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It's been an emotionally challenging week for me. So what better to do on a lazy, rainy Friday night after a glass of wine and strawberries than to sit down and write a blog, which i actually don't do enough of these days!

I've said it many times, that I would love to be an American citizen. The USA is like my second home. I love the people, i love the culture, i love the shopping, i love the food, i love the scenery - there isn't much i DON'T like about it. In fact, i've even said to some people that if i could have citizenship on the grounds that i don't return to Australia, I'd willingly give it all away.

But this morning, I was actually trying to send a private message to a famous Australian singer called Guy Sebastian, a story in itself, when i noticed that the doors were closing at the station i was meant to get off at, thus missing my stop, some bizarre omen perhaps haha....

When your stop is at central station (the main city station), your train then proceeds to travel in what's called a 'loop'. It's the city loop. It travels around 5 different stations before arriving back at central again.

If you happen to be on the loop, you will stop at Circular Quay which is very picturesque and quite spectacular, particularly on New Year's Eve.

I rolled on towards the city loop and as i was arriving at Circular Quay, a sudden wave of homesickness washed over me. I think it was partly because of my emotionally charged week.

It wasn't a homesickness for somewhere else, but for my own city and my own country, which is very unlike me. I felt this whimsical pang of warm, fuzzy inertia-like nostalgia. A feeling that brought tears to my eyes and made me all choked up. Here i was, looking out over Circular Quay, and if i chose to, I could alight the train and stand and overlook the Harbour Bridge and the Opera House, one of the great wonders of the world, for hours on end, until my heart was content.

As it was, i was going to work and didn't have the time to stop and smell the roses as such.

But for that moment, i was content with where i was. I appreciated everything that i already had and took in the fact that my city and my country are, in fact, so beautiful. I know it so well, it's familiar to me and it will always be home, i will always feel at ease in this city.

Aussie Movies

So....

I'm on the prowl for some DVD's to take with me to America in October. Below are some DVD's i wanna take with me and the people, i know, can supply me!!!

Kylie Unicomb

Crackerjack

The Nugget

Rachel Unicomb

Cosi

Kelly Edmunds

Looking for Alibrandi

So far that's my list. Below are my other favourite movies that i wanna get my hands on, so if you know of anyone who owns them, let me know!

Hey hey it's esther blueberger

Thunderstruck

The Castle (altho i think i have that one!)

Thanks in advance for your willing co-operation!!!

Anointed

This week, I have been reminded of God's anointing over my life. When i recognised this reminder, i was filled with so much joy. It's something I had completely forgotten about and now plan to engage in at my church, Inspire.

I'm pretty excited about it but am Housesitting at the moment and so I'll probably look into it once i return.

Please pray that this joy and excitement carries me forward into the path that God is leading me and definitely hold me accountable to where I'm at with this in the next month or so!

Much appreciated thanks!

"Now He who establishes us with you in Christ and has anointed us is God, who also has sealed us and given us the Spirit in our hearts as a guarantee" 2 Corinthians 1:21-22

OCD in a Mild Form

"Ordering is a subcategory where persons feel compelled to place items in a designated spot or order. This person fears a sense of being overwhelmed and impending anarchy if items are not placed exactly as they are arbitrarily determined. Persons with this condition typically line up items in parallel locations, but the focus is on the concept that each item belongs in a particular place. Another form of OCD is perfectionism, in which persons feel compelled to habitually check for potential mistakes or errors that might reveal their own faults or might jeopardize the person's stature at work."

http://www.ocdonline.com/defineocd.php

Do i have to see a Counsellor now???

a. For looking it up in the first place and

b. For thinking i might actually be like this??? i mean it's not like it happens all the time. Just sometimes.

To be honest though, 'Parenthood', the tv show, tackles autism. They actually scripted the dialogue to include symptons of autism and what struck me very close to home is that this autistic child had to have things done in a particular set order and if that order was messed up or put out of wack all hell would break loose.

Sometimes when my 'routine' is messed up. I feel irritable.

Anyways, these were just random thoughts. Thanks for being my online psychologist.