Liberty week four
My last day of paid employment was Friday 14 January, filling in on the front desk. I’m now in the fourth week of my new life as a student / semi-retiree. During this time I’ve: Uni results from 2021 also came in, I got a couple of High Distinctions and a Distinction for the most […]
Car shopping
It’s happening a lot quicker than I thought it would, but it looks like I’ll be the new owner of a Mazda CX-30 Hybrid SUV by the end of the month, having scored a pleasingly good trade-in deal for my 2018 Mazda 3. We both thought I’d be waiting months for a new car. I […]
Personal finance trackers
Since recently leaving a position where I was managing the company finances I’ve started paying more attention to my own personal finances and the need to track and reduce my spending. Jo is ahead of me in this and I’ve borrowed a couple of books from her on the subject. I’ve also started exploring personal […]
Final Cut / Matrix Resurrection / Shanghai
Time off between Christmas and New Year has been relaxing and we’ve caught up on a couple of movies on both small and big screen. Matrix Resurrection was released cinematically on Boxing Day. It follows on from the original story 60 years on, with Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Ann Moss reprising their roles as Neo and […]
New Year, New Chapter
Fourteen years with the same company is a long time. I made the firm decision to leave after my boss of nearly 18 months gave her notice in the middle of last year. The seventh leader to leave in as many years. One of my colleagues commented that she didn’t have the energy for another […]
Results BEA111
UPDATE: Second assignment results are in – 88%. Busy studying now for the final exam, on Saturday 5 June. It is an online, open book exam, and I’ll have 8 hours to complete it. It will probably be a lot harder than it sounds. Geez I don’t envy the markers, what a tedious job it […]