I don't have rabies after all! 

HOORAY. 

But seriously, after hearing all the squirrel bite stories and how they can give you 

diseases, I was whiggin' out and kept thinking "Nah I'll be ok" - then I kept having dreams about a getting a growth on my arm, so I asked reception downstairs where there was a medical centre and I ventured there. 

Upon reaching the medical centre and explaining my situation, the woman at the front desk was going red in the face because she was trying not to laugh. 

So I said to her: "You can laugh, I really don't mind, it is hilarious I agree" 

- and with that she proceeded to laugh like a banshee and knee slap like a witch, which then in turn stirred mystery around me and my squirrel bite problem. I didn't mind that she was laughing, I really didn't but I didn't expect that kind of reaction from her. So naturally I was the butt of all jokes with the medical staff, I had to smile and pretend I didn't care. It's not like I asked the squirrel to bite me, or provoked it. 

Anyway, the bitch made me feel like a total dick but now that I think of it, it's pretty funny. 

She smiled at me with a 

kind of smile and then led me to the doctor. I sat down he smiled and then said:

- this made me feel a little bit better. The most hilarious thing happened next though. 

I had to fill out one of those forms where you tell them what you are allergic to and what not, the general background information. So I get the form and in the "ethnicity" box he had already gone ahead and given me a form which had the "LATINA" box computer automatically ticked. I just started laughing loudly, to him I was laughing for no apparent reason but for me I was laughing because it's the 3rd time I've been mistaken for being Latina. It just so happens that nearly every country I go to, minus Europe, I am mistaken for being a local. 

I was like: "uhhhh, cool but I'm not Latina" 

and he's like: "Oh really, I thought as soon as you walked in here you were a Latina girl" -

: "Ha ha, no I'm actually from Australia, I don't even live here" - 

then he said: "Oh really Australia?" 

- then he gave me his best Australia accent to which I just nodded and smiled. 

No rabies, just gave me some special wet wipes to treat it with and told me to wrap it with the wipes. It DID give me a bit of a scab though. I have been trying to get a good enough picture to post it here but it's not showing up in the photos properly, it just looks like I am taking photos of my arm for fun. 

Sometimes I think my life should be a sitcom. It's like I have a magnet in me that attracts all type of weird/hilarious situations. I feel like I'm really a SIM (you know computer game) and someone is making these strange things happen. It's okay though I don't mind it, life would be WAY worse if I was "normal" (what the definition of that is, I have no idea) The episode of Spongebob Squarepants, where he reads a book to become normal is a pretty good representation of it I think - I like the strange experience. 

We are ahead of schedule with mixing. We have completed the majority of the mixing and it is just tweaking from here on in! This is SO exciting, only tweaks left to do. So, last night we took the mixes and we decided to drive around in the car with them on. We took down notes after listening to each song and listen to them over and over and kept writing our notes and initial thoughts. We have it all documented and we are going to address the notes today. 

It has been such an enjoyable experience. When you work and surround yourself with good/positive people and people that genuinely give a shit about what you are doing, it makes things so much easier to do and totally enjoyable. It takes away the whole "stress factor" which is something you all know I experience on a daily basis. If you think to much about it, you send yourself into the ground, it's all about doing what feels right. I can confidently say that at the end of this week I will have a copy of the album, mixed and ready to go in my hands. And we all know what I am going to do then right? Have a nervous breakdown and cry. I honestly think that the moment the files/discs hit my hands/computer or whatever I am going to be able to breathe and cry ha ha ha ha. 

I sound like SUCH a tool bag but it's the truth. Just know that the record is nearly done and we are very much on the way to starting the next album cycle. I've learnt so much from this record and I've written so much since the record has been underway. It's like learning all this has opened new doors for me, not only in the mind. I hope you can welcome this record with open arms ha ha. Anyway, I better go - this is a long arse blog. I promise next one, will be purely pictures of my time in LA. Which will pretty much be photos of me with Milk to cute puppy, the mixing studio and pictures of the hills. 

Love to you all. 

PS: Julian Casablancas is AMAZING you should all definately purchase his album. 

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