I’m on holidays and it is such a pleasure! As of 4pm Monday just gone, I have a whole month off Uni, a whole month of unstructured time that i cant wait to start playing with!

The last few months have been kind of interesting - people usually divide a week up into work week followed by weekend. I’ve been having 3 day work weeks followed by 4 day study weeks, and not really thinking about weekends too much. It helps that Sean doesn’t really have a normal work week either, and that for both of us working for part or all of a Saturday or Sunday has become standard without the sort of resentment you get from thinking “this is supposed to be my weekend!”. My work week has been a pleasant holiday from having to think about study, and the study week is an immersion in subjects I’m really interested in interspersed with housework that just cant wait any longer (there is only so much room on the benchtop near the sink, only so many pairs of socks and jeans available). So I’m really in the habit now of thinking in terms of work-week and study-week, and that feels good.

Work continues to be good, the admin stuff I’m doing is varied, fast-paced and interesting. And the office environment is really good, I’m working with a great bunch of people. But the economic recession is starting to bite - we lost a bit of funding and so some programs are not being refunded or are being cut back. And as an admin person there is no funding for my job, the money comes from the program funding. It only makes sense that if a number of program staff are losing their jobs (in a couple of cases) or losing a day here or there (in the majority of cases), then I should lose a day too. So as of last week, the work week is now 2 days and the study week is 5 days.

So next semester looks a lot less hectic than the last one - 5 days to study, two to work and only three subjects as opposed to the 4 I had last semester. Who knows, I might even pick up a day a week helping out a very busy archaeologist friend whose admin needs a bit of straightening out and end up back where i started… we will see.

I have very little planned for the holidays - I haven’t had time to think about them! The plumber is already here fixing the numerous plumbing issues, and later this afternoon Sean and I may head off to Bunnings hardware store to buy some some irrigation tubing which I will turn into hoops. Tomorrow I’m going to Gawler to hang out with the grandparents for the day - I have hardly spent any time with them this year! I will go garage sailing with Dad and Naomi on Saturday for the first time in AGES and try hard not to buy anything! I may take the camera tho. I intend to take the overlocker home with me when I leave their house and buy some t-shirt jersey stretch and fleece fabrics to experiment with. And its tax time, so I guess I could do that too…

Ah unstructured time! What a luxury!

• Kristen (Tokyo) said on 09/07/02 at 02:14 PM.....

  Sounds like a great holiday plan. Take your new hoops up to Gawler with you! Even if they won’t play, the oldies like watching and remember when they hooped back in the “original” hooping days.

• indigorayz said on 09/07/10 at 07:04 PM.....

  Enjoy bubsy wubsy! Sounds so gorgeous! I am very much on your page! Although this week has been a full on work week! Take time to rechatge and enjoy your fella!
  Much love coming at ya!
  s xxxx