Hello

I've had a couple of days in bed with a silly cough, and after having spent most of yesterday and a good chunk of today sleeping, the time between breathing and gasping for air is increasing. One realises the last part of that sentence could feature on Encyclopaedia Dramatica, but we shall move on, with your deepest sympathies one assumes.

It's been a rather busy month with my new job and the general social activities a newly 28 year old partakes in. These activities are coming to require a longer recovery period, but rather than blame on age, I'll choose to cite my unaddiction to Diet Coke as the cause. It feels good to not be sucking down the acidic nectar all the time, but if I start talking about how I don't like cheese any more, please, for the love of the Australian Dairy Industry call a doctor.

On the whole I am having fun living at home again and I'm only occasionally missing a few things that come along with living by yourself; loud music, cooking and not having to announce to every one that you're about to have a shower. Seriously, fear of being caught naked is an underrated phobia. I'm not going to be like Tobias, but I can see how things like that can happen.

While I am comfortable and well fed, I'll be excited to moving out next year once I'm fully settled in my job and have taken my US trip. I've been looking at a few sharing situations to get an idea, but I've got some time up my sleeve.

I'm looking forward to my birthday celebrations with friends, meeting new people and continuing on this happy little path I'm on. Nonni made it her 2011 commitment to find me a cool boyfriend*, but has come up short, so I'm employing other tactics, like writing self deprecating blog posts and lying in bed.

Besides the sunny outlook, the important issues I've been contemplating show that not much has changed. Has my hair been cut too short? Do I really need another business shirt? I can has cheeseburger? Has all this coughing starved my brain of oxygen? Answer to all is possibly.

*I've been informed recently that this is not her 2011 commitment