gillpolack @ 2011-04-23T09:31:00

We had negative temperatures last night, which is a bit unseemly for April. It gave me interesting dreams, however (for Fahrenheit folks, it was around 30 degrees). My favourite one was of a new cooking show that had gourmet chefs serving up their latest inventions to chops-and-three-veg people and trying to convince them that it was good, solid food. Dream dialogue went something like "I'm not going to even ask what this meat is." and "Linden - what an interesting ingredient." It was a very solid narrative and ended in tears when someone decided it was 'authentic' to revisit WWII food with gas. My dream self was gasping for breath and wondering how on earth the folks in TVland thought anyone could eat food wearing gas masks. When I woke up, I headed straight for the asthma medication and then for the Bureau of Meteorology page - both actions were very sensible.

For the record, we're into day two of the five day holiday the rest of Australia is getting for my birthday. I need to relish today and tomorrow, since I'll be 49 for the last time. I need to wear black today, however, because I just realised that I never got to be 49 for a second time, much less a third.

I'm working hard on looking my age, since acting my age was a failure from the beginning. I've given the latter much thought and have decided to act my shoe size instead. If you see me skipping down the street like an 8 1/2 year old, this would be why.