It looks like Canberra is a go.

Now I have to:

1. arrange somewhere to stay in Canberra
2. discuss the permaculture group presidency with the managing committee
3. prep my garden for long-term neglect
4. work out which weekends I'm coming back and how to maximise time/energy during those weekends
5. deal with leaving a lot of my social life behind

So, there's a lot of jobs going in Canberra right now ( Read more... )

Probably ending on 6th September, 3 weeks earlier than expected.

Well, damn.

( I'm starting to feel that travel is a-okay...so long as you're white )

I was sitting in the seat of someone who's been away for a couple of weeks. He came back last Thursday, so he sat in the seat of someone else who was on holiday. Someone else came back today ( Read more... )

One week in and it's going okay. The people are pretty friendly, although I am still the one making most of the overtures, some of them are overturing back ( Read more... )

Inevitable first day: they have a laptop for me, but no system access ( Read more... )

On the plus side: steady income, possibly for up to a year!

On the minus side: less time for everything else...

Work at the new client starts on Wednesday, and it ain't gonna stop for a while, I think.

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brown butter pecan granola: I have a bunch of pecan nuts that I need to crack

coriander salsa

Ginger Turmeric Bedtime Drink

Osso BucoGoing on a girls weekend away to celebrate a friend's birthday. Well, not to celebrate, exactly. We do this thing every ( Read more... )

Back to the company I was working with in September last year before I got four months of holiday.

Alas, it looks like I shall be doing a solid year and a half of work.

On the upside: payment! On the downside: no time.