December 10. Day 345. Going a bit nuts

At this time of year it is easy to get a bit over-awed. Who wouldn't start to feel a bit prickly and ever so slightly nutty with the combination of heat and the pre-Christmas frenzy? In my house you can also add a very intense schedule of ferrying to rehearsals and shows and an over-dose of annual specialists appointments for medical review for one family member of other. Ugg. It's enough to make a person want to go bush... and so this morning I did.
Eve though I live within walking distance of the CBD and the theatre precinct I also have a very nice area of remnant bush just on the doorstep.
Normally I feel the pull of the city lights, South Bank or West End for the morning walk but today I trekked down the steep bush path to the riverbank. Very nice it was too although I probably won't make a habit off it.
For me real escape means a beach even if it's just the man-made one at South Bank. At heart I'm a West End girl.