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Black Swan
Pat, Jo and I are lying on the sofas watching the movie and I very quickly become angry. Nina, a ballet dancer, lives in an oppressive relationship with her mother, an ex-dancer who is living vicariou...
Family
I got up and made breakfast for Jo, Pat and myself, while Jo organised porridge for Button and some lunch for us. I made Jo a coffee and then it was time to go. Monday morning rush! As usual.
Feeling Helpless
The thing is, though, I know she doesn't need me to make the pain go away, or to magick the situation away. I just have this voice, my mind, telling me there's more I should do. And in so doing, I'm a...
34 Today
30 people expected, with 5 days notice! That's so awesome! I feel totally blessed and thankful to have people in my life who at such short notice will come and celebrate not only my birth anniversary,...
Honest Communication
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To Let or For Sale
Monday we email him. We've bought a house, now where's the money? I also organise for a building and pest inspection. Our money man tells us he needs a valuation of our house in case we sell, and a re...
Mixed Emotions
Jo and I woke up at about 8.25am and got almost straight away. Jo had a Chiro appointment and we had someone coming round to look at the house this morning, so I was up and working on a simple email s...
A Blank Mind
I could write about my day at work, wrestling with proprietary software and so forth. But that's boring.
Flexible Working Environment
While the company as a whole is fair, and the loudest voices are not necessarily on the same page, it felt good today to be there for 9.5 hours and only do 8 hours work. I could have argued that I was...
Offer Accepted!
We rocked up at 11am on the dot, a 10 minute drive from Castlemaine, and saw Rob (the agent) and Diane (the vendor) outside the house. Diane slinked off to her car - her hideaway while prospective buy...
Buying another House
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Friends, Food and Film
Jo had made meat(less) loaf and the house smelt divine, Button headed to bed not long after, and by about 8.30pm our friend had arrived for our movie night.
