I didn't get very much done last night and I hate it when that happens. I ran Post Office errands after work (but I do that every day) and then I stopped by at my Mother's to sign some paperwork. And then I raced home and recorded Galactic Suburbia with random_alex, cassiphone and aifin. And then aifin helped me install a bunch of software that was not on my laptop including ( Read more... )

I had a really lovely weekend. And that's saying a lot for me because it was pretty packed with commitments and normally for me going from one thing to the next with no personal time outs would really be quite stressful ( Read more... )

Yesterday I had a proper day off - not the kind where you hang out with friends or catch up on a book you're dying to read or go shopping to hell with the budget. I had a day where I got things done. Stuff that I don't normally have time to do or are really hard to get to when you work full time and commute. Ahhh ... soooo gooood ( Read more... )

I enjoyed the drinks and catch up that I managed to have but didn't spend nearly enough time with friends this Swancon. I decided this year that I was sick of feeling increasingly ill as the con progresses so I prepared a bunch of stuff including gluten free and dairy free snacks for in the room and at the trading table. I tried to drink more water ( Read more... )

I'm currently waist-deep in my taxes. I'm determined to have these done by the end of the week, even considering how much else I have on. I've discovered that I did lots of prep work on the 3 week break I took between jobs and have picked up from there and the end is actually in sight. Not only the end in terms of lodging my taxes without having to ( Read more... )

It was supposed to be a mellow weekend and I guess it was. I also managed to get a few things done and feel a bit productive by the end ( Read more... )

Sat down to update on my weekend and lost momentum, a theme for the weekend, I don't know why my brain is so scattered ( Read more... )

Things are starting to move and progress and feel a bit more organised and productive out my way. I've had editor's block for over a month which has been ... probably more draining than anything else (increasing guilt over lack of progressing and being on top of things which leads to further paralysis and blockage ( Read more... )

I came into the weekend quite tired. I haven't been sleeping, for nearly a week now. I'm either tossing and turning or having nightmares. And I'm getting maybe 5 hours a night (which admittedly is not as bad as some so I should quit complaining). I did the Somerville movie on Thursday night and then Friday was off to jbaby77 for looneymoth's bday dinner. I had a ( Read more... )

Something that really struck me about Tasmania was the sheer variety of the visual landscape - it's ever-changing from rolling hills to mountains to river and sea. Sometimes you can see all of these in one snapshot. I live in a flat suburb and see very little other than houses and tall buildings. I didn't realise how starved your soul can get from ( Read more... )