MWNews 151

I am going to post another entry today. Just a quick one. I spent about an hour adding titles to all the entries. Nothing flash or having anything to do with the content but I was told to add titles, so I did. I only make this entry because if for some reason the old lack of titles was a way to view this blog, it has not changed. I have no idea what effect this will have on it.

I also have to say that I had done all the entries and was doing the last one. Somehow, it got changed in content and it changed to be published today. It was not published today and I could not change it. So I deleted it. It was just about me complaining about this blog and the terrible time I have in typing into it. So basically the same as every other blog entry. Hopefully, it was not anything important as I did not read the entire thing. I am sure if had nothing of consequence in it. It is all good now.

So, I am not sure why I had to add titles but I did. They are just the number corresponding to the entry. Maybe it helps, maybe it doesn't. I don't really care. But that's it for now.

The really really big boss is on a rampage because he sent a company wide email and no one appears  to have received it. He wants me to find out why. I have no idea how to find out why but I have to go have a look anyway.

Until next time

MWNews 150

The big boss is sitting behind me so I am not sure how much I will be able to type into this entry. I am sure he will wonder why I am typing so much as we do not do a lot of typing in the job.

Today, I am covering the phones as most people took today off. It is a Friday and yesterday was Hobart Show Day. Apparently, it is a holiday in Hobart but I am not sure how widespread it is. The government shuts down but I don't know if it is only the Hobart government or the state government or who it actually is that was not working yesterday. Me, being part of the government, did not work yesterday and most people take today off as well so they get a four day weekend. No such luck for me as I was asked to cover for all the people who are off. Doesn't really matter anyway as I need to work as many hours as I can since I do not get paid when I am not working like the other government workers are.

Anyway, I am going to try to type this but with the big boss right here, have no idea why he did not take off, it might get a little dicey with me doing this instead of answering the phones. Of course, since there is no one here, there is no one to call into the IT support desk but having said that, I have already received four calls in the last hour. Not a lot but not nothing either. Problem is, if I do not know the answer, there is no one else to ask so I have to just log it and tell them someone will look into it Monday. Not that anyone ever does but it keeps them off the phone when I am here by myself.

To continue the work talk before I move on to something else, the project I am working on has run into a stall. I think I mentioned there are no more machines to give out. They did not order them, they did not receive them yet, they did not order enough. Lots of reasons but bottom line is, I have nothing to do. I think they have already noticed that and they might want me to not come in until the next order of machines arrives, which would be fatal to me as I need the money since we are planning a move and all my extra money goes to that. If I don't work, then we cannot move. It's as simple as that. But it hasn't happened yet and I have more news about that anyway.

I don't remember if I mentioned it here, and of course, I am not going back to look, but I was offered the job permanently, or sort of offered it. I probably need to go back and find out how much I have talked about it here but I will try to get through it without too much repeat news. Then again, if I don't say everything, you might get confused. I know I am. But lets give it a try.

Several of the current people have left. Their positions are open. I was told I should apply for it as I have been doing the job for a year and I would probably be the leading candidate. I was told by one person that the job was mine if I wanted it but I was told by another that it is not up to them and I would have to go through the government process of new hires before I would be considered. Me being a foreigner, I may not be allowed to do some government work, so the job is not really guaranteed but they did say it was mine for the asking. I did not ask for it. I am moving. But I have not moved yet so maybe there is still the chance I will stay. Not that I like the job but I do like being employed. As I have been telling everyone, I can be unemployed in Brisbane as well as here so I might as well move. But, stay tuned.

On the home front, plans have changed again. Juanita has a unit in Brisbane, or somewhere near Brisbane, in the north. She has already payed a deposit on it and been told it is hers. It does not become available until December. No idea when in December as they are going to refurbish it before they allow her to move in but they say December. If it is not ready by then, then they are in trouble. She and the kids are leaving November 26. They will stay in Sydney for a few days, then go north of Sydney for another few days and then supposedly on to Brisbane to move in. That is their current plan. Now lets talk about the flaws in that plan.

William does not get out of school until December 20. So he will miss the last month of the school year. She says that is not a problem. It is. Maeghan will already be out of school as she gets out at the beginning of November sometime. She has to go back for a test on some day but essentially, she is out of school in the next two weeks. They would have been leaving earlier except for Maeghan having to be there for this test.

Juanita has already changed the tickets. It cost a bunch of money to do that, money we do not have, but she has already done it without asking me first. Not that I get approval of anything but she could have mentioned she was going to instead of doing it and then telling me. Which brings us to another major issue.

I am still working. I will not be going with them. I am still scheduled to leave on the original date, December 23. I suppose I am still going but I am waiting for the other shoe to drop and be told that I am not going with them. I do have the trailer that is supposed to be filled with some of their stuff but I am sure they will make due without it if they decide they do not want me to go. Yea, yea, she says she wants me to come and she says she still wants us to live together but seems kind of strange to plan all this without including me. Guess it is just me being paranoid, but I have earned the right to be paranoid.

So they will leave on November 26. I will be here to get rid of anything that will not fit in the trailer. Load the trailer and my van by myself, which includes several things that I cannot load by myself. Then have my house cleaned and sanitized for final inspection that I cannot do anything about since if they find anything wrong, I will be in another part of the country with no way back. It does not bode well for me getting any of my bond back. I am not looking forward to it. By then, most of my stuff should be sold, so I will be living without furniture or beds or anything for a month. Anything that is left over, I will have to find a way to get rid of, which means taking it to the tip so I don't have to pack it. I think I am going to try packing everything before they go just so I can see how much I can actually pack and what I will need to be getting rid of. Maybe it will not be a lot, but it probably will be.

I haven't really mentioned the whole Christmas thing. I will be by myself on Christmas apparently. No kids, no family, no one to be with me. I know, poor sad little me. It's actually not that bad, it's just another day, but I feel bad about it for the kids. We do not get to be together. That's never happened before. During all the times that Juanita and I have been apart, we have always been together for Christmas. She has missed my birthday several times, so have the kids. And there was the couple of anniversaries. Of course, no Thanksgiving since we live in Austria, but we have never missed a Christmas. Guess this will be the first, probably in a long line of things to come.

Let see, is there anything else I can rant about. I could go on and on about the real estate people but what's the point. When they come to screw me over again, I will probably find the time to do that later and if not, they there is still no point in doing it now. Let's just say I do not have a high opinion of them.

Let's go on a lighter note. I mentioned the Hobart Show. I might have mentioned it in the past. Think of a stock show on a much smaller scale, or much smaller than what I am used to. It is basically the same thing but a whole lot less fun since it is in Hobart and there are not that many people here to make it a big time thing. It is expensive, or it has always has been in the past. Not that we ever go to it but we have been once or twice. Some of the pictures I post here are from that.

We prefer the local Huon show. It is much smaller but that just means you can get in and out in less than a day and still see everything that you would see at the Hobart show. It is all the same people but on a much smaller scale. It will be in November sometime, I believe the 16th. We usually go to that one each year. It is much cheaper to get into and while the food and everything is still very expensive, there is not as much of it so you are not tempted to eat or spend money all the time. You can watch the shows, see the exhibits, ride the rides (very expensive so limited to one or two per person), play the games (again, expensive so only one or two). Since it is much smaller, you just walk around once, do what you can, and then sit around and decide whether we want to leave or not. Nothing to hang around for, nothing to go see again, and not a lot of hassle in getting around from one place to another. It does get crowded, but if you go early, you can sit in the shade when it gets really crowded because you have already done everything and if we decide to stay, the crowds thins out and we can do it all over again before it closes. It's a good show on the whole.

Since it is in November, it has always been part of Williams presents for his birthday. We take him to the show, give him some money and he does what he wants and is happy. I would think he would want a more permanent gift but he seems happy with it and we do get him a couple of other things besides that. It's a fairly good deal all around, or most of the time it is. I do limit my spending to under $100 and Juanita usually spends about the same thing, so it will cost us $200 to do it again this year but maybe we will cut back on that since we are moving and need the money for that.

Which does bring up another complaint. When we were going together, Juanita was paying the petrol costs as I will have no money, no job. Now that we are not going together, I am wondering if now I have to find a way to get there myself. I don't know. We should probably talk about that. There are lots of things we still need to talk about.

And I should mention the heat again. Yesterday, Show Day, it was very hot here. Or, it was very hot for here. It was 30. Now that is not hot at all for Brisbane, you pray for the days when it is only 30, but for here, it was hot. We had three fans going, until one of them blew up, but we had three giant fans going. These are the good kind of fans and not just they cheap ones as we both got tired of the cheap ones a few years ago and got the industrial strength ones. They move a lot of air. So much so, I do not sit anywhere with them blowing directly on me as it really gives me a headache and makes my joints ache as well. (I'm old). With the three fans, it made it tolerable but I could only imagine what it is going to be like when we get to Brisbane. We do have some semblance of air conditioning in the new unit, or I am told there will be, but those things are expensive to run and electricity costs are not cheap anywhere in Australia. It cost a lot to run them and I prefer to try to get by without turning them on. In Brisbane, you have to turn them on eventually, but I will try to postpone it as long as possible. Weirdly, I do not mind the cold air blowing on me, just the high velocity fans that we both have. In my house, I can keep it really cool by placing the fan at one end of the hall, opening the bedroom windows at that end and then opening the front door and the side door so it creates a breeze through there. I doesn't really keep it cool but it keeps it tolerable, which is all I am hoping for. With everyone living at my place, William likes to keep his bedroom door closed and he is in there all day. His room is critical in the evenings and it is on the shady side of the house and those windows need to be open so a breeze is created. The other two bedrooms are on the sunny side and it gets hot in there so you do not want that breeze coming through. So trying to create a cool breeze while William is home becomes almost impossible. But none of that matters because we are moving. I am sure the good ole Brisbane sun is not as hot as it is here in the wilderness of Tasmania.

Now that I have typed all this, and did it without interruption, I think I should be going to lunch. No more phone calls so far and it is noon. I don't go to lunch until one but I can start thinking about it. Plus, since it is lunchtime, the big boss should be going to lunch soon and I can add the picture to this without him seeing. So it works all the way around. Then again, I will be bored once I finish this so maybe I will do another entry. Two in one day. I think I did that a long time ago but it was an accident and not meant for humans. All in all, a really crappy entry full of complaints and misgivings. In other words, typical.

So it's goodbye from me and goodbye from the water bottle.

Until next time

MWNews 149

The alternative is I don't start typing this and just go about the rest of my day. Being at work, again, I don't really have anything to do so I thought this might be a good idea. Maybe not, but I have started already so I suppose I will have to finish.

Today, I am eating pretzels. Don't know why, just am. I found bags of them at the fruit and vegetable store and they were cheap so I bought some. Now, you know you cannot just eat one or two. Once you start, you just keep eating them until they are all gone. I think it might be the salt or something but I had a whole container of them about two hours ago and now they are gone. I think someone came in here and ate them but since I have been sitting here beside them the whole time, they would have had to be real tricky to get to the container of pretzels without me seeing them. So I did the obvious thing and set up my phone to record the container in order to catch whomever is stealing my pretzels. And now I am tired of typing the word pretzel so I will move on to other thoughts or musings.

Work stuff. Skip until it says no more work stuff if you do not want to read about it. Too late, you already started so now you are obligated to finish. Besides, I finished all the pretzels and now you have nothing else to do.

We have been living in the same house for a couple of weeks now. It has not been bad but it has not really been good either. Not a lot of problems but as we each have our own way of doing things, we get in each others way. Since it is where I have lived, things are in certain places and done at certain times and ways that are how I am used to doing it. Juanita has never had problems with changing what other people are doing. She does it her way or not at all. She has done it the whole time I have known her and not just to me but to everyone. She moves things. She doesn't know how to use appliances or where anything is or where it should be, so she just puts things where they fit or where there is a hole and doesn't really think about the fact that they might have been there for a reason or that is where I expect them to be and if they are not there, I assume I need another one or something.

But, it is unfair for me to blame her as I do things she is not happy with. Can't think of anything offhand but I am sure there is something.

Let's take a small example. She decided to do the dishes by putting them in the dishwasher. Really helpful and a kind thing for her to do since I am at work and usually only do dishes for myself about once or twice a week. First issue was, she was not washing them because she did not know it was a two cycle dishwasher. What that means is when you turn it on, it only gets the dishes wet. This is its soaking mode. I had the same problem when I first moved in so it is understandable that she did not know this. Easily fixed, you just have to either bypass soaking mode or turn it on again once that mode is finished. What it means is we had dirty dishes that she would then take out and put into the cupboards thinking they had been cleaned since the machine had stopped running. Again, not a big deal and it only happened twice before I explained how the machine worked. Didn't make her happy as she said I was blaming her for the problem when I was just trying to let her know how the machine worked but I can live with that.

The real problem is, she put my good knives in the dishwasher. My good knives. That I have had for about 8 or 9 years now. For those of you who do not understand my concern, she put my good knives in the dishwasher. I suppose repeating that does not really explain my concern, but I will try again. She put my good knives in the dishwasher.

Now part of the problem is me. She bought me another good knife a few years ago. Not sure why but I do like good knives so it was a good gift. The problem is, I do not have a holder for it. I have one for all my knives but not for the new one. Since I rarely use the new one, I put it in the slot for the knife I use the most. My chefs knife which I use everyday. That left my chef's knife with no place to sit. My plan has always been to leave it out since I use it all the time. I have a large cutting board, another gift from years past that I leave on the counter all the time. I put my chef''s knife on that when I am not using it. It sits on the counter, all the time. She does not like things left on the counter so she moved my cutting board and then put my knife in the dishwasher. I am not sure what she was planning to do with it after that but I suspect it would have been thrown in the drawer with all the other kitchen utensils. You know the drawer I mean. Everyone has one. It is the drawer where all the gadgets, utensils, and spare things get put so you are constantly digging through it to find what you need. You can only imagine the kind of hell I would have raised if that had happened, but it didn't as I caught it in time.

I know, what an asshole I am . I thought about what other word I could use in place of that one but nothing I came up with really described what I am in enough detail. That one word seems to say it all so I left it. I apologize for offending whatever crowd of people I have offended that might be reading this blog.

I mean, it's such a little thing. So the knife went though the dishwasher. What's the big deal. I cannot explain it. People who know what a big deal it is will synthesize. People who do not cannot be convinced otherwise. It just is and should not happen. I didn't think I complained about it too much bet apparently, I was wrong. I could forgive it happening by accident or lack of knowledge but I know she knows I do not want them in the dishwasher and I can only assume she did it to try to make me upset. I don't know. It is over, for now. I just use it as an example of the kind of things we have to get used to with us starting to live together again. There are other examples, on both sides, but we are both trying and we will work it out. We have to.

On to other things.

I took a break at this point. Probably too much entertainment for one sitting anyway. I think I had some train of thought when I started but now I am tired and don't really know. I suppose I can talk about work. I think I mentioned that I would be doing that earlier but I never got around to it so ignore anything you have read so far and just jump in. I'd say the water was fine but I never get in the water so I don't know how it is. And this is Tasmania, so expect lots of ice and snow.

I'm still doing this same job. The PC Refresh project. Can't say this one is being run any better than the one before but as I seem to be the sole owner of this project, I can say it's going great. Or it would be in they had ordered enough equipment to do the job. It would seem they only ordered half, or less than half, of what they needed. Not sure of the reasons for that other than maybe they could not get it all in one go. Don't know. But the impact is I did most of the building I am in and then ran out of machines to deploy. I still need about ten more laptops before I can call this building finished. What irks me about it is I was asked the other day about when I will start doing the other buildings. I had to explain that since I have no more machines available, I cannot plan on when and where I will be deploying next. This seemed to come as a surprise to them and they asked me why I had run out of machines. I had to explain that they did not order enough and it was my understanding that there were two orders and the second one had not yet arrived. This, of course, caused a lot of running around and high level meetings to find out why the project was stopped and who was going to get the blame.

It would seem that they forgot to order the second order. And, even if they had, they had forgotten to order several specific machines that were needed by certain people, like people in the Road Services department that need mobile devices with LTE so they can connect via phone while out on the job. Now none of this would be my fault but somehow, they managed to put some of the blame on me because I had not told anyone I was out of equipment. Like that was my job in the first place. I had to explain that the person they put in charge of the project went on maternity leave and the person that put him in charge was seconded to another department. So it left me as defacto project manager even though I did not have access to the orders, the software, the documents or anything else that would have allowed me to run this project. I have basically been working on my own trying to make things fit and waiting for someone, somewhere to decide what it is they wanted to do and when they wanted it done. I personally think getting this entire building done with no help in three weeks time was a major accomplishment but hey, who am I to argue with the government.

Anyway, it wasn't really that bad. The boss who was seconded to another department got most of the blame because he had not told anyone what they were supposed to be doing and had not replaced the project manager with anyone even though he knew that guy would not be here to run the project. Plus, the guy who does the ordering claimed that he had never received the second order so he had never placed it. But again, it's government where no one really knows what anyone else is doing at any given time.

That little tirade lasted longer than I wanted it to. Let's have some kids news.

Maeghan has one month left at her school, then she graduates 11th grade. I think her classmates are planning a going away party for her but since it is a secret I am not supposed to know anything. Which is convenient since I do not know anything. Juanita mentioned the possibility the other day but that is all she said so I don't know if it is true or when and where it might be happening.

Maeghan was sick for a week or so and she missed some important classes where she had an assignment to do and she did not get it done. I am told she has to do it or she will not pass that class but I don't know where she is in the project at the moment. I know she said one of her friends was going to help her but I don't know if that happened or not. Since she only had a month left, I don't know what is going on.

William does not get out of school until close to Christmas time. I really have no idea how he is doing in school. I do know that he has a lot more friends now but I am not sure they are good friends or friends I would approve of. I have never met or heard of them but he walks to the bus stop and back each day and he hangs out with them along the way. It is only a couple of blocks but from that bus stop, it is the main one where they fill the bus. The old bus stop by his house was one of the first ones so there was really no one there waiting besides him each day. Now, about 50 kids are waiting for the bus by my house so they try to get into as much trouble as they can before and after school. Or I assume that is what they do as I have no idea. Just a bunch or rotten kids waiting for buses. What else would they be up to.

William does enjoy the freedom though. He seems to be going out a lot on his own lately. No idea whether he is meeting anyone or not but he is always asking if he can walk to to the store for us and get things. The store is only about a block away so I have no idea why he would want to be doing that but he asks everyday if he can. But William has always been helpful like that. Willing to do anything to help as long as he can be a part whatever is going on. He gets in the way most of the time but he is certainly enthusiastic about it.

This delayed school schedule is another problem. Juanita is looking at houses to rent right now. On a good note, the one she was looking at that was near Angie fell through, probably because the operator of that place seemed a bit shady to me, but it means she is now looking elsewhere. Like up north where I wanted to go. That is north of Brisbane where I think the neighborhoods are better. She has found a lady who is going to look for a place for her so that will help a lot. But about the delay in getting out of school. I think, and I am pretty sure it will happen, that as soon as they find a place and Maeghan gets out of school, Juanita and Maeghan are going to leave and go to setup house. It's not really a bad idea but it means William and I will be left here to get rid of, pack and do whatever is left to do on our own, and I will be working full time during that so I will not have a lot of opportunities to get things done. She says we can get it all done before they go but I don't know how that will work as we will still be living here and we will need to have somethings to sit on, sleep on, and eat on while we do that. And I am not sure I will be able to load everything by myself when the time comes for us to leave. It seems like a lot of stuff to leave for one person to do. I guess I have done it all on my own before so I will have to do it again. So much for us living as one family.

And on that depressing note, I will have to go. I am sure I am just the complainer that everyone says I am. I think of it as being practical, but not a lot of people see it my way. It's a living I suppose. I am going to get ready to go home now. Been working too long on this and not on what I should be doing. Maybe tomorrow will be better. I have to go to another site tomorrow so I can waste some time in travelling while I do. It is always better if I am going offsite.

I just typed some words and they did not appear on the page where I was typing. So if there are parts of this that do not make sense, it is because of that and has nothing to do with my incoherence and lack of the ability to type.

So it's good bye from me and good bye from the empty bag of pretzels.

Until next time

MWNews 148

Did I mention I haven't been back for a while. Seems like it's been a few weeks since I last entertained the masses. Must be about time for me to retire. I might but first, a message from our sponsor.

Wouldn't it be nice if I actually had a sponsor. Or at least a supervisor. Someone to keep me in line and make me do this more often. Then again, I am sure the anticipation is exquisite. Makes if seem like there is actually someone worth looking forward to. Not this, but I mean something good. This is just the ramblings of an old man about to visit his ancestors.

So where to begin. Probably should start with the big news and move on to the mostly boring stuff. Then again, I can't think of any boring stuff to relate so maybe it is all big news or what passes for big news at the bottom of the world. I can't really say bottom of the world as there are many places further south but, from here to the south pole, there is nothing in between so it might as well be the end of the world from where I sit.

The big news is we won't be here much longer. As of the end of December, we are moving to the mainland. And when I say we, I mean all of us. We are going back to the mainland and try to be a family again. Mostly because they were going anyway and while I didn't really want to go, there is nothing keeping me here except the crappy job I have. After thinking about it for a long time, I decided to take the chance and move without any prospect of another job when I get there. But that is just one of the worries and not really the point.

Juanita and I have decided to give it another go. I have never been opposed to it and while I can say I was almost ready to give up on the idea, all the things that have happened in the last year have brought us back together. I have to say, I was ready to move on before this happened. Not that I did not still want to be with my family, I was just ready to stop trying and move on. Then the past year. And as I started to help them and be with them I was pulled back in and I was wanting it to happen. It would seem that it is.

Juanita and I still have a lot of problems with each other. I am still very afraid she will change her mind again. But she is saying all the right things and doing all the right things as if she wants it to happen and while I have my reservations, I have decided to try to ignore the doubts and try along with her. I do want it to work this time and I do want it not only for me and her but mainly for the kids. They will not be at home for much longer, Maeghan already talks about being on her own, but I want them to know me and what it is like to live with me and for us to be together as a family. William has never known that. We separated when he was really young and he has never actually lived with me and Juanita in the same house. It will be a real adventure for him I am sure.

The process of moving is the real hardship. We live on an island. We cannot just pack up and go. Each of us has a house full of things and most of that has to go. Juanita did book a shipment on partial semi-trailer load but she only sent boxes of stuff. No real furniture except her freezer, she washing machine and a couple of small items of furniture. She packed close to a hundred boxes and they all went on the truck. In fact, as of this writing, they have already arrived at their destination. Apparently, she arranged for them to be dropped off at her daughter's place. I don't think that is such a good idea but there was no other place to ship them and hopefully, they will be ok while they are there. I won't say what I think about it but we are hoping they are still there when we arrive.

My stuff is all still in my house. Now I don't have a lot of stuff. Maybe my bed, my TV, my refrigerator and many boxes of stuff. I could fit it all into my van and my trailer. I moved over here that way and have not accumulated that much more stuff that I would have to take with me again. The issue is, Juanita still has a lot of stuff that is still here. I have no idea how all that is going to fit. She has her van but there is Maeghan's wheelchair that takes up a lot of room. Plus, she is taking most of her camping gear as she thinks they will be living in it until we find a place. I say they as I am not sure I will be living in a tent for any length of time. Guess I don't really have a choice but that doesn't seem like the best of plans. She also still has boxes and boxes of stuff to take. There is no way it will all fit.

Since I have two cars, she wants me to sell one of them but I don't trust either of the cars to hold out much longer and I think we have to have a backup just in case, I will be leaving the small car here with her brother Craig. or at his house. I'm thinking we will be leaving more than just the car there but she says she can get it all in somewhere. I don't think so but we will see, again.

I don't think I have mentioned where we are going. It is Brisbane. We lived in Brisbane when I first came over to stay. I came over a year before that but I went to Tasmania. Brisbane is hot. It is on the ocean, most big cities in Australia are, but there are no beaches in Brisbane. You have to go north or south to find decent beaches and we will be south, or that is the plan right now. Juanita has been looking at apartments to lease. She has found a few that look good on paper but without seeing them in person I do not know how you can rent them site unseen. She says it is ok but I am worried about what the area is like, what the apartments are like and especially what the neighbors are like. I think there could be an issue, especially since Angie lives near there and she is not known for picking the best neighborhoods to live in. Yea, it's probably related to the guys she has dated but still, she does not make the best choices.

But back to the hot. It is hot in Brisbane. Maybe not Texas hot but I am not used to Texas hot anymore and I am not so sure how I will handle it. I have trouble with Tasmania heat when it happens once or twice a year. But that is only around 30 - 35 when it is hot here. In Brisbane, you look forward to the days when it is only 30-35. It is over 40 when it is hot and can get close to 50 when it is really hot. Now since all these temperatures are in Celsius, no one really understands them but I am too lazy to convert it myself so I leave it up to you.

There are good places in Brisbane. Most of them are north, where we got married and where we used to live. Juanita's family lives farther north in a resort area, although I have never seen the resort part of it. It's a town I cannot spell so I will not try. It is about an hour north of Brisbane, two hours from where we will be living. Not really close enough to visit but close enough to make a day of it sometimes. The place we got married in has a really nice outdoor pool area, or it used to. Having not been there in several years, I have no idea what it is like these days.

I am beginning to wander a bit. I have more to say but I am getting tired of typing. So, I suppose this will be it for now. Be sure to wish us luck. I have not even gone into the whole not having a job thing but as mentioned, I am tired. Maybe I will get back to it sometime soon. Hopefully from my home computer as since I do not have to go to their house anymore, I can come straight home and spend more time there. Kind of crowded but I think I like it. I guess I didn't mention we are living together in my apartment at the moment since we have emptied her house and they have no place to live until we leave. I'd consider it a trial run but since there are no alternatives, it can't really be a trial, it has to be reality. But I really am tired and don't want to think anymore.

So it is goodbye from me and goodbye from the tangerine I am eating.

Until next time