Ok, a little pissed off with the whole housing thing.  The agency is going to raise the rent by $20 per week and wants to cut the contract down to a 6 month one (assuming so they can raise the rent AGAIN by ANOTHER $20 in 6 months time!!).  The very very very annoying thing is that in all reality it costs about $1000 to move.  By the time you count ( Read more... )

And so I was going to write more.  And then I didnt, big suprise.  This has been a bit typical of me lately.  Feels so like I have been in a holding pattern for the last month or so.  I know that midyear I am changing course and I know there are ends to tie up before then.  But I am feeling lost, waiting, holding pattern.  And it is seeping into ( Read more... )

To fulfil my obligations to the cute blonde ( Read more... )

I am exhausted.  My split shifts and early starts/late finishes are killing me and I dont know why.  I have been doing this job for over 18months.  Maybe that is the problem.  Perhaps I have reached the limit of my 6:20am starts for this part of my life.  I am finding the hours just debilitating ( Read more... )

So the thinking is still going on.  I am narrowing towards doing a post grad diploma in education.  QUT has a midyear entry course that I think I might look at trying for.  A have a couple of months to decide.  So more thinking I guess.

This is becoming a habit again.  J had a huge week and so is somewhat entrenched in sleep-land and I find myself sitting up until stupid hours not doing anything in particular.  The wind has been driving me crazy lately.  I dont know why but the last couple of days have been windy and I have been as restless as the cat - more restless probably.  It ( Read more... )

I promised to start writing.  So here goes.  Christmas was fairly uneventful.  There was a lot of ham (there still is - it is now in the freezer - pea and ham soup in a month or two YUM!)  We were busy, there were lots of people, there was lots of travelling.  It knocked J around something chronic ( Read more... )

So this is Christmas, and what have we done? Another year over, a new one just begun ( Read more... )

Ok, so after talking to a few people I realise I was not alone in my day from hell... but still ARGHHHHHHHHHhhhhhhhhh ( Read more... )

Because I had to - I LOVE scattergories.  :o ( Read more... )