Kate's wedding was on the weekend.
The ceremony itself
was really beautiful.
It was an outside wedding
and they played
Arithmetic by Brooke Fraser.
But the lead up to it
was fraught
with my inability to find a dress
and desperate need of a haircut.

I spent thursday night
racing around in a dress-induced panic
and finally found something
semi-acceptable,
althought short and too summery
for Bowral which was 16 degrees celsius.

On the day of the wedding
I was having foils in my hair
and becoming increasingly stressed
by how long it took.
In the end I had two hairdressers
trying to blow dry my hair at once.
I didn't end up leaving Sydney until 12 midday
and the wedding was at 2pm
so I had my foot down the whole way
to the southern highlands
thinking I was going to cause a scene
by sneaking in late.
Actually I made it with time to spare.

At the reception
I was seated on a table full of OTs
(friends from Kate's work)
and absolutely everyone I spoke to
asked me "So you're an OT? And where are you working?"
and I kept having to explain that I wasn't
really working as an OT
and Kate's grandfather told me all about
when he had a stroke and how important the OTs had been.
Kate's aunt told me all about her son with Autism
and how he had OT everyday
and how some of the OTs were so passionate
and others just weren't
(she was loud and drunk and seemed to be implying
that I was in the second category which I suppose is true).

Sitting next to me was a girl from Kate's church group
who also happened to be a fourth year OT student
and she was telling me all about her placement
and how she got to try out a power wheelchair.
I have never seen a person so excited
by a wheelchair in all my life
and it reminded me of why I liked
being around students when I worked
in the hospital
because they always seemed so excited
about the most boring things.

Cee and I shared a hotel room
because neither of our partners
were invited.
Cee was telling me
that she is seeing a nurse who is a Trichologist
which is an amusing sounding name
for someone who specialises in hair loss.
Coincidently he works just down the street
from where I live.
I got his name and number from her
and left a nervous and rambling voicemail
for him yesterday.
I hope he calls me back
because I accidentally pinned all my hopes
on this.

Yesterday Luke got a call from
Qantas link and he is in!!
Starts on the 18th of October.
It's very exciting.
We still don't know if we have
a Sydney base or not.
I have visions of packing all our stuff
back into those darn boxes again.
If we have to move
we won't have a library next door.

Today I am tired again
and all I want to do is sleep.
I really haven't done much uni work.

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Lyrics - Brooke Fraser
I've been thinking of changing my mind
It never stays the same for long
But of all the things I know for sure
You're the only certain one
You are the one I want, you are the one I want
I've been counting up all my wrongs
One sorry for each star. See I'd apologise my way to you
If the heavens stretched that far
You are the one I want, you are the one I want