Jessica Jane

I haven't written a blog post for a while. I've been preoccupied with posting stories on the Mighty, Unwritten, and most of all - editing and uploading videos for my youtube channel. If you're wondering where I am, what I'm doing... now is the time I tell you. Rhi got a job with fisheries, and we moved to the mountains together. I haven't found a job yet. I've been looking for work for a while, yet living in the country isn't the best for job opportunities. Rhi was very lucky to land her job right after finishing our honours projects. That meant that we could search for a new house and move right when our lease was ending in Warrnambool, which was perfect timing. We didn't have to go back to our parents houses or anything, we just packed up and moved to the next place! It feels as though our lives together have officially started, in terms of actually supporting ourselves and being independent. No more centrelink, no more studying. We are in charge of ou

We live in such a lovely place. The longer we're here, the more we love it. It's so nice living here - just the two of us. Bushfield is a cute little town. We are surrounded by farmland and wildlife. We are visited by lorikeets daily. It was so funny when they found out we were the ones putting the bird seed in the tree! They wouldn't stop squawking, like we had blown their little bird minds. We also have possums that visit every night. One of the possums ate all of the bird seed recently, so we've started taking the seed inside at night. We've been putting bird seed out for months and it's only just discovered it, so it took a while. I left some fruit on the fence for it instead, and it absolutely loved that. We've made friends with our neighbours cat. She is quite cute - we know when she's around because she has a little bell on her collar. She explored our house, too. She just walked right in when the door was open. Funny little thing. She is a

Whiskas had been unwell recently, so we were a little worried about her. She wasn't eating as much anymore and was having some trouble breathing. It's her 14th birthday this Tuesday. We drove back to Rhi's place on Friday. Rhi's brother made sure to give Whiskas all the love and attention while we were gone. She was very happy to see us! She jumped out of her basket even though she was really snug. She was meowing at us and purring a lot. She sat with us on the bed for ages. She was very happy we were home. I tucked her into her basket and said goodnight. She died peacefully in her sleep. It seemed like she was just waiting for us to say goodbye. It's really sad... and we're still trying to process it... So I'm dedicating this post to her. Whiskas We love Whiskas. When she first met me, she was a bit unsure about me. It took her a while to warm up to me. Eventually she loved me like the rest of the family. I only knew her for the last couple

Yesterday, Rhi and I slept in. We planned on going to uni to do some work on the computers there. Our plans changed when Rhi saw a dog standing at our door. "Jess!!! There's a dog at the door!!!" That was strange, I thought. Where could it possibly have come from? It just started raining so I opened the door. It was taking shelter under the carport. It looked at me, then I called it over. "Come on! Come here!" He looked very excited. I let him smell my hand, because I've learnt that's what you're supposed to do when you meet a dog for the first time. I searched for a phone number on his collar, but there was nothing. It started to hail, so I let him inside. He was very excited, followed me everywhere around the house. He liked to jump up on me, it was quite cute. I just closed a few doors so that he wouldn't walk on the carpets. Rhi and I didn't know what to do. There was a facebook group for lost and found pets, but you had t

I've been obsessed with the tiny house movement for a while. I love the idea of taking up small spaces, and only using the space you need. I've designed a few tiny houses now... I've always loved designing houses, but this was new and exciting for me. It's literally something I do for fun. It's a challenge, trying to arrange everything you need in a home so perfectly and in such a tiny space. Challenge accepted. I love the concept of living in a tiny house. I love the idea of saving money on rent or bills, and spending money on travelling instead. I've never been overseas and that's something I hope to do. I actually hope to have a tiny house one day, it's just a matter of what's going on in my life. Tiny houses don't leave any room for unnecessary junk.... or clutter. I love decluttering. There's something satisfying about getting rid of things you don't need. It gives me a sense of freedom. It takes a weight off my shoulders.

I don't really make new years resolutions, simply because when I want to change something I don't need an excuse to change it. Sure, there are a few things I want to do this year - find a house to rent, do my honours project, visit a few more places.... but I was planning on doing those things anyway. I spent new years eve with Rhi and her family. I promised her that I would spend new years with her this year, since I wasn't able to see her on Christmas again. We are yet to spend a Christmas together, but we have a whole lifetime to do that. We travelled to Coronet Bay to see the early fireworks. Before the sun set, I took some really lovely photos. I was finally able to test out my camera's 'firework' setting... ... They turned out pretty awesome actually.  We cracked some glow sticks, lit some sparklers, drank fancy grape juice, and watched the Melbourne fireworks at midnight on TV. It was a lovely night. A good ending to a very interest