Time

When I was phoning my collegues for telling them about my sick-leaves extension there were the questions again:
- how are you
- what are you doing


I hate those questions!

What am I doing? The same I had done in January when being unemployed: I read books (I am reading the 9th in 3 weeks now)and watch DvD's (what a pity there are only 8 seasons McLeod Daughters - they had been finished in March or April and today I finished Harry Potter as well!).
What else? I am learning English grammar once more and do hope it will stay in my mind for quite some time. I did inform about the special needs study which I can (and am going to) apply for from the 8.6 onwards.
After having finished a little spring clean I put different stuff on ebay and hope it will be sold - otherwise, that is a promise, I will through everything out!

You see, all activities I can put my leg up; but as you might know I cannot rest all day. So, of course, I walk 'a lot' - maybe an hour in the morning. When being back home my foot is aching and I am happy about putting it up again...

The nicest thing is - the sun did shine 3 days last week and the weather should be fine naxt week as well. If that's the case ypu can expect me sitting outside in the sun and getting some colour!!!!

Just some pictures

26.03.2009 - Dinner at my birthday with sushi and cheese platter









1.01.2009 - 7.30am having breakfast on the patio










10.04.2009 - 3.00pm enjoing the first warm & sunny day on my patio












02.05.2009 - heavy rain in the late afternoon

















18.05.2009 - 5.30pm being back home with these lovely crutches; one day the desinfektion stuff will wash off - I hope










21.05.2009 - the first BBQ this Year; Father's Day and the weather is great

Illuminati

has started the 13th this month in the movies over here - I watched it on wendsday.
I love Dan Brown's books - have read The Davinci Code,Illuminati and Meteor several times.
When I watched The Davinci Code I was quite unsure - not a bad movie but the book was times better. So this time it was the same - would the film rival the book?
Tom Hanks is Prof. Langdon again; this time the location is placed in Rome - how nice the scenery is... Remembered myself of being in Rome again...
Anyway - the movie itself: Not bad at all. As far as I can remember there are not many things cut out. It is not too bloody but thrilling.
Again my problems with 'excess lenght' movies - these damned break after 90minutes (60minutes film and 30min adverts before).

One good thing about the adverts & trailor:

I did see some nice ones and will go to see them soon:

Night in the museum 2 (did start on thursday)
Harry Potter and the half blood prince (15.7)
The Proposal (30.7)
Pope Joan (29.10)

Nebbia

Saturday the Magic Flute and Sunday Nebbia presented from the Cirque Éloise Montréal.
Singing, dancing, music, jugglery, acrobatic and magic.
It was a nice show but unfortunate the artists did speak a lot - a mixture form Italian, French and English; not very good but I could understand.
The differnt parts were worked in a story about fog (Nebbia): The regisseur Daniele Finzi Pasca (did lead the closing ceremony in Turin 2006) is remembered of early mornig fog which billows fly over the sea to the coast...
Vertical rope, trampoline, rotating plates on sticks, artistic - I have seen much harder artistic but never put in such a nice story!

The Magic Flute

is presented by an australian group in my hometown!
Co-opera ( http://co-opera.com.au/ )are off to make their first appearances in Europe. The opera management of the 'Hessisches Staatstheater in Wiesbaden' has invited Co-Opera to perform in the celebrated May Festival '09 and show to German audiences The Magic Flute production.

There was an article in the newspaper and so I called the hotline to get some last tickets - no problem. My mom was to come along - I need a driver!

The story is placed in a restaurant in the 60's. Prince Tamino would like getting Pamina to know. Some employees - among them Papageno, a clumsy chicken delivery boy, who knows everything about the chef cook Monostatos' mischief.

Like in the classical oper the figures in these variation are menlike and magical; the music is pure Mozart.

A simple scenery - only a scaffolding - is sufficient: the company achieves a maximum of theater with a minimum of equipment.

Special is - the Flute was given in english and parts of it in german as well - so my mum could understand as well...
The spectators were amazed, longtime applause and standing ovations at the end!!!

I love

my crutches so much.
There is nothing for me to do in the moment. I am absolutely exhausted after having had a shower this morning. I eat my breakfast in the kitchen when mom is not arroung to bring my plate into the living room. What I am able to do is to carry a bottle of water or something unbreakable or something I can put into a bag...
We went grocery shopping this morning - about an hour - an beeing back home I went straight onto the sofa putting my feet up.
So what am I doing all the day?
Sitting on the sofa in front of my laptop or watching TV. Meanwhile - when bored of sitting around - I try to help in the household. Putting my washing away frisking on one leg, dry up the dishes, stuff like that.
I am longing for the moment I can put that crutches away!

'Australia sickness'

I am home and sitting at the laptop - what else could I do in the moment.
Then I am reading the mails Don, Patricia and Charly sent - about Dylan and Gwyneth progresses in eating, walking and communication - I would love to see them again very soon. The photos I get are wonderful and call up all my memories.
I am thinking off all the things I would like to do - seeing the whitsundays, Uluru, a swarm of wildlife budgies, a trip to Nullarbor, attending 'Christmas in July' and so on.
But time will go by and then...