I've been kind of bad with my LJ lately, not keeping up with the friends I have, but you guys seem so interesting, I felt like I had to jump in too :D
I'm Bec, or Rebecca (I've become quite used to my whole name, so either one is fine), and I'm 37, living with my partner of 16 years, Adam. We share a house with our four children, aged 6, 4, 2 and 11 months, and we have a dog, three cats, and a chook. Right now we live in Perth, Western Australia, but are currently trying to buy a house in a small city on the south coast. We put an offer in on a place there yesterday and I'm being all nonchalant and dismissive in real life but OH MY GOD I WANT IT SO BAD IT'S PERFECT FOR US PLEASE LET US HAVE IT.
*ahem*
In my previous life, I spent 10 years at university studying German, Philosophy and then falling into a teaching degree. I really love teaching. I hope to go back to it when the youngest child starts school fulltime. I teach high school students and despite what everyone says about teenagers being awful, I quite like them. So far, they've not thrown any chairs at me, so I guess they like me too!
While I'm at home, I'm trying to keep some semblance of self and sanity by writing a regular blog called path:ethic and also doing therealljidol which is a writing competition. I also have a novel/story which is simmering away and which I get to work on occasionally, but the jury's still out on whether I'll ever finish it :D I can always use my children as an excuse, at least for now.
I don't tend to post much about politics, but you should know I'm fairly left, even by Australian standards. I think it's important to always question your own opinions and prejudices, though, and I'm open to different points of view, and I'm always polite :) I am not religious, but I will absolutely respect (and discuss) your relationship with G/god if you have one.
Right now I'm not so good at commenting (see above where I talk about moving -- we need to sell the place we're in, too) but I try to post a couple of times a week and I try my best to get back to you if you comment on my posts! I don't mind where you're from or what you do, as long as you're friendly to me and others who like to visit my journal. My journal is probably about 70% public, so feel free to check it out, and my intro is here
http://ecosopher.livejournal.com/146879.html
although it probably just repeats what I've already written in this comment. What can I say? I like to make work for myself!
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I've been kind of bad with my LJ lately, not keeping up with the friends I have, but you guys seem so interesting, I felt like I had to jump in too :D
I'm Bec, or Rebecca (I've become quite used to my whole name, so either one is fine), and I'm 37, living with my partner of 16 years, Adam. We share a house with our four children, aged 6, 4, 2 and 11 months, and we have a dog, three cats, and a chook. Right now we live in Perth, Western Australia, but are currently trying to buy a house in a small city on the south coast. We put an offer in on a place there yesterday and I'm being all nonchalant and dismissive in real life but OH MY GOD I WANT IT SO BAD IT'S PERFECT FOR US PLEASE LET US HAVE IT.
*ahem*
In my previous life, I spent 10 years at university studying German, Philosophy and then falling into a teaching degree. I really love teaching. I hope to go back to it when the youngest child starts school fulltime. I teach high school students and despite what everyone says about teenagers being awful, I quite like them. So far, they've not thrown any chairs at me, so I guess they like me too!
While I'm at home, I'm trying to keep some semblance of self and sanity by writing a regular blog called path:ethic and also doing
I don't tend to post much about politics, but you should know I'm fairly left, even by Australian standards. I think it's important to always question your own opinions and prejudices, though, and I'm open to different points of view, and I'm always polite :) I am not religious, but I will absolutely respect (and discuss) your relationship with G/god if you have one.
Right now I'm not so good at commenting (see above where I talk about moving -- we need to sell the place we're in, too) but I try to post a couple of times a week and I try my best to get back to you if you comment on my posts! I don't mind where you're from or what you do, as long as you're friendly to me and others who like to visit my journal. My journal is probably about 70% public, so feel free to check it out, and my intro is here
http://ecosopher.livejournal.com/146879.html
although it probably just repeats what I've already written in this comment. What can I say? I like to make work for myself!