New Year, back at work

The New Year was rung in by us being sound asleep. All the local fireworks were canceled due to the wild weather we've had up here for the last couple of weeks.

The ugly baby Friar Birds did a neat trick on Christmas day. The hopped out of the nest and started wandering around the tree they were in. Their parents kept on coming back to feed them, so we believed they couldn't fly. Three days later, when I returned from Brisbane, they were gone. So I assume that they learned to fly in those three days. Which is fortunate as the wind hasn't gone under 20 knots for very long since.

I've been commuting to Brisbane for just over a month now. The work I thought I had lined up in Melbourne fell through. Luckily I've picked up a contract in Brisbane doing data modeling, which I'm thoroughly enjoying. Which is good because the commute is a bugger.

I have managed to arrange a room at my sisters place for three nights a week, which results in me only driving up and back once a week. My boss is happy for me to do the 40 hours in four days, so I can come home Thursday night and spend Friday with Fay. The only downside to this arrangement is that my nephew has just got himself a drum kit, and my niece has taken up the electric guitar!