Current mood:

happy

What a night!
The Opera was fabulous. I had such a wonderful time and it was so funny, and enjoyable. As an added perk I got to see Christopher Reeves- yes the american actor who's a paraplegic. He was there with his family. Talk about odd timing and coincidences.

It was a lovely evening all around - I went wearing my sarong as a dress along with my Tevas. The Sarong actually looks quite nice - like a nice long strapless dress. But I must say paired with the Tevas it's just a stunning ensemble (har har) but I felt good anyway. I remember standing outside on the balcony area of the Opera House with a glass of Chardonney before the Opera feeling the wind gusting across my face and over my shoulders and thinking right then everything was perfect. It was so nice. It was a great place to people watch as well - people who were dressed to the 9's in the james bond tuxedos and the slinky fancy dresses in ankle breaking high heels and then folks in shorts or jeans and a T shirt. On the way out after the show there was a live jazz band playing at the Opera Bar an out door bar right on the harbor. So I stopped and listened - along with several other people for quite a while before I realized I was just ready to crawl into bed. So off I went and caught my subway train back to the hostel.

Today I let myself sleep in - of course I woke up right at 6:30am and finally gave up the ghost about 8am when the rest of the women in the room were up and moving. But I'm taking it easy today with no timelines or anything. I'm going to the aquarium, the Chinese Friendship garden and then the Botanical Gardens if I have time. But I'm not going to rush and go crazy.

One of my roommates told me this morning that last last night I laughed a few times in my sleep. She said it was such a nice friendly laugh that she was compelled to laugh along with me. I'm glad she wasn't bothered that I woke her and was quite happy about it. I'm also amused that I was laughing in my sleep. I have no idea what I was laughing about but I guess this vacation is doing me the good I have needed for a while.

Well it's time for me to head off and have another wonderful day. It's already 23'C (73'F) but www.wunderground.com says it's supposed to get up to 32'C (89'F) so it's another tank top and shorts day. I'll bring my anorak rain jacket in case it gets chilly inside and I'm wearing my convertible pants so I can put the legs back on when I finally take them off.

G'Day Mates (still haven't had anyone say it to me - ah well No Worries).