FAR OUT! Sooo lucky I have a great study partner for this sucky Media Research unit. I'm probably 70% of the way through an assignment due this week, and 40% of the way through an assignment due next week. Then there's just the regular weekly exercises, one more essay and an exam and I'm done for the year. Thursday morning Moda & I are flying to sunny Brissie for a few days YAY where I can hopefully shake off this cold that's been hanging around for a week and a half. My lovely niece will be watching the house & the princess; once again I've been visited by the lucky fairy. Work is good, but I haven't been this busy for months. It will be fantastic when they actually appoint someone in my old role since I'm still helping out with that.
What else? I have a good idea for a new song too - it's been so long since I've written one. I think I need to spend some creative energy along with all this other "busy" energy.

Trying to get my head down for some study.
It's hard to get motivated, there are so many other things to think about, analyse and obsess over. But this has always been a favourite for me at the end of an era, when I really need to move on.

After a while you learn
The subtle difference
Between holding a hand
And chaining a soul
And you learn that love
Doesn't mean leaning
And company doesn't
Always mean security.
And you begin to learn
That kisses aren't contracts
And presents aren't promises
And you begin to accept your defeats
With your head up
And your eyes ahead
With the grace of a woman
Not the grief of a child
And you learn to build
All your roads on today
Because tomorrow's ground is
Too uncertain for plans
And futures have a way of
Falling down in mid-flight.
After a while you learn
That even sunshine burns
If you get too much
So you plant your own garden
And decorate your own soul
Instead of waiting for someone
To bring you flowers
And you learn that
You really can endure
That you really are strong
That you really do have worth.
And you learn and you learn.
With every goodbye you learn.
- Veronica A Shoffstall.

Good Times!

Whew! What a crazy few weeks - I've landed a fantastic new job, been skiing in the snowy mountains, had a lovely dinner with mates at Ellacure (currently vying with Rubicon for fave restaurant here), started my 7th & 6th last units of my program at UC, got a quote for solar panels, met my friend's lovely new bloke, had a near miss when a crazy 4WD lady tried to drive through my driver's side window (..while I was driving!) and also found out I'm going to be an auntie! No wonder I haven't found time to write! 1st anniversary is coming up this weekend too; I cannot believe how quickly this year has flown by. At least this next month should be fairly quiet (except for the engagement party in Sydney and the quick trip to Brissie). Will need to study tonight, get some of that pesky school work out of the way.

Hope all is going as well for you!