Wednesday, June 4, 2008early morning reportIt's 1:30 in the morning. I think I was asleep for a few hours but here I am awake again. I read my book for a while and thought I was about to go under again but no luck. So here I am blogging. I've started reading the Grapes of Wrath. I felt like getting into some Steinbeck. All that gritty social... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, June 2, 2008countdown continuesTuesday and the countdown continues! But apart from that... yes my appearance as a surgeon did work well. I apparently looked strikingly authentic, I freaked out some kid with a phobia of doctors and no I don't have any photos to date but I did manage a few impromptu operations with soap operatic... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, May 30, 2008day of significanceIt was a day for letting significant people at work know that I'm moving on. There was an interesting range of emotions: a couple of people were really delighted for me that I was finally moving on; some were teary and just basically showed they were going to miss me; someone told me I was the only... Sign in to see full entry.Thursday, May 29, 2008a sense of gratitudeAfter a couple of sleepless nights I decided to call in sick on Wenesday morning. It was about 4 am and I was in some strange teary sleep deprived sense of reverie. Anyway I have about ten weeks worth of unused paid sick leave and, unfortunately, that doesn't get paid out when I leave. I have to... Sign in to see full entry.Tuesday, May 27, 2008a better dayA better day today! In a way there's relief that things are in place: I'm taking that leave; I'll forge on with writing and I'll start hammering out the job applications. Probably more than anything else I feel a certain pride in myself. I didn't give that dickhead an inch. I stood my ground and I... Sign in to see full entry.Monday, May 26, 2008letting off some steamAnd so ends another Monday which started off chirpy and then was punctuated with a vigorous clash with the current boss, a moment out in the fresh air considering chucking the whole thing in, a few breaths, a talk with a friend on the phone, back to the job and then one of those meetings in the... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, May 25, 2008Sydney Writers Festival 08Just to demonstrate that yesterday's blog wasn't a one off affair here I am again. I jumped in baby, the wonder car, this morning and took off for the Sydney Writer's Festival located in the rather picturesque wharf district on the harbour. I bought myself a coffee, lined up in a queue and waited. I... Sign in to see full entry.Friday, May 23, 2008thanks for missing meOh my! Your protestations have reached as far as Australia. Yes even as far as my own humble abode. You MISS ME! Well that makes me smile Melody and LLM. I like being missed. I shall make no excuses on this slightly cool but nevertheless sunny Saturday afternoon. Well life has been busy for me with... Sign in to see full entry.Sunday, April 27, 2008I've forgotten how to blogIt's been a weekend of mixed activities and I spent a sizeable slice of today working on a short story. Maybe I should be working on it now. Hmm. I've actually lost the habit of posting. It's hard work thinking of what to write. There's some romance happening in my life but I've never tended to go... Sign in to see full entry.Wednesday, April 23, 2008new changes and hanging in for the leaveI have a new boss and I'm still trying to work out whether I like him or not. The fact is I've been in the job way too long, seen too many bosses and should have left years ago. The new guy reminds me of an over exciteable adolescent with an inclination to use the expression "bullshit" excessively.... Sign in to see full entry. |
