hellllloooo overthere.....

Yes. A while. A very long while.

Still can't upload photos. If I could you would have:

• the cutest possible shot of Apollo asleep on my bed yesterday
• Dr Brown banging his drum in the Christmas Pageant
• other stuff that I've probably forgotten about

In the next week or so I need to

• run a highly underfunded international conference (three days to go. OMG!)
• have finished the fucking course review process that has destroyed the last three months of my life
  
• cook Christmas dinner for 30 workmates
• write a conference paper
• have Christmas
• drink far too much Frangenlico with my choice-bro who will be down for Christmas
• see if I can find someone who wants to go to the ODIs with me.

Preference Australia v's Pakistan if anyone's interested.

insert pavemet here

Nervous Breakdown Averted.

Nothing to see here.

Move along.

Go about your regular business.

OK: So the days are still long, and the work still overwhelming. However:

1. took no home work with me last weekend and did no study - it was divine
2. all industry presentations over, successfully
3. have purchased food that is not pizza or take away Indian
4. beer
5. i've had an incredible amount of sleep
6. just generally decided to not be such a big fat girl and just get on with it, damn it!

Also my new hot water system that wasn't working had decided to kick in (just in time for summer), my house guest is gone leaving my evenings blissfully kittenesque and I've actually done some social stuff (it's been a while. Work can just take over some times).

Additionally I've asked for an extension for my final assignment (there have to be perks to working where you're a student), and the student whose thesis I've been proofing has been told the cold, hard truth that there's no way she's going to be able to graduate this December - by proofing I mean adding or removing articles, not proper editing which is what I've told her from the beginning she needed.

Not only that, but I've received some more excitement in the post. I still can't upload photos, but if you take this post - and supplement 'pavement', you 'll get the idea

brain...... oozing... out... ears

Have just spent all evening reading applications for a junior administrative position in our School.

Word of advice: if you are thinking of applying for such a position - smiley faces are not dot points.




..... really.