Life Or Something Like It
February 19, 2011 at 7:36 pm (being married, being social, being well, cooking, melbourne, wyrk)
Hi folks. Back again after an attack of Life, but with a few interesting things to report.
Madam started TAFE last week, and coped pretty well with the change. For the next little while, she has three evenings a week, which add up to some pretty long days. I’m taking care of her as best I can and making her dinners (while I’m eating for one, I usually cook for two and pack the remainder as leftovers for the next day). She is enjoying it, which is most important. Also, she continues to impress with her photos, and I’m very proud of her.
My work suddenly took a turn for the interesting, when I was asked to sit in as team leader for a week while our managers were variously absent. It was nice to be asked, and I figured it would be a good chance to sample the job without any long term commitment. That laissez-faire attitude lasted about two days, when I was offered another team leader position for three months. Did I impress beyond all measure, or were they simply desperate? Who knows? My initial week in Boss Job #1 went fairly well, and I’m looking forward to having a crack at Boss Job #2. The money’s nice (if not extravagant) and it’s satisfying to get some recognition for all the extra slog I put in last year.
I’ve done some singing in the last couple of weeks. It’s been an awful long time since I got to do that, which I have been made painfully aware of. MonUCS has started early this year due to an extra special concert – I haven’t managed to get into the music so far, and am not sure if I’ll sing or not. The Choir Of The Wood had its inaugural rehearsal this morning, which was nice to come back to. My commitments for the next couple of months will make my attendance a bit spotty, which is a pain. Still, it’s good to sing again, and to find out that I still can. Ish. Mostly.
The whole wellness thing continues to go mostly, um, well. I’ve started to run as well as walk on my evening wanderings, and have decided to try one of the Couch To 5K programs. Not that I particularly want to run any distance, but I like the gradual introduction, not to mention the many iPhone apps out there that help one along the way. I attempted my first run on Thursday night, which was An Adventure. I didn’t finish, but there were confounding factors. In particular, I was bailed up by a stupid dog with a much stupider owner, which took my mind off the exercise for a bit (though it did wonders for my adrenaline levels). I’ll be heading out to try it again tonight, and shall see how I go. Also, the household diet didn’t completely fall off the rails with Madam out of the house. We continue to eat well, and have had a couple of people over for dinner, which is nice.
For that matter, I’m still enjoying this house an awful lot. It’s just nice to have room to move, to entertain people, for Madam and I to have our own space to work. She’s studying downstairs, I’m here in my man cave, all is well. We’re happy being together, and despite my initial fears things are working pretty well.
So, that’s life. A lot busier than before, and busier even than we were anticipating, but mostly pretty damn good.
Have some music. This is from Rainydayz, a mashup album based on Radiohead’s In Rainbows. This particular track probably bears the least resemblance to its origin of anything on the album, but it also has an awesome inspirational rap from Charlie 2Na of Jurassic 5. Please, give it a listen -
