Having just commented in a friend's Journal that the war in Ukraine (not to mention the ongoing conflicts in the Middle East, China's sabre-rattling, Myanmar's unchecked ethnic cleansing... all the way down the scale to the flooding in my home State!!) has discouraged me from Journalling, as nothing going on with me can even compare to... well, all ( Read more... )

Because I don't have the template for the forward/backward penguin meme & I don't have the time to go looking for it ( Read more... )

Random stuff from the last few days...

Do I have grounds to issue a 'Cease & Desist' order to my former employer, who is telling clients who ask for me, that I'm "on leave"? On leave?? I left that place a year ago... & there's no way on your god's green earth I'm ever going back ( Read more... )

What a week it's been so far... I've been running (well okay - driving actually) around like the Australian proverbial blue-arsed fly in weather that's been hot, humid & draining... then today it just started raining as the remains of a tropical cyclone wandered down the east coast from Queensland & dumped its excess water on us. Fortunately, that' ( Read more... )

Haven't been away, just been busy & when I'm at the computer, I've either been working, or haven't found myself with much to say...

Yes - busy week-and-a-bit at work which, while it was a financial pleasure, meant a lot of time in the spare/computer/office/music room endlessly drawing & estimating plans & not a lot of time with L-SP, who has been ( Read more... )

Back to work today after 4 days off... just 3 site visits today, so should have everything (including drawing the plans) done by around midday. So what to do with what looks like it will be a rainy afternoon?

Huddie the 12-string awaits...

I wouldn't normally share pictures of the floor plans I do - they're usually quite boring, square/rectangle things, with the occasional 45 degree angle thrown in to make me swear a bit

But yesterday, I walked into this place & immediately had no idea how I was even going to draw it, let alone estimate it for carpet... This is the closest I could get ( Read more... )

I must be doing okay working for myself...

Why else would I feel only a slight twinge of remorse, not regret, in turning down a sales role that would see me working close to home for a national company, for an okay weekly salary plus commission, after an interview last week where, apparently, the feedback from the interviewer to the recruiter about ( Read more... )

Sunday Morning...

Time to reflect on the last 7 or so days - especially now that I've had a decent amount of sleep in the last 20 hours or so...

I've just received 5 jobs from the 2nd flooring company I'm now working with. I say 'working with', as I haven't signed a contract with them & will just be invoicing them for whatever work I do. That way, I' ( Read more... )

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Long-Suffering Partner starts her night-shifts again tonight, so stayed up most of last night to re-arrange her body clock & is currently dead to the world... however, your call is important, so please leave a message & she will get back to you

So a necessarily quiet Sunday for me - can't play music too loud, can't turn the electric guitar up too ( Read more... )