28 December

Sunday

Stone chimney being

Built to put on gourd birdhouse 

Mini but looks real

27 December

Saturday

Cafe Corazon

Yearly catchup with Megan,

Alex, Alison

26 December

Boxing Day at Kate's

PhD Texas sheet cake

Frozen custard mmm

25 December

Family breakfast

Fran Woods visit with grandma

Dinner lasagna 

24 December

Xmas eve, no snow

Dinner at PF Changs, a

Christmas tradition

23 December

Toby arrived home

Visit with grandma and a

Family dinner 

Baskin Robbins cone

Beers at Hollander with bro

Harts bar dice with friends

22 December

Monday

Puff pastry chicken

Lengthy Christmas card letters

Uh oh you Farkled

21 December

Sunday 

20 December

Saturday 

19 December

Friday

Noodles for dinner

Followed by a bit of shop-

Ping with coupons used

18 December

Thursday

17 December

Ten inches of hair

Chopped and donated, purple

Streaks, layers, curls now

16 December

Workout at the WAC

Craft projects are underway 

And harder than thought

15 December

Monday

14 December

Organ piper plays

While we eat giant pizzas

Lunch with Steph's family

13 December

Day of breweries

Pabst, Lakefront, Great Lakes distill 

-ery, and Miller

Sobelman's burgers

Role played Laverne and Shirley

Long line for light show

12 December

Seven point two five

Miles, and then weights lifted

Nice workout at WAC

Steph and Nick arrived

Nice dinner at Hollander

Wine and painting bar

11 December

A day if shopping

Three dresses for thirty bucks

And more purchases

10 December

Quick eat Greek dinner

"Electronical device"

On the greyhound bus

09 December

Amazing brunch food

Chicago Christmas Market

Orange is the new black

08 December

Flight one to Dubai

Had my all to myself

But long break to wait

Flight to Chicago 

Seven hours is halfway

Depressingly long

Middle aisle seat

Indian mother of year

All up in my grill

07 December

All moved out, in time

For brunch at Petra's parents'

Light up Leederville 

One last burrito

Kiana airport drop off

Sitting at airport

06 December

Box and backpack packed

Ness' birthday park picnic

Music at Scitech

05 december

Computer got moved

Petra finished her masters

Celebration drinks

04 December

Supercomputer?

Afternoon of visa app

And anxiety

03 December

Transcribing, theme search

And a new project to add

Plus syntax meeting

Sushi with Beaumont

Followed by a beer after

Was nice to catch up

02 December

Transcribed focus groups

A hard and not enjoyed task

And still more to go

01 December

Still visa concerns

Moving more of my desk and

Packing the life box

30 November

A hub drop off means

Work on a Sunday, at least

Were turned in

Thanksgiving shopping

Turkey drumsticks, stuffing, pie,

Green beans, potatoes

29 November

Wedding road trip south

Between Bunbury and Collie

Beautiful estate

Afternoon with flies

Kate and Tom said their 'I dos'

Champagne and ring toss

28 November

George's Kebabs lunch

Finish marking all the exams

Finished left Psych wine

27 November

More time in the lab

At least Ness and Kim joined me

Abstracts with a wine

Lots of pots to glaze

Second to last pottery

Kurt- power shut off

Thanksgiving meet up

Margarita slushi and

S'mores and a Fruli

26 November

Weds

More computer lab

Rain cancels my evening plans

Burritos with Beth

25 November

Another work day

Computer lab take over

Shake all of the mice

24 November

Meeting cancelled

Hand coding variables

Good body pump sesh

23 November

Day of sleep, movies

Did make a curry to eat

Nothing exciting

22 November

Kalamunda fair

Lesmurdie Falls bush walk, a

Lovely afternoon

Phelim's bingo night

An evening at Franklin's pub

Petra's high school mates

21 November

A great focus group

Lunch on river with book talk

Article published

A good research day

Awesome Radical Reels films

But subpar waffle

20 November

Choir focus groups

First Dianella, second

Alzheimer's WA

Lovely bunch of folks

Hope the recordings turn out

Want to play again

19 November

Kaitlyn interview,

Jane delayed, Brody meeting,

Equipment pickup

ARC grant chat

Jane off to a focus group

Me off to screen print

Started early and

Printed many, many things

A banner last class

18 November

Normality and

Re- analysis, two of

My least favorite things

Made worse with someone

Else's confused data set

Not enjoying work

Coined 'flu of the brain'

Good term but poor state of health

Vanessa agrees

Off to Franklin's pub

A sad game of pool, but saved

With ten dollar steak

17 November

Short morning meeting

Hectic day in 401

Impeding progress

16 November

Actually slept in

Cut some screen printing stencils

And watched some movies

15 November

Morning gym session 

Too many people at mall

T-shirts acquired

Kath's celebration

And then on to Kate's hen do

Cupcakes, cheap champagne 

Velvet Lounge bus ride

And hip-hop kareokee

End of night kebabs 

14 November

Hospital bar drinks

Dinner and the lights turned on

Santa in striped shorts

Blue Room Theatre

Fantastic three person show

Ocean floor anchors

13 November

Spoke to six people

Humanities conference talk

And not at right time

Varicella shot

And didn't pass out this time

Only one more vaccine

Even more projects

A lot of work lies ahead

One calendar each

Tried to glaze pre-class 

Most half finished, but did make

Two monster feet mugs 

12 november

Large printing output

Precut stencils for the win

T-shirts and papers

11 November

Mark Liveris talk

At least lunch was included 

And my mentor came

A full on meeting

Discussed a lot of research

Ideas to track

Paddo trivia

I won 'pin the mustache on

Hulk Hogan' at least

10 November

Thunderstorm wake up

Manuscript, op shop morning

R&R arvo

09 November

Hot and sunny day

Transport adventure to get

To and from the beach

08 November

Date day with Petra

Lunch ran late- missed movie

At least delicious

Afghan exhibit

Amazing jewelry to see

And learned something new

Then film in Leedie

Old people with their ice cream

Saw Son of a Gun

Drink at the Garden

And Zambrero burrito

An excellent day

07 november

New attempt to print

Many reams of paper used

Submitted at last

All paperwork in

Library and Adrian's

Midday cider, cheers

Crashed undergrad drinks

Dinner at Vic park market

Ice cream and then pub

06 November

Formatting nightmare

Convert word to PDF

Plus the signatures

Thesis copy task

Allotted two hours, but

Two printing failures

So many pages

Will try again tomorrow

I should plant some trees

05 November

Revisions approved

Now more Curtin paperwork

But glad to do it 

Some city shopping

A drink at the Bird with Ness

Then screen printing class

Finished Christmas cards

Quick start to squirrel design

Many paper prints

Beth is back in Perth

Got to meet up like old times

Watched piazza film

04 November

Waited for four months

One day spent on revisions

Bring on the next step

Very positive

Examiner reports, glad

Efforts recognized

03 November

Good Monday meeting

New studies to figure out

So much work to do

Social media

manuscript off my plate, and

onto Adrian's

Thesis check-in call

Neville can release info

Revisions to make?

02 November

Marking at the hub

Started off strong, then dragged on

Conquered the pile

01 November

BBQ pizza

Couldn't bring myself to mark

So tv all day

31 october

Second to last labs

So tired, my brain is mush

55 to go?

Happy hour drinks

Met a girl from Wisconsin 

Happy Halloween 

Piazza picnic

Vampire movie - no plot

What did we just watch?

Got home with no keys

Long Transperth trip to retrieve

In piazza grass 

30 October

More morning marking

And afternoon of teaching

Psych 220 blues

Plate attempts - no dice

Threw tallest shape, Warrick helped

But no Ghost moment

29 October

More marking today

So many comments to make

Struggle to get through 

Astronaut screen print

Practice making ocean waves

Not enough class time

Waiting for the train

Sir: that repetitive sound

Is irritating

28 October

Started my marking

Many hard to understand 

Fraction of lot done

27 October

Laundry and groceries

Morning work of editing 

Midday curtin art talk

Shared Sky: day highlight

Cupcakes for Jenine's birthday

BodyPump with Kate

26 October

Pumpkin carving time

Save the seeds to road the seeds

Frankenstein glows strong

Flying through the air

So glad to circus again

Yes! More trapeze please

25 october

A lazy morning

Late lunch in town of dim sum

Plus art gallery

Rain came, drinks cancelled

More tv and a movie

Saturday: not bad

24 October

Full day of teaching 

Had my and Sarah's sections 

Lunch outside with Ness

Dinner plans revised

Trip to the hospital bar

Took comedy tix

From Petra to us

Champagne and lots of laughs too

Thanks to QBE

23 october

Easy tutor day

Early to ceramics class

Tried to throw a plate

23 october

SPSS: go

Error flagged four hours in

Analysis woes

Lab: mediation

Easy tute, finished early

More pottery time?

22 october

Brain still feeling fried

More ARC revisions

Hope for quality

Second night printing:

Arrived early, cut design,

Two colors. RAL cards.

Movie after class

Attention not held, rain came

Guess we'll just go home 

21 october

Online training mods

Sufficiently scrambled brain

Ruined rest of day

BodyPump at gym

Told to try Bikram for knee

Restored brain power

15 dollar steak

Balmoral trivia night

Not close to winning

20 October

Face to face meeting

Reminds me of why I chose

Glad to continue

Good conversation

Yummy slice of Tim Tam cake

Greens in Leederville

19 October

Day's events cancelled

Trip to Wooleys for groceries

Rainy lazy day 

18 october

Day trip to Gnomesville

Much better than expected

Should have brought a gnome

Moody cow brewery

Discovery Forrest walk

And Wellington Dam

17 october

End of week at last

Pasar Malam dosa, yum

Cider at the Tav

Dance show at Blue Room

Questioning identity

First of culture plans

16 october

Assignment in lab

Wait, what question are you on?

Teach with scattered brain

Pottery resumes

15 october

All day data prep

Finally ready to run

The analyses

Already earning

Easier with Duncan's help

UniSuper form

First class - practice print

Pre- class ritual with Ness

Excited for more

14 october

Couldn't do my own

Instead did Linda's data

At least I'll get paid

13 oct

Curtin contract signed

Certified copies to keep?

UniSuper form?

Data sets to merge

Cleaning data for hours

Sufficient sample?

12 oct

A lazy Sunday

Scrapbook, files, and tv views

Curry for dinner

11 october

Easing back today

Film and dinner with Petra

Leederville evening

sydney, end of trip

Friday 10 October

Paddy’s market shops

Chinese gardens: 6 dollars!

We will not pay it

Blackbird Café meal

Kangaroo loin, croc burger

Food mission achieved

Sugar-haired brownie

Last day, go big or go home

Darling Harbour win

Government House look

Space-cadet tour guide, Lyn

Putin’s in that pic

The sky is cloudy

Mrs. Macquarie’s look out

Wedding on the quay

Steph found her roo pouch,

Boomerangs, mug, and t-shirt

Souvenir shopping

One last ice cream treat

The final luggage repack

Ready to depart

Train to both airports

Goodbye said on the train car

Sad to separate

surfers > sydney

Thursday, 09 October

Two people, two boards

Sounds like forest is ringing

Wet suits and rashies

Four steps to stand up

Look at us: we’re riding waves

Safety loop not used

Delayed tram to bus

Man chugs beer, masks smell with orange

On way to airport

Did not check our bags

4 for 4 explosives check

fighting as we land

creepy air kiss guy

airport to museum train

200 meters?

Hostel in a bar?

Excuse me, not enough beds

Clueless check-in guy

Lady sorts bed tags

Dude can’t follow instructions

Double key payment

brisbane > surfers

Wednesday, 08 October

Market in Brisbane

Gratuitous ferry ride

Botanic Gardens 

Government House Free

You look lost, can I help you?

No photos allowed

Surfers Greyhound ride

Lots o backpacks in the boot

The seats lean way back

Seagull no right leg    

Wind blown sand in mouth, crunch crunch                 

So much sand in hair

Crock dinner take two

Failure for a second time

Captain’s table gone

Peri peri Sauce

So many screaming children

Nandos chicken, mmmm 

Wild west putt putt

Wombat and cactus statues

18 holes of golf      

      

Blood orange moon eclipse

Curbside show, 45 proof

Smooth and cheeky rum

We need rubbish bin

Did you say a shopping cart?

Better recycle

tuesday in brisbane

Tuesday, 08 October

CBD morning

Old time Brisbane Arcade found

Walked over bridges

Skype with Adrian

Amanda got the job, yay

Grant now in his hands

Healthy salad lunch

Our bodies are so happy

Pink lady apples

Surf lesson is booked

Looking forward to Surfers’

Greyhound will take us

Walked through labyrinth

Midday origami cranes

St. John’s peace project

Confused wandering

Where the heck is the ferry?

Eagle Street Pier found

Ferry to South Bank

Surprise beach and water park

Nepalese temple

Videotape art

Gave up our backpacks again

Confused galleries

Queensland museum

Undies display not on yet

Megafauna bones

No croc for dinner

At least we found Mexican

Nachos were for real

Mucho Burrito

Beach Burrito Company

Diggin’ the hip hop

Airline blanket packed

Bottle-o stop for movie drinks

Movie on South Bank

Melted Tangfastics

Guardians of Galaxy

Spots picked out: ready

Win that was a fail

Successful cider sneak in

Tastes bad, didn’t drink

Hoping seats don’t fill

Orange wristbands means no bean bags

Headrest anyway

Zipties on helmets

Mismatched clothing, masks in street

Who are these people?

The Guilty Rogue pub

Next to the courts of Queensland

Ben’s Alibi shop

Monday 06 October

Pocket full of spreads

Sock of laundry detergent

Rice Bubbles boxes

Quick stop for tour

Bundaberg rum factory

Tried the fancy rum

Outvoted for lunch

Called ahead: put the fries on

Monopoly man

Snake on our shoulders

Holding a crocodile

Feeding the emu

Glass House Mountain Range

Detour Steve Irwin Way

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