I was in two office sweeps this year at a total outlay of $7. I feel I got away lightly. I was a bit bah humbug about the cup today. It felt like an interruption. I resented the distraction. Of course I tried to contact someone in Melbourne for work and it was a public [...]
Work
About a month ago Property at work changed the swipe point to gain access to the building. It used to be right next to the door, now you have to stop about 3 metres before the door and swipe your ID card. But old habits are hard to break. Every day this week I have [...]
This is a photo of Groover at the top of the overbridge that we walk on during our weekend’s walk. He nearly always beats me to the top. These days I find it hard to find the time to exercise. Yes I know it’s an excuse. Yes I know that if I really prioritised properly [...]
The last thing I do before leaving home every morning is fill my coffee cup for the drive to work. I love my coffee machine. If Groover and I ever split up I think custody of the coffee machine might be a contentious issue. And today I’m back at work. I’m not unhappy about it. [...]
Isn’t it interesting that when you let go of something, the something happens! I’ve been appointed to the job I’ve been doing for the last year (after acting for two years in a similar position the years before). My boss wrote a lovely affirming email and sent it to my colleagues and today has been [...]
I nearly wet my pants when I saw this guy outside my window! He and a mate were cleaning the windows at work on these dinky little swing things – very athletically it must be said. But I must say I did feel a little exposed. btw – that little cone thing in the foreground [...]
Dear Hugamuga and Dippity, This is what I expect on my birthday. Be aware this is the minimum requirement of you, feel free to exceed expectations. 1. I expect you to enter my bedroom (after knocking) and wish me a happy birthday before I get up. Cup of black tea optional but welcome. [...]
Warning: Rant ahead. What is it with young people these days? Do none of them learn to drive properly? Twice this year so far I’ve come up against people – both in their early 20s – who can’t drive the work car because they don’t know how to drive a manual. When I was a [...]
This year I was invited to sit on the WA panel to select the 2009 WA candidate for the Australian of the Year awards… filling in for my boss. I felt completely unworthy to judge such amazing men and women and as I read through the applications – neatly filed for me – I felt [...]
A couple of years ago I wrote about the bogans at the Perth Royal Show. I was quite scathing. Now, it’s not that the show has suddenly become a bogan-free zone – quite the contraire – it’s just that – for the first time in about ten years I went to the show and I [...]
