Government to take away the First Home Buyers Grant/Boost. I like reading the comments on news articles about the housing markets. Here are a couple of my favourites from this morning:

“Its like having a Tax grant for supporting the share market. Get rid of the FHBG and let the market find its equilibrium, which it eventually does anyway.”

“FHOG and the boost hasn’t helped First Home buyers. However they have helped the sellers get a better price for their properties. This is a classic case of “intentions not equating results” and probably doing more damage in what is still an over inflated bubble.”

Hopefully once things settle down in extra-life activities (weddings, work, other random things) we can go on a serious cardboard box hunt.  Nothing fancy, waterproof, some cut out windows, nothing fancy pants.

Yesterday was the $90,000,000.00 OzLotto draw.  Apparently one in every two adults in Australia purchased a ticket from this.  I ended up purchasing two, one for me and the work syndicate. Now before you all start sending me emails telling me how much of a good friend you are … i didn’t win the big one. Not  sure what division 2 - 7 were but there is a chance i got one of those. Knowing my luck it will be division 7 on the work syndicate, not even enough to cover a coffee.

I managed to budget myself $39 dollars for a week and a half. I was in a slight panic yesterday, until the money gods answered my prayers and i found $40 in my purse! And a doctors bill that i can claim $40 back on!  Now life is somewhat back to usual coffee in the mornings, so long as I don’t drive the care anywhere on the weekend, I should be good.

I also have this jingle stuck in my head. I have been singing it for days.. quite catchy!

In case you were worried, I survived the flu, and promptly gave it to T. I now spend my days making cups of double strength neocitran for him.  Working hard as always. Still on the hunt for a house.

It’s a shame that Y2K didn’t bring us this.