At last

The last couple of weeks have been very long ones, full of drama and a total emotional roller-coaster.  But perseverance paid off, and on Wednesday, 6 months and 2 days after H left, he signed the separation agreement, and I am finally completely legally and financially free of him. It’s cost me a lot, both…

Randomness

When even your mother is telling you it’s about time you updated your blog, it’s probably about time you updated your blog… Not that I’ve got anything in particular to update it with.  It’s that boring part of winter where nothing in particular happens, and the days are grey and dreary, and spring seems an…

A decade of bookcrossing

It’s my 10th anniversary as a bookcrosser today.  Strange to think I’ve been doing it for so long, although given how much I’ve done over the past 10 years (travelling all around the world, organising conventions, meeting all sorts of weird and wonderful people) 10 years doesn’t actually seem long enough to fit it all…

Busy doing nothing

ime is rapidly running out on my holidays, but I’m kind of looking forward to going back to work – this year is going to be full of all sorts of interesting challenges which I want to get stuck into.  I could very easily get used to this leisurely lifestyle though 🙂 Not that the…

More pretty pictures

ow that the grey and horrible weather has ended (to be replaced by a nasty nor’wester that makes it too hot to move – we can’t win), I decided to make the most of a bit of sunshine to go for a walk with my camera this morning.  I only got as far as Jellie…

I'm on holiday!

Well, it’s the 22nd, and we’re still here.  And more importantly, I’m on holiday for the next 4 weeks! (Yes, I know I already took a 4-week holiday in April, but due to the weird way HR calculated my leave over the two jobs I’ve been doing, I’m still owed a tonne of leave).  We’re…

Canberra

From my travel journal: Saturday 17 November 2012, 7.30 am: In a cafe somewhere in Canberra (I don’t know, I went for a walk, so I could be anywhere…) I really should have started writing this up last night, but sleep was more urgent.  It was a very long day yesterday.  Started at 3.30 am…

Warning, a mostly technical and probably highly boring post (but there are a couple of pictures at the end)

nd… it’s not working.  The last of the computer parts arrived yesterday, so we (ok, mostly MrPloppy, with me looking over his shoulder going “ooh, what’s that wire for?” and occasionally actually being useful when my smaller hands could fit into tight corners his couldn’t reach) spent the afternoon putting it together.  And the build…