Eyre Thar Be Chores!

Hi!

Well. Sunday afternoon. The day has been nice, cool and somewhat productive. Gotta love winter in Brisbane - chilly at night, lovely and perfect during the day. Checking in a little early, even early for the strange show tunes radio show..... But I was doing stuff on the little computer anyways so I thought while I was here, might as well check in and say hi! The birds are out there tho, chattering away; there's been a family of Kookaburras laughing and cackling in the trees nearby all weekend, wish I knew what they were on about.....! No lorikeets yet, I guess they might return with the warmer weather. Have got some hip n' groovy tunes this afternoon courtesy of the community radio station 4ZZZ, have even got a small glass of the standby white wine. Life is good!

So work. Yep. It's fine. Still deathly quiet. I had something to do last week, but that was only for a day and even then I was able to work from home that day because I was trying to kick a head cold. Otherwise, it's pretty quiet in the Australian aerospace/defense industry for the time being..... I have my performance review tomorrow (Monday), this oughta be, well, I don't know what, interesting..... maybe? I don't have a lot to talk about really and I'm pretty sure my Boss won't either. Sigh. Why companies continue with this futile process I'll never know. I guess it gives Bosses and HR sycophants something to do, paperwork to fill out and file away, like results from an anthropological field study...... Either way, fingers crossed the Boss is happy!? Will keep you posted. Otherwise, all is well!

And then there was the weekend. Started off quite nicely Friday evening with Pizza and Games at Jason and Clare's along with the usual suspects. Always a good night. Tho the thing about having these catch-up evenings with smarty pants IT folk is that they sometimes go off on tangents that leave me feeling a little like the gal from "Big Bang Theory". I don't mind most of the time because it's the only way I learn stuff. But sometimes they can get a bit carried away and preoccupied. It's actually kind of funny to watch. Otherwise it was a good night, as always.

And yesterday, Saturday, was chores. Sometimes I swear to god am gonna hire a maid to clean and go to the grocery store. What a waste of a perfectly good day. I mean, I know this stuff isn't going to clean, wash and vacuum itself, and I know there isn't much to do, but why does it have to take the best part of the day? And my place is so tiny it would take a pro, like, no time and cost me not much. Plus with the grocery shopping, it's just for me, I don't eat much as it is, and lettuce for Kona, how much can that all really cost??? I should totally look into it...... Speaking of looking into things, am still looking to buy a Rav4, still haven't found one yet.... I know what I want and lately there hasn't been much advertised online. But boy, I tell ya, that's all I can think about and plan - things am going to do when I get wheels. I can go to Bunnings Warehouse (it's exactly like Home Depot, only with green branding instead of orange) and get some materials to make shelves for the bathroom; I can sell some stuff and maybe even deliver it to the buyer, because I can; haul stuff around, because I can; get Kona to the Vet without having to ever deal with cabs again; take myself to the airport at 5 in the morning; go camping (tho after watching "127 Hours", I promise to tell everyone where I'm going, even if I go with people); man, I just sit and think of the places I could go and the things I could do...... In a way there's no rush because I don't want to spend $20,000 +/- on a lemon just cos am in a hurry to go places and then again am really wanting to get out and about on weekends (and evenings if the mood strikes) already! Hmmmmm....

And today, finished up the chores (ironing - something else the maid can do) and computer stuff. There's a new TV series I just started renting called "New Tricks", haven't watched it yet, but has been highly recommended to me, and I'd like to watch it on the weekends during the afternoon (after chores) but for years and years I've had this thing about not watching TV during the day. I don't know where I got that from because we grew up watching Looney Tunes in afternoons after school.... before we went outside to play...... but it almost feels like a crime to have the TV on when it's a perfectly fine day outside and I should be doing productive things. Make hay while the sun shines and all that. Wierd. Anyways, hmmm, now I can't remember where I was going with this, but yes, no TV during the day........ Hmmm.

And that's, sadly, about it. Saving for next week's Adventure to Lake Eyre! Now that should be an Adventure. Got the camera batteries charged and ready to go. Still need to read up on it a bit more, but from what I do know it's going to be way neat. Very Australian. And I like the little tour we're going on - pretty much for locals so hopefully a minimum of "tourists". I know that sounds bad, and what else would I call myself, but I live here.....? Anyways, quite looking forward to this day trip. Will end up checking in late tho, as the trip takes the entire day and into the evening - we leave here at around 7.30am and don't return until around 7.30pm, so by the time I get home, get settled, yeah. So will check in next weekend with photos and details! Finally doing some stuff on my Australia Adventure List......! Now if only I could do more stuff.....!

So there you have it. I hope you're all well up there. Did I mention last check in that Qantas had a special on tickets to Brisbane? Am just sayin'............!

BYE!
J!