we have the weekend mapped out for us. saturday - groceries and some food prep, then off to an indian fashion event at a reception centre in clayton - a mate of mine from sydney is selling outfits, and a friend of hers is doing the melbourne launch of an indian wedding mag called 'my shaadi' (my wedding). then sunday is the christening of mark and my very first god-daughter, charlotte. i'm looking forward to it, she's an absolute sweetheart and i'm quite proud of her. should be a great day apart from the weather reports which are threatening showers for the weekend. i had a min-stress last weekend about what i was going to wear for the occasion, but i found some pieces on tuesday after work in the city, so that is thankfully sorted. i just need some beads to hang around my neck, and we'll be done. mark's dad is coming down for the weekend so we've prepared the spare room for him. it'll be a family weekend, which is one of my favourite kinds.

even next weekend is a bit of a double-bill, too - we have a wedding to go to on saturday evening, and on sunday i'm on a panel with the melbourne emerging writers festival. the panel is going to be discussing using past experiences to imagine future ones - something which is right up my alley, really, so it should be a very interesting discussion. check out the program, lots of interesting stuff happening - might see you there?