Nam, PTSD has that affect on us all... paranoia that is. Fight through those parts, and you soon get used to brushing it off, and not taking any notice unless someone actually does say something too you, which atleast is real then, not thoughts.
Good stuff Piglet... I used to like those lessons also when I taught within the military... its called "a cuff", ie. off the cuff... and I think they often turn out the best, as long as you have the knowledge already, those lessons rock.
The zoo was great. Kerrie-Ann took the day off and came also, so we were all stuffed by mid afternoon, returned home, did dinner, here I am now, then going to bed very soon because I'm a little tired after cutting laps around Melbourne Zoo for 5 hours. School holidays and all, so the zoo filled up pretty quickly with all the kids on holidays and their parents. Great day out it was. I had to go back and see the monkeys again before we left though, because they where sleeping when we first visited them in the morning... lazy damn monkeys. Actually, just about all the animals where sleeping.... so we had to do multiple rounds of some areas to see them when awake. Damn lazy animals... just like wombats they are, eats roots and leaves. LOL....