If things were different

If things were different:

• I'd be down the Great Ocean Road
• I'd be settling into my room, which used to be a confessional in a chapel in a monastery just out of Apollo Bay
• I'd have dropped Lucifer off at Blarney's place and praying he didn't eat her kittens (or spend the long weekend hiding under the bed)
• I'd be putting on my shy face as I meet all these new people
• I'd be going outside and watching the stars, as the stars are so much better down the Great Ocean Road
• I'd be told again and again not to stack my plates by the wondrous Ash
• I'd be eating food that wasn't prepared by me - yummy food, nutritious food
• I'd be hoping that Hugo had come along and made his cheesecake again
• I'd be contemplating the lunacy of skinny dipping in the Southern Ocean at dawn in the middle of winter
• And getting on my 80s music knowledge on and try not to get too competetive
• And look forward to the best ever Poke Bowls I've ever had (though they could do with a bit more pickled ginger, but I'm probably not allowed to say that out lond) 
• And I would have had lunch in Colac with my Uncle's daughter in Colac
• And there would be lots of wonderful writing exercises
• And the amazing fellowship of 30-odd likeminded souls

But we are in the middle of a pandemic, so I will be:

• Walking the banks of the Yarra
• Doing online exercise classes
• Trying to find 2000 words for my new tutor (and polishing them accordingly, but really, it's just polishing a turd)
• And doing that Varuna Fellowship application
• And talking to the cat
• And going to Meditation on Saturday morning
• And talking to the cat again
• Ironing
• Tidying up
• Maybe doing the Mason's books
• And yeah, that is about it.

I know which version of reality I would prefer to be in - but saying that, at least I'm safe, there is a roof over my head and all is basically well, even if I can't do the things I would prefer to be doing. 

The Writer's Retreat will happen in time. 

Just need to find somewhere that delivers decent poke bowls.

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