Friday

[laura_seabrook]

Yesterday was mostly good, and I'm optimistic about next Wednesday.

Caught the 7:30am bus out to get to the CBD before 9am. The bus went a funny route that took in at least four schools and the Westfield's at Kotara before arriving. I met my care worker / key person and we went shopping for interview clothes. I ended up with a nice pair of leather court shoes ($40) and a dark green / pastel shirt ($29) from Rivers (oh, and a pair of socks). It was all bought for me by the employment agency!

I had a "personal development session" in the afternoon between 1-3pm, and we'd done our shopping by 10am, so I had a few hours to spend until then. I went to the library, then the Southern Cross food hall for lunch, and finally to Graphic Action before returning. Actually I detoured via the library again so I could change into my new shoes and shirt for the session. Something "funny" seemed to happen then - I felt more "clumsy" with them on, like I'd just dropped 30 pts of IQ.

Went to the session. It was all full of "common sense" tips and ideas that make good sense, but which I probably wouldn't have thought of otherwise. I also might have had a "seizure" during it as well, but that's for the next post.

Caught the same bus that I did on Tuesday which took me home via Westfield's again and the Sugar Valley bus to Barnsley. However, this time I caught it from outside Marketown in West Newcastle. Had plenty of time until the bus came, so I checked out a newsagents, and more interestingly, a place called the Newcastle Antique Centre in West Newcastle which lies just around the corner from the shopping centre. The place is filled with old and interesting hats, clothes, records, computers and stuff. I spent a while browsing before the bus came.

I felt totally stuffed by the time I got home. I tried to do things on the PC but settled for falling asleep watching the final episode of Churchill's Bodyguard.