i get anxious when shops are closed - and that means specifically christmas where shops are adamantly closed for two consecutive days.

i mean what are you sposed to do on a public holiday when the shops are closed, i mean sure u can stock up the day before - but what happens when u run out of sausages, or drinks??

needless to say i was pretty much stuck in shopping centers on thursday, friday, saturday and wednesday. probably the four most busiest days in the shopping calendar and consider that shops were open till midnight.

another thing that makes me freak is lack of tv. uno if u drive 2 hrs in any direction from sydney - eveyrthing changes. tv changes. i never knew tv was so specific to local cities. its so weird, another 2 hrs and theres no such thing as water restrictions.

my christmas hasn't been so dependent on food this year as it usually is - but moreso of travelling and family, which balances out - since they make me lose my apetite. i think i saw khaled at the entrance with his family.

i also stole from the national park =O

andd for the first time i spent some holidays with a complete set of strangers that i didn't know - which i wish i could do so much often. when one of the kids annoys you - you can yell at them without getting a dirty from their parents.