Category life

So I’ve started swimming every day. My primary school PE teacher, Mr Vipond, sure would be surprised. All through primary school I was fortunate enough to attend a state school with its own pool. Remember, this was Bundaberg in the early 1980s so the pool was quite a big deal (even if it was only […]

I’ve had two weeks at home with minimal distractions to get my head around the idea that I’m not going back to work. I’ll be more specific. I knew I was leaving work and not returning but racing off on a month long holiday delayed the reality of my decision. And I’m not leaving “work” […]

I am home. We arrived yesterday afternoon after a fairly exhausting overnight flight from Singapore to Brisbane. A poor baby cried the whole way. Last night I went to bed at 8pm and slept until 5:30 this morning when the cat’s yowling woke me up. So far I have managed to read and reply to […]

So a few things have been happening. I just haven’t been blogging about them. Perhaps the biggest thing was finishing work on Friday. For good. For any new readers, I took a voluntary separation from my position at CQUniversity. I had been there since 1999 (as a student to begin with) and then as a […]

1. Turn 40 2. Register a business name and get an ABN 3. Clean out work office 4. Pack for a month overseas 5. Leave work 6. Go on holiday Currently we have finished up to number 3.

Now, you’re probably what’s interesting about that. Yes Wendy, we know you play the piano. You play for a choir, you teach the piano, you accompany students for exams. Blah blah blah. Today I actually played for myself. I pulled some music out of the cupboard that I used to play a lot. Classical music. […]

I now have just under a month to go at work and despite my vague efforts to maintain my enthusiasm it’s getting more difficult to really care about too much about some things. For instance, it seems absolutely ridiculous for me to still be involved in discussions about planning for 2014. It makes me feel […]

Friday night doesn’t seem to be the best time for coming up with an interesting blog post. I am determined not to miss another day though with June fast coming to an end. If anything, this year’s blogjune has made me realise how little time I spend writing. If you can be bothered trawling back […]

These seems to be a little meme-ish today with the blogjune people so I’m giving it a go. 1. I haven’t eaten chicken for the last 19 years 2. I lived and worked in Hervey Bay for nearly three years in my early 20s. 3. I named my first cat Daphne after the character in […]

Today was the day my name trended on Twitter. They like me. They really like me. Actually they like Texan democrat Wendy Davis who made it through a 14 hour filibuster in an attempt to delay an anti-abortion vote. It ended in confusion but was a mighty effort. Here’s my fake moment of twitter fame. Glad […]