Thursday, December 6, 2007

Busy busy busy


So it's been ages since I've blogged and that is because I haven't sat at my computer much lately. I've been doing a television presenter's class in Auckland, renovating my 'portacom' and looking after my 13 year-old dog whose arthritis has turned into lumbar sacral joint disease. Plus, until this week, it's been warm and dry so there's been a lot of watering of potted plants and newly planted veggies needed.

The 'Presenter's Platform' is taught by Paulus Romijn who teaches acting and presenting. My Slovenian friend, Asya, talked me into this. She manages the NZ Film Academy, a small private film school and she wants to be on tv and in the movies. It has been a fun experience. I still cannot get used to staring at the camera. I'm much better with real people, but I think I'm getting the hang of it and we'll see if I progress to anything after class. Paulus will be referring me to an agent.

The portacom has now been replumbed and the carpets cleaned. The interior is painted and the kitchen partly redone. I have to do some tiling. Curtains are purchased and being dyed. I want to paint the outside but as it is on uneven ground, it is impossible to do alone, so my friends Tania and Alexandra may help me. Of course the good weather has disappeared for now, so who knows when this may transpire. Keep fingers crossed that it is done before Christmas!

Mally has been finding it harder and harder to get up and this week, after jumping in and out of my car a few times and then up higher into a 4X4, he couldn't move. He was staying with my friends Barbara and Matias for two nights while I was at the presenting class, so it was worse for everyone. Anyway, he is now on prednisone, an anti-inflammatory and is feeling better.

Old age sucks, whether you're a dog or a human. In the photo you see the gorgeous young women in the presenter's class...I am definitely in a different group from them now, thankfully I won't be competing for the same positions!