Kookaburras and cockatoos are setting the background track this evening. A storm rolled in after I got back to the Discovery Holiday park. I decided to not go back to town for dinner as planned. I am feeling sort of lost between the layers.

Steamboat in Echuca

I could fly to somewhere outside of Australia and re-enter for another 90 days. It is oddly appealing and yet I wonder if that is just me responding to Jody’s enthusiastic suggestion that I go help her daughter with the house build. I could. I would be expensive. I also feel like I should go home.

Arriving home on December 5th, I will probably only be there three months before going to South Africa. 

I like helping people with projects. Getting to Mark’s house and having Jody so excited to get a little help in her garden felt really good. I weeded a couple of hours and she was so happy to have it done, we spent the whole next day working together. It was fun, plain and simple.  Just like clearing out Kelly’s greenhouse was fun. Just like teaching Kelly how to prune fruit trees was fun and showing Spencer and Kelsey how to garden was fun. It’s all been fun (except the whole passport episode). 

I sometimes think I need to be thinking about what I am doing more. It’s as if I should be blocking out time to be productive – writing, planning, working on the weaver’s stuff. At the same time, I like floating from task to task. My frame of mind is very much in the present. I appreciate so many tiny little details around me. I am in awe of the beauty around me. This state of mind is valuable.