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My 6 month sabbatical

If you could take 6 months off work (or however it is you spend your life) where would you go?

1st Month – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia I would stay at The Grand Mercure in the centre of town. Their beds have the best doonas and amongst the best wheelchair accessible bathrooms. I’d spend my time just wandering around, going to gigs, pubs and talking to interesting strangers. Oh, and having manicures and pedicures.

2nd Month – Devon, England. My mum is from Devon. I’d like to see if the pictures that I have painted in my head from all of her stories are anything like the real Devon. I also want to try a real Cornish Pastie.

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Twilight – a.k.a. the advantages to Edward Cullen being my future husband…

Edwards Cullen, from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer, is not real. I know this, but I’m still going to marry him. I’ve seen the movie twice thus far and am slowly reading the book. Yes, I realise there are four books in the series, but I still don’t want it all to end to quickly.

After much deliberation between myself and, well, my imagination, here are my ten reasons as to why I really think Edward should marry me:

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Flip Top Lid

As I’ve said my job involves increasing community awareness of disabilities. It’s a vocation that can come into play at anytime, anywhere … and I mean that literally.

Let me set the scene …

Imagine some dodgy, but cool, inner city venue at 1 am. I have just seen one of my beloved bands. I am blissfully happy, but, at the same time, very keen to find my bed. Only a few people are left in the place and the band is packing their gear, getting ready to leave.

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Sickening

I can’t get in and out of bed myself. It’s a little thing I suppose. Doesn’t bother me most of the time, except when I’m sick. When I’m sick that tiny logistical ‘sticking point’ is like a mosquito with superpowers.

Everyone hates getting sick but if, like me, you’re in a wheelchair some illnesses are easier to cope with than others. Give me a cold or a virus over a tummy bug any day.

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