I'm Back!
It has been SO so long since I was here that I have almost forgotten how to make a post! I was prompted to get back on lj by isledemoi who kindly sent me a message asking me to come back. I had been thinking about it but his prompt certainly helped me to put fingers to keypad...and here I am!
Life is good and I can honestly say I am happy. Much has changed over the last (many) months since I was on here, but I'm not going to bore you with that. Needless to say I am keeping busy, still working at the hospital here in Brisbane, and still enjoying travel when I can.
Yesterday was my birthday (eeeekkk can i really be 56)? and other than the fact that I had to work night duty Sunday night leaving me wiped out for my actual birthday, I had a very nice weekend. A superb Italian meal out with friends on Friday night and then a BBQ with other friends (Andrew, Nic and Iain). It was unexpected and turned out to be a really nice evening with some great presents, excellent food and company.
So, my weeks are now kept busy with some additional study; advanced French at the Institute of Modern Languages here at the University of Queensland. I am just into the start of the year and I am loving it. Fortunately I have a great teacher (unlike my previous one who was as crazy as a cut snake) and the added bonus is that the group is fairly small and really workable for study. There are just 12 of us but already some have dropped off. I think that some of them were really struggling with the level and that they have moved groups.
I will try to catch up with you all soon and I am sure that I will have plenty of reading to do to catch up on what's been happening with your journals. meanwhile I need to get going to my class. A bientot, et a la prochaine!
Life is good and I can honestly say I am happy. Much has changed over the last (many) months since I was on here, but I'm not going to bore you with that. Needless to say I am keeping busy, still working at the hospital here in Brisbane, and still enjoying travel when I can.
Yesterday was my birthday (eeeekkk can i really be 56)? and other than the fact that I had to work night duty Sunday night leaving me wiped out for my actual birthday, I had a very nice weekend. A superb Italian meal out with friends on Friday night and then a BBQ with other friends (Andrew, Nic and Iain). It was unexpected and turned out to be a really nice evening with some great presents, excellent food and company.
So, my weeks are now kept busy with some additional study; advanced French at the Institute of Modern Languages here at the University of Queensland. I am just into the start of the year and I am loving it. Fortunately I have a great teacher (unlike my previous one who was as crazy as a cut snake) and the added bonus is that the group is fairly small and really workable for study. There are just 12 of us but already some have dropped off. I think that some of them were really struggling with the level and that they have moved groups.
I will try to catch up with you all soon and I am sure that I will have plenty of reading to do to catch up on what's been happening with your journals. meanwhile I need to get going to my class. A bientot, et a la prochaine!
