What did I want? All I wanted was a lottery ticket, and fair enough, today's jackpot is 27m. And do I have a single lotto ticket? Of course not. Bye bye my millions, just like that. However, last night, when I was feeling lower than my carpet and had to physically stop myself from blogging "lousy lousy lousy lousy lousy Eva", I thought that if 50 different people wished me a happy birthday on the day,  I'd take that back. Guess what? I just counted my chickens, and there, the 50th* text message said: wanna wish you heaps but leave it to say personally. Go girl! ______ *Yeah, lousy enough to actually count.

Dear Eva, I am very pleased to inform you that in Summer School 2008 you attained one of the top results in Issues in Human Resources Management (467945/95) at the AUT. You are one of the Business School's high achieving students. Congratulations on your academic success. This reflects the effort ad commitment you have made in your studies. I wish you every success in your future studies. Yours sincerely Prof Des Graydon Dean, Business School Pro Vice Chancellor International. **** Well-well-well, it does not surprise me. When I just started in 2003, I had two jobs, a half dozen eligible bachelors to go out with every night of the week and a very busy schedule to stick to. Now, being a suburban housewife with no hobbies, I have nothing better to do than to excel academically. Sad I run out of steam too quickly, I could bear the next star of shining knowledge in the whole of Business School.

Time just flies, doesn't it? I suppose being busy is the bestest gift anybody can be given, by some divine power. I have certainly been lucky in this aspect recently. I came back to New Zealand, which is still the nicest country in the world - the more I travel, the more I get reassured so. I am trying to get back into the routine, yoga three times a week, followed by sushi and a half-shot flat white, then lazy weekends, then movie nights more than twice a week - I know I live a life of a Bambi deer, yet I like it. Job hunting (never finding!) is another routine, so I am back to monitoring those websites from the most visited bookmarks. Of course at times I have no reason to get out of the bed in the mornings, yet I always do, which I am somewhat proud of. I am also back to purposeless drives, short coffees with busy friends who cannot share the luxury of being unemployed and endless window shopping.Now you know how I  live :) Oh well. It is good to back.