Christmas lunch meeting
It’s my day off today but I’m heading into “work” anyway – Ros has called a special Christmas exec meeting lunch at a local pub. Something different. I’ve been feeling so cranky and bad tempered the last couple of days. The thought struck me today while I was in the shower, this is something I’ve […]
Worry time
Visit number four at the psychology clinic last week, where I’m being shown various techniques to re-train my thought processes from the punishing cycle of self-defeating, emotional reactions. One of these involves guided meditation and mindfulness exercises like those demonstrated by Jon Kabat-Zinn in the Google workshops. I was guided through another of these last week, in which I closed my eyes and […]
Filling my head with rock
Got myself a couple of new CDs recently – Kiss (Revenge) and AC/DC (Back in Black). Feel and sound pretty wonderful on my car stereo. A good bit of head banging music is great for getting you into an energetic mood on the way into work, and helps you unwind at the end of the […]
Vegie garden – week 7
In all the rain we’ve been having in the past week I missed taking a photo last week, but here it is in week 7. All the tomatoes have flowers, some are bearing small green fruits. The capsicum plant has a lot of new little babies, the first capsicum is now bigger than my thumb. […]
Credit transfer
Saw my trainer today, organised to transfer credit from my last Cert course to two subjects in the course I’m undertaking now. Nice little short cut.
What does it take
Tonight I’d just got back from the vet with Spook, who had cut open her foot and needed stitches. There was a text message on my phone from Ludelle – “Call me re lease please”. Annoyed, I thought I’d put an end to getting messages like these. Considered just ignoring it, but gave in finally, […]