Been a busy week. Teaching half day Weds and all day Thursdays.
Wednesday afternoon I did a presentation to the other academics for my PhD. It actually went really well. I was quite surprised. Although I asked for people to help with the pattern writing and no-one signed up.
(Surprise surprise).
Andy seems quite happy which is good. I am, quite frankly stunned, but I have been on it lately.
In other news, all's good. Kate's growing. D is lovely. No complaints.
23/02/2008
11/02/2008
Cool! Slideshow!
Blogger now has a slideshow! How lovely!
Okay, so I'm skivving again, but I am in the middle of transcribing some videotapes, which is dull, dull dull. I've got to write some emails today or tonight and start writing my thesis in earnest. But I'm actually starting to see some progress at long last, so I'm optimistic.
Finances are a bit of a disaster right now, but I have to hold the courage, keep the bit between the teeth and don't let on how dire things are. If it gets worse, I'll have to quit studying and get a proper job. Oh well. (Of course I'm over reacting but I always do).
Lovely is sleeping, she had a temperature last night, but she appears ok this morning. She's got a bruise on the sole of her foot too, I suspect gravel in shoe. That's why she wants carrying everywhere at the moment. Ouch.
I start teaching again this week, the load is a lot lighter than last semester, and my health is better (thank goodness) so all's good. I love teaching animation. Fun and can't take it too seriously.
Anyways transcribing awaits, so I'm off to finish it.
I wonder if anyone actually reads these posts? I might put a poll up to find out.
Okay, so I'm skivving again, but I am in the middle of transcribing some videotapes, which is dull, dull dull. I've got to write some emails today or tonight and start writing my thesis in earnest. But I'm actually starting to see some progress at long last, so I'm optimistic.
Finances are a bit of a disaster right now, but I have to hold the courage, keep the bit between the teeth and don't let on how dire things are. If it gets worse, I'll have to quit studying and get a proper job. Oh well. (Of course I'm over reacting but I always do).
Lovely is sleeping, she had a temperature last night, but she appears ok this morning. She's got a bruise on the sole of her foot too, I suspect gravel in shoe. That's why she wants carrying everywhere at the moment. Ouch.
I start teaching again this week, the load is a lot lighter than last semester, and my health is better (thank goodness) so all's good. I love teaching animation. Fun and can't take it too seriously.
Anyways transcribing awaits, so I'm off to finish it.
I wonder if anyone actually reads these posts? I might put a poll up to find out.
04/02/2008
Post Xmas Blues
Well not the blues exactly, more a reassessment of my health status. I have realised with a shock that I am overweight. Well, that's to say I knew that already, but having gone from Imperial to Kilograms, I really had no idea what the numbers meant.
So, I've decided to lose some weight. It's been an incremental process over the past 10 years that weight goes on and doesn't come off again.
It got bad in the UK where the food is stodgy and vegetarianism meant eating too much bread etc.
That and having baby, where you're told not to diet. So you stop watching what you eat.
So I haven't been on a "diet" per say, I've just gone back to watching what I eat and cutting out the snacks between meals and the rubbish. I'm still eating my pasta dishes and my meat and veg, but in the past 2 weeks I've lost half a stone. Pat on back.
I've also gone back to feeling hungry in the afternoons and mid-morning. Which is something that I remember doing when I was slimmer. Feeling hungry is normal, so long as it isn't really acute hunger - you know the "oh my god I must eat now" type where your blood sugar is so low your hands shake. Drink water, eat apples.
Eat more salad. I remember now all the cool stuff I used to eat, and I'm doing it again.
Wish me luck.
So, I've decided to lose some weight. It's been an incremental process over the past 10 years that weight goes on and doesn't come off again.
It got bad in the UK where the food is stodgy and vegetarianism meant eating too much bread etc.
That and having baby, where you're told not to diet. So you stop watching what you eat.
So I haven't been on a "diet" per say, I've just gone back to watching what I eat and cutting out the snacks between meals and the rubbish. I'm still eating my pasta dishes and my meat and veg, but in the past 2 weeks I've lost half a stone. Pat on back.
I've also gone back to feeling hungry in the afternoons and mid-morning. Which is something that I remember doing when I was slimmer. Feeling hungry is normal, so long as it isn't really acute hunger - you know the "oh my god I must eat now" type where your blood sugar is so low your hands shake. Drink water, eat apples.
Eat more salad. I remember now all the cool stuff I used to eat, and I'm doing it again.
Wish me luck.
25/01/2008
13/01/2008
New Pics online
Got some new pictures of La Famille Chatteur on my Flickr account.
I've obviously been slack, I've had two friends ask within a week of each other.
Click on Twistidd Photos link on the right.
We've been having a lovely time - well I have been. Nice break from work. Hot today, followed by the obligatory afternoon thunderstorm - a pattern that seems to be recurring everytime we have a hot day here in Sydney.
Not that I mind, we'll all sleep well tonight. Especially K, who hasn't had her afternoon nap yet.
Hmmm...
Oh yes, if I were given a mark on potty training, to date it would be an F.
Sigh.
I've obviously been slack, I've had two friends ask within a week of each other.
Click on Twistidd Photos link on the right.
We've been having a lovely time - well I have been. Nice break from work. Hot today, followed by the obligatory afternoon thunderstorm - a pattern that seems to be recurring everytime we have a hot day here in Sydney.
Not that I mind, we'll all sleep well tonight. Especially K, who hasn't had her afternoon nap yet.
Hmmm...
Oh yes, if I were given a mark on potty training, to date it would be an F.
Sigh.
30/12/2007
Xmas is finally over!
Something goes a bit wrong at Xmas time. I once spoke to a policeman and asked it what it was like working on Xmas day. He said "Oh, usually quiet in the morning, couple of murders in the afternoon." I was astounded and he added "well, you get families together, you know."
Our Xmas was a riot of eating more than anything. The Xmas spirit a little lacking chez ma soeur, as she and hubby have lost their jobs due to the mill closing down. I'm sure it's all going to work out, they're just not used to the uncertain times.
My heart goes out to them, they look so stressed and unhappy.
Hubby somewhat underwhelmed by Xmas chez Kerr and vows not to do it again. He might have a point, at that.
New Year tomorrow, I wonder what that will bring?
Our Xmas was a riot of eating more than anything. The Xmas spirit a little lacking chez ma soeur, as she and hubby have lost their jobs due to the mill closing down. I'm sure it's all going to work out, they're just not used to the uncertain times.
My heart goes out to them, they look so stressed and unhappy.
Hubby somewhat underwhelmed by Xmas chez Kerr and vows not to do it again. He might have a point, at that.
New Year tomorrow, I wonder what that will bring?
14/12/2007
Feeling better
I'm actually starting to feel better. I've had a horrible cough for the past two months, and my Doctor thinks it might have been whooping cough (but I think that's bollocks) mostly to the fact that it hasn't cleared up. Had a chest x-ray last week just to make sure it wasn't something more serious.
What really helped was a super early night I had on Wednesday when I was supposed to be working on a paper (sorry Lucila). Woke up and the cough is still there but muchly reduced. I've taken a well deserved week off and spent some quality time with Djamel and Kate.
Kate has become a Daddy's girl and Mummy doesn't cut it anymore. :(
Djamel's quite liking it and I now feel how he was feeling at the beginning of things, so it's quite a good balance really.
Met with the Prof last week and he agreed to be an associate supervisor. Yay! Mary is hard to contact and is very busy so this is a good thing.
I took Kate and he was very sweet about the whole thing, if not a little bemused. Okay, Xmas is on its way, presents to be bought etc etc. My sister and her husband had celebrated the last day in their jobs today, due to the liquidation, so a new chapter in their lives too, methinks.
So change, ever change.
What really helped was a super early night I had on Wednesday when I was supposed to be working on a paper (sorry Lucila). Woke up and the cough is still there but muchly reduced. I've taken a well deserved week off and spent some quality time with Djamel and Kate.
Kate has become a Daddy's girl and Mummy doesn't cut it anymore. :(
Djamel's quite liking it and I now feel how he was feeling at the beginning of things, so it's quite a good balance really.
Met with the Prof last week and he agreed to be an associate supervisor. Yay! Mary is hard to contact and is very busy so this is a good thing.
I took Kate and he was very sweet about the whole thing, if not a little bemused. Okay, Xmas is on its way, presents to be bought etc etc. My sister and her husband had celebrated the last day in their jobs today, due to the liquidation, so a new chapter in their lives too, methinks.
So change, ever change.
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