Someone's going to Melbourne

but it's not me! After whacking on 3-4 kg's over Christmas, and maintaining an unacceptably appalling exercise regime whilst in Brisbane, I've had to give up any idea of attempting Geelong. They hurt enough when you're ready for them, no need to grind yourself down for 6-7 hours to be unhappy with the result.

However, Fay had arranged with her sisters to met up in Melbourne while we were down there. Of course the sisters are not going to give up their get together just because I'm a big wimp!

Today was the first really great day we've had for a few months. We hit the beach and the surf was perfect for a couple of middle age people trying to remember how to body surf. Fay has since gone off to work and I'm sitting here planning an adventure.

A Land of Flooding Rain

In case you were wondering (Not just you Sylvia :P ), the floods are all around us. However we are not cut off; and we didn't get cut off, just. The waters cut the road south to Murwillumbah and almost cut the road an Chinderah. However there was a break in the rain that coincided with the high tide, and so the waters didn't get much above the road level.

It seems like the low is not affecting us as much today, so we may have seen the worst of it. Most of the flooding is upstream in the tweed and it seems to be dropping now.

We seem to be used to the weather here now. I don't mind sleeping in 26C and 92% humidity. I used to think that was a bit sticky. Is this what they call going troppo?

Fay's work

I forgot to add that Fay has commenced her job at NSW Health; about three months after the successful interview. It seems that it's easier to get elected to parliament that to get a part time job at NSW Health.

She is working as an AIN (Assistant in Nursing) in the Community Health unit at Tweed Heads Hospital. She loves it, except for the driving. She didn't let the driving put her off though, she hired a bigger car and took a driving lesson to make sure she was up for it. Of course she was.

Do I need to add that she loves it? I believe she never wants to see another program in her life.

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!