My new workmates continue to be very lovely. I walked into the office yesterday to find one of my editors had put a Ferrero Rocher "Christmas cracker" on my desk and the other had baked me a plate of shortbread. After attending a few planning meetings - it felt really nice to be brainstorming again,... Continue Reading →

I was very not thrilled to get a message from DD last night about a COVID-19 alert being issued on the Northern Beaches. A woman in her 60s and a man in his 70s - who are close contacts of each other - have been infected. And geez they got around. NSW Health reckons anyone... Continue Reading →

Everyone continues to be lovely at my new workplace. I'm slowly relaxing into it. I've even been invited to Christmas lunch with the team on Thursday, which will be a nice chance to get to know them a bit better. There hasn't been much time for chitter chat, as I've had a lot to get... Continue Reading →

I felt about 100 years old within 10 minutes of starting my contracting job yesterday. Learning new things is very exhausting. The job is acting digital editor for two magazines and all the systems are completely different to anything I've ever used before. It was a bit of a dizzy whirl. But everyone was sooooooooo... Continue Reading →

Hi ho, hi ho ... it's off to work I go ... I can't quite believe I'm about to do the office thing again without achieving much at home since late September. There's still a layer of builder's dust over everything. The back room is still filled with crap. A spare mattress base still remains... Continue Reading →

If you’re a longtime HouseGoesHomer (it's been around since July 2011, ermagerd) you may recall that I walked the Camino de Santiago the year before Shirley Maclaine. She wrote a book about her experience called "Camino - A Journey of the Spirit". I wrote a postcard about mine, which I sent to my friend Dom.... Continue Reading →

I didn't mention the rats in my job interview! Winning! Actually, yesterday featured a few wins. For example, I scored a contracting gig that starts on Monday and goes until the end of January. Ace. A few minutes after the phone call about that, a lovely distributor dropped off a Christmas present, followed closely by... Continue Reading →

So, the job interview ... I winced as I walked into the lift afterwards and started to recap the conversation in my head. For example, I'm pretty sure that when an interviewer says "so, tell me about yourself" they're not looking for a rundown on your teenager's sick rat. Oh yes, I went there. I... Continue Reading →

I could be empty nesting sooner than I thought. The eldest reckons he will leave home when the rats go to rodent heaven and the youngest remains super keen to be a Scandinavian exchange student. I suspect both momentous events will coincide in 2022 and my house will suddenly be way too big for little... Continue Reading →

This blog post is brought to you by ... lethargy ... it was bloody hot at my place yesterday, plus it's that time of year, so I was gadding about on Friday AND Saturday nights. I was a WRECK all Sunday #gettingold. I didn't get to bed until midnight on the previous two nights. As... Continue Reading →