Generalness
At the moment i've got a really good temp job. I'm working for the ARTC again, as an Asset Data Administrator. It's a good mix of data entry and general admin and the pay is fantastic. I'm earning nearly Sarah's basic pay and it's nearly double what I was earning in the UK. Admin jobs here are valued so much more and the pay reflects that I think. I've also applied for the job on a permanent basis but there are 170 applicants, some of which have done it before in other locations, so it could be hard to get it. Either way, 5-6 weeks of good money to save is a great boost.
We had a really busy week last week. Poor Bella must have felt a bit rejected cos not only did we not spend as much time with her as usual but she spent a lot of time outside, in the rain most days. Poor sook. Last Wednesday was Sarah's 25th birthday which went by fairly uneventfully, but we're going for a meal with friends this week, which should be nice. Thursday was our training group's first ever social night. Silent auctions, raffles and a quiz to raise money for the Jane McGrath Foundation. I got a bit bid happy and won two auctions, spending $175. One is a meal out at a (supposedly) nice asian restaurant and the other is two golf lessons with a pro! Looking forward to that one. She's been pro since 2004 and has played in international Opens. Cool.
Speaking of training, it's going really well as Sarah mentioned in her journal. Saturday I did the 2km run in 7:45, which was a 45 second improvement on my previous time. I had to go hard to do it, but i'm hoping to improve on it again this Sunday at the fitness test. I don't mind how much I knock off it as long as I shave some time off. Our training isn't competetive at all, but i'm not pretty much the fastest person in the group which feels nice. Not competetive though, and it's not a race ;) I'm kind of looking forward to seeing how I go in the fitness test which will have a lot more people attending than a usual group.
On top of the training sessions, we're doing longer runs on Sundays. We did 6km this past weekend and my time was 27:50 which I was really pleased with. As we continue to increase the distances though I need to slow down. I'm finding it hard, but if I don't pace myself i'll never be able to do the longer distances. Planning to do the 14km City2Surf in early August. That goes from the city centre to bondi beach and will have thousands of people attending.
Then at the end of August there's a local race along the lake side. I was planning to do the 10.5km one, but our trainer, David, said that maybe I should aim to do the half marathon, or 21.1km. That seems overly ambitious to me, but if he thinks I should aim for that, i'll aim for that. If it turns out i'm not ready, I can enter the 10.5km.
We had a really busy week last week. Poor Bella must have felt a bit rejected cos not only did we not spend as much time with her as usual but she spent a lot of time outside, in the rain most days. Poor sook. Last Wednesday was Sarah's 25th birthday which went by fairly uneventfully, but we're going for a meal with friends this week, which should be nice. Thursday was our training group's first ever social night. Silent auctions, raffles and a quiz to raise money for the Jane McGrath Foundation. I got a bit bid happy and won two auctions, spending $175. One is a meal out at a (supposedly) nice asian restaurant and the other is two golf lessons with a pro! Looking forward to that one. She's been pro since 2004 and has played in international Opens. Cool.
Speaking of training, it's going really well as Sarah mentioned in her journal. Saturday I did the 2km run in 7:45, which was a 45 second improvement on my previous time. I had to go hard to do it, but i'm hoping to improve on it again this Sunday at the fitness test. I don't mind how much I knock off it as long as I shave some time off. Our training isn't competetive at all, but i'm not pretty much the fastest person in the group which feels nice. Not competetive though, and it's not a race ;) I'm kind of looking forward to seeing how I go in the fitness test which will have a lot more people attending than a usual group.
On top of the training sessions, we're doing longer runs on Sundays. We did 6km this past weekend and my time was 27:50 which I was really pleased with. As we continue to increase the distances though I need to slow down. I'm finding it hard, but if I don't pace myself i'll never be able to do the longer distances. Planning to do the 14km City2Surf in early August. That goes from the city centre to bondi beach and will have thousands of people attending.
Then at the end of August there's a local race along the lake side. I was planning to do the 10.5km one, but our trainer, David, said that maybe I should aim to do the half marathon, or 21.1km. That seems overly ambitious to me, but if he thinks I should aim for that, i'll aim for that. If it turns out i'm not ready, I can enter the 10.5km.