Amy's diary entry 7
Well we’re halfway between Deep Water and Glen Innes and not a cow in sight. I’m learning to cope.
Today a piece of metal got stuck in my shoe. It was long and thin and I was too lazy to bend down and pull it out. For three hours my footsteps were accompanied by the sound of metal scraping against tar. At first it was an interesting change – a new beat to sing songs to which gave me a whole lot of new song options. Then I couldn’t think of anymore songs that fit into the beat (and I learnt my lesson about making up songs yesterday when I decided if there was going to be a song about Tenterfield there needed to be a song about Deep Water…) so I decided to take the piece of metal out. This decision was a big one for me, that’s why I’m raving on about it so much – when I’m in full stride down the highway and have been building up speed for a few hours and I’m on a mission to find cows, it takes a lot to make me stop. Point of the story? After all that, the damn thing came out – fell out, I should say, after I had stopped and started to lift my foot to my hand.
We had a team ‘discussion’ a few hours ago about whether Winerama was a type of sheep, dog, or eighties band. Naturally, this lead to my confession about always wanting to learn how to yodel. I hope Glen Innes has a yodel instructor free this arvo – need to squeeze in a few lessons before karaoke tonight.
We have two new members to our team. Tex, (I have been sworn to secrecy regarding the nickname) and Justin. Justin is the Walk With a Rose champion pool player and is yet to acquire a nickname but this shouldn’t take long. Pete has returned to Canberra for personal reasons.
I washed by hair yesterday. And yes, in case you were wondering, that is a statement in itself.
Today a piece of metal got stuck in my shoe. It was long and thin and I was too lazy to bend down and pull it out. For three hours my footsteps were accompanied by the sound of metal scraping against tar. At first it was an interesting change – a new beat to sing songs to which gave me a whole lot of new song options. Then I couldn’t think of anymore songs that fit into the beat (and I learnt my lesson about making up songs yesterday when I decided if there was going to be a song about Tenterfield there needed to be a song about Deep Water…) so I decided to take the piece of metal out. This decision was a big one for me, that’s why I’m raving on about it so much – when I’m in full stride down the highway and have been building up speed for a few hours and I’m on a mission to find cows, it takes a lot to make me stop. Point of the story? After all that, the damn thing came out – fell out, I should say, after I had stopped and started to lift my foot to my hand.
We had a team ‘discussion’ a few hours ago about whether Winerama was a type of sheep, dog, or eighties band. Naturally, this lead to my confession about always wanting to learn how to yodel. I hope Glen Innes has a yodel instructor free this arvo – need to squeeze in a few lessons before karaoke tonight.
We have two new members to our team. Tex, (I have been sworn to secrecy regarding the nickname) and Justin. Justin is the Walk With a Rose champion pool player and is yet to acquire a nickname but this shouldn’t take long. Pete has returned to Canberra for personal reasons.
I washed by hair yesterday. And yes, in case you were wondering, that is a statement in itself.
posted by Amy Banson @ 12:23 pm
2 Comments:
At 11:49 am,
Anonymous said…
hey amy and co.
Amy when you get back to canberra I think we need to have a long chat with your facination of cows. Is this the result of the long hours walking and having no-one to talk to or is it a deep rooted problem that is only syarting to emerge now.
rowena
At 11:05 am,
Anonymous said…
Hey Amy & gang,
Just wanted to wish you all the best with your ongoing journey. I was one of the ACU girls that started out with you on your very first day (remember us, the ones that were slowing you down?!). I've enjoyed keeping up with where you guys are at, and of course keeping up with the latest cow/metal in your shoe sagas! Keep those legs moving...you're an inspiration!
Kirsty :)
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