The teenagers downstairs are staging their loudest sing and boogie-along Saturday night party yet, so it's a good opportunity to get you up to date with the latest in the life of Jo.
I have been replaced, albeit temporarily, as 'most adventurous Odds family explorer' by my parents who are having (I hope) the trip of a lifetime to Macchu Picchu and the Galapagos. However, it would be highly inaccurate to assume that that means my life has become less exciting as a result. But we'll come to that.
The unemployment and jobhunting was interrupted by a brief but brilliant stint working in the Wellington Film Festival. I got to run the busiest and biggest cinema, which is notably the first venue I've ever managed with numbered seats. N.B. This seemingly minor matter makes a HUGE difference when seating a 750+ capacity venue 7 times a day.
It was a great experience with some fab people (the angry evil mum and the drunk spitting guy being obvious exceptions to that). My pick of the festival: 'Waltz with Bashir'. Check it out if you find it on DVD.
In the past week or so a lot of things have changed. This is mainly due to the new man in my life. No, let's get this right, he is not new to my life, but he has now started fulfilling a new role in it. My new boyfriend has swept me off my feet, turned my world upside down and made life just so much more exciting (although if I'm honest, he did all the above a wee while ago). Suffice to say, this is one very happy lady, and I'm damn sure he's pretty happy too!
On the job front it's been a wee rollercoaster of its own. I will resist from boring you with details, but there were some rather unexpected disappointments recently that left me a bit dumbstruck. But it's all come together and I've just got a job working for World of Wearable Art - a unique event at the end of September www.worldofwearableart.com - and another potential exciing job following on from that (tbc). Funny how these things go.
Other bits and pieces I've been up to:
- visiting White Island (volcanic) and getting locked out of the backpackers
- mountainbiking and falling off into the gorse
- commissioning a beautiful drum to be made by a samba-mate then falling out of her car into the agapanthas
- a primo day skiing with the lovely Bex, a worthy follow-on from falling in the pond whilst playing mini-golf together
Hang on, that's a lot of falling incidents... Anyway:
- attending the filming of the first round of 'New Zealand's Got Talent' and questioning the wisdom of the title
- getting a shiny new MP3 player and needing to replace my car speakers as a result
- fixing several tricky things on my car, all by myself, but of course with the assistance of my ever-patient advisory team; you know who you are ;o)
Life is good.
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