Category living in the regions

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.

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 […]

I am in a better mood today (in comparison to yesterday’s post). After a yummy scrummy breakfast at Saskia’s I bought myself a little present. Why? Because we all deserve presents for being awesome and it’s perfectly acceptable to buy them for yourself.     It’s been at least six weeks since I added to […]

Here is a snippet of rehearsal on Monday night. Recorded in a very diy fashion with my iPhone. There were some strong basses missing and I was closest to sopranos so they come through more clearly than other parts.

Today saw one of the first of many “lasts”. It was my last Orientation for STEPS students. For those of you who don’t know, STEPS (Skills for Education Preparatory Studies) is CQU’s enabling program. Some people call them preparatory or access programs. STEPS is now in its 26th year of operation and has a combined […]

Somewhere in the universe it was decided that today was the day I would receive gifts of homegrown citrus. First my wonderful friend and colleague Helen brought me a huge bag of mandarins from her parents-in-law’s backyard. (I’m not sure about the plurals and apostrophe in that sentence but I’m off the clock so make […]

After three nail-biting weeks of impatient waiting I was informed that my application for a voluntary separation (i.e. redundancy) was approved yesterday. Instead of a July 1 leaving date I am staying until October 11. This means I will work through Term 2. The selfish part of me really wanted to be selfish and say […]

After reading the lovely @jackielb79 ‘s post I am going to share with you the things I would have rather done today too. 1. Slept in 2. Had a scrumptious breakfast instead of muesli. 3. Gone window shopping – or even real shopping! 4. Sewing 5. Reading for fun 6. Caught up on latest episodes […]

For the last decade or so every Saturday morning I have gone out for breakfast and coffee with my Mum. Over the years there have been a variety of other companions – friends and family – but my Mum and I are the constants. We started off at Talking Point – a cafe now shut […]