Tuesday, December 25, 2018

24 december

christmas eve
monday

busy exercise
christmas meal at 'the generals'
after drinks at harts

23 december

sunday

storage unit trip
christmas with grandma and aunt
no knowledge of smash

22 december

saturday

morning exercise
lakefront brewery excursion
dinner, yahtzee, drink

21 december

friday

christmas story games
good catch up at lucky joes
teaching sheas card game

20 december

thursday

exercise, village
haircut and tacos for lunch
relaxing evening

Wednesday, December 19, 2018

19 december

wednesday

work done on flight day
virgin delta lounge access
back to milwaukee

18 december

tuesday

mid morning street car
city park mini golfing
and beignets outside

verti marte for lunch
settled on jazz museum
bourbon corner bar

cafe beignet band
with strawberry daiquiri
hotel rest then meal

17 december

monday

hotel exercise
french market music, po'boy
stroll through french quarter

louis armstrong park
streetcar to garden district
nice neighbourhood drink

blacksmith's voodoo drink
preservation hall concert
so full of gumbo

16 december

sunday

flights to new orleans,
with dinner on bourbon street,
ice cream, carollers

Saturday, December 15, 2018

15 december

saturday

lunch with steph's family
group painting time in village
beers, pizza - chilled night

14 december

friday

otters at the zoo
lion roaring in my face
pacing polar bear

christmas market wine
milwaukee brewing beers, beers
comedysportz win

Thursday, December 13, 2018

13 december

thursday

registered voter
beer cheese soup, sugar cookies,
some work done, dinner

12 december

wednesday

picked plaque at dentist
elliptical and leg day
sleepy at rosebud

11 december

tuesday

family haircut
and errands; down to village
bars for drinks and wings

10 december

monday

a mall shopping trip
wrapping up christmas presents
gym and mexican

09 december

sunday

a kohls shopping trip
wardrobe additions obtained;
saw liz and brian

08 december

saturday

such a long trip home
landed in chicago, bus
up to milwaukee

07 december

friday

CoE full day
full team on hand at southbank
still a way to go

quick dinner at home
off to the airport in heat
first, long doha flight

06 december

thursday

two people helping
and still an f section day
music's holiday

two aerial wins
eagle at a low height and
another thing too

05 december

wednesday

f sections again
ngv manuscript and
a copyedit

tasty indian
meal with petra, then home to
launder, work, and pack

04 december

tuesday

a copy edit
much more time on f sections
DECRA meetings too

met petra in town
for some drinks on the river
and a chinese meal

03 december

monday

f sections again
radio chat and
miel chat in between

first after-work walk
with kim for laps of the park
and a pub snack too

02 december

sunday

sunday matinee
mediocre sad nachos
evening of working

Sunday, December 2, 2018

01 december

saturday

missed deadline haunting
brain unable to focus
november broken

30 november

friday

day devoted to
trying to finalize the
f sections with jane

29 november

thursday

future chat with gail"
possibilities with the
radio station

reworking paper
helping colleagues to meet the
submission deadline

aerials trapeze
good to work through sequences
but frustrating too

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

28 november

wednesday

day usurped again
hard to support successes
when facing failure

no writing again
too many things in the way
where does the time go

27 november

tuesday

mornington meeting
really good discussion but
large phase two shift

radical reels show
good films with burger before
late night, sad grant news

26 november

monday

email pile-up
and a couple meetings so
no big work done

25 november

sunday

slightly aimless drive
waterfront bathing boxes
and distillery

fancy vineyard lunch
one last hicksbotham tasting
before driving back

24 november

saturday

treetop rained out so
an alternate plan needed
open eagle car

one round of bowling
fingers stuck and gutter balls
mornington brewery

redhill brewery with
too large of a meat platter
bubble bath, napping

Monday, November 26, 2018

23 november

friday

conference week = brain fried
unable to multi-task
roman serving drinks

down to mornington
grocery store happy hour
hugh dolan's comic

22 november

thursday
(thanksgiving)

AAG day two
multi-tasking while listening
nice conference dinner

21 november

wednesday

AAG conference
radio presentation
opening dinner

20 november

tuesday

era workshop day
southbank then parkville in storm
long, but got work done

Monday, November 19, 2018

19 november

monday

conference at monash,
emerging researchers in
ageing: a nice day

18 november

sunday

great Skype with brittany
succumbed to afternoon nap
cleaning and more work

17 november

saturday

banking error found
progress on lingering tasks
not writing but still

thanksgiving by jake
sharing with australians
mario party

Friday, November 16, 2018

16 november

friday

hannah's recital
literature reviewing
presentation done

15 november

thursday

more unit meetings;
faculty network session;
ethiopian

14 november

wednesday

interns presented
side-tracked with side work again
so very tired

13 november

tuesday

a day of meetings
no time to do any work
rock climbing, burgers

12 november

monday

finally able
to get back to writing my
missing paragraph

11 november

sunday

south melbourne market
chilli cooked and scones baked - yum
got some work done too

10 november

saturday

day trip to geelong
archibald portraits, bollards,
boardwalk, brewery


09 november

friday

a trip to fitzroy
three-course tasmanian meal
grant app submitted

Friday, November 9, 2018

08 november

thursday

more revising copy
very tiring; psych lab;
aerials; ramen

07 november

wednesday

day full of meetings
at the MRC and then
confused class info

06 november

tuesday

copy-editing
frustrating to do, with pause
for the melbourne cup

vietnamese food
donuts and quilt buttons games
played at the games lab

05 november

monday

busy morning with
grant and supervision group
then grant work for jane

04 november

sunday

a swim before the
market trip with con colleagues
no hard thinking work

03 november

saturday

housekeeping tasks and
mainly endnote entries done
too tired for more

02 november

friday

NGV writing
grant application meeting
greg's presentation

Friday, November 2, 2018

01 november

thursday

rabbit hole paid off
finding the right references
still more writing though

aerials training
left early to see briefs show
great night as a team

31 october

wednesday

writing day thwarted
completing grant paperwork
to be compliant

no halloween things
river drink to celebrate
publishing notice

30 october

tuesday

more manuscript work
struggling arms at climbing
u of m meet-up

29 october

monday

hard training session
two different manuscripts; Skype;
two game seasons played

28 october

sunday

walk through the city
on a lovely day; relaxed
work watching tv

27 october

saturday

morning walk, screen print
lecture powerpoint building
nicole's wine party

Friday, October 26, 2018

26 october

friday

a philanthropy
workshop with midwesterners:
interesting chat

wheel and wine date night
super fun to throw again
better than others

25 october

thursday

more work on ethics
and what feels like a never-
ending manuscript

24 october

wednesday

mornington data
and ethics application
backing up files

23 october

tuesday

final music, mind,
and well-being group meeting
meeting on southbank

hurried decision
needed from gary about
coordinating class

22 october

monday

a full day of work
nothing really great to say
with night work at home

21 october

sunday

the docklands blues fest
music in the shopping mall
judged for drinking beer

20 october

saturday

laundry and muffins
scrapbook, screenprint, and hama
afternoon napping

19 october

friday

friday night event
hofbräuhaus oktoberfest
with accordion 

Thursday, October 18, 2018

18 october

thursday

ethics app again
little details take longest:
great program crafted

perfectionism:
mPavillion outdoor talk
Margaret and David

17 october

wednesday

Audiences app
3 phases to 5 = step 1
larger proposal

saw capstone posters
too many people to stay
garden beer instead

16 october

tuesday

unruly phase 3:
a much longer task than thought;
climbing, burger, shake

15 october

monday

work interrupted
for ethics application
all sketched but phase 3

14 October

sunday

Brighton beach houses
sinking-sandy walk to brunch
terrible service

13 october

saturday

shopping for cooking
random collection of tasks
female circus show

Friday, October 12, 2018

12 october

friday

mornington, app news
shifts working priorities;
drinks and japanese

11 october

thursday

an obnoxious day
new aerials term, teacher
renewed hope for class

10 october

wedensday

Melbourne Recital
Centre - Music on the Mind:
Solange and myself

Really engaging
Celebration drinks after
and pizza with Deb

09 october

tuesday

NARI research chat;
faculty decra session;
talk update, run through

08 october

monday

engagement workshop
partially tailored to me;
not sure about use

Monday, October 8, 2018

07 october

sunday

lexicon circus
second half better than first
chinese feast after

06 october

saturday

endnote and tv
job apps and some cleaning done
too tired for much

05 october

friday

disrupted sleeping
unable to focus well
delicious noodles

music investment
manuscript revisions done
talk planned with solange

04 october

thursday

seminar given
not able to see my notes
small audience though

03 october

wednesday

mornington mix up
less interviews than planned for;
good work review chat

research seminar
prelim analyses done
drink at saving grace

Saturday, October 6, 2018

02 october

tuesday

sherlock trivia
knew some answers, then went home
team won in the end

01 october

monday

radio data
saint & rogue for a quick break
presentation quotes

30 september

sunday

swimming sunday on
paper surveys data task
games night fun with james

29 september

saturday

two fringe circus shows
ignored all football madness
assist katy on stage

28 september

friday

working holiday
file back up went off track
shifting tasks around

malaysian chicken
fringe: rapping' on heaven's door
funny comedy

Thursday, September 27, 2018

27 september

thursday

paper accepted
revision finally done
all job apps sent in

filling in for jane
presentation at la trobe -
music investment

spontaneous
father's office, japanese
evening out in town


26 september

wednesday

fitzroy focus group;
digitising many forms;
tasks blown up in size

25 september

tuesday

mornington all day
long bus and train return trip
very tiring

24 september

monday

engagement workshop,
and a lot of other work;
very early sleep

23 september

sunday

brisbane drive for flight
sushi and plane gummy snack
restful afternoon

22 september

saturday

tweed heads brewery
hippy crystal palace walks
left-overs and cards

21 september

friday

byron bay for brunch
beautiful, scenic coastline
pub beers in the sun

20 september

thursday

ocean shores beach walk
family lunch at the farm
dinner and black jack

19 september

wednesday

melbourne to brisbane
for ocean shores holiday
blocked ears; fire pit

18 september

tuesday

pre-ballet meet-up:
movida dinner tapas;
spartacus with kim

17 september

monday

group supervision
with two student meetings too;
wine-fuelled talk outline

16 september

sunday

feeling better so
booked a trip, did some work, saw
wrestling fringe show

Saturday, September 15, 2018

15 september

saturday

stuck inside on couch
too sick to do anything
very frustrating

14 september

friday

feeling cold full-on
fitzroy playgroup and capstone
rest of plans cut off

13 september

thursday

manuscript feedback
overwhelming work pile;
fuzzy head trapeze

12 september

wednesday

fine foods australia
talk went well in the end; with
convention samples

11 september

tuesday

research group break-up?
not much new DECRA info
well-attended launch

10 september

monday

ruyton interns start
one revision completed
the other started

09 september

sunday

little bit of work
wine purchased for launch event
typical sunday

Saturday, September 8, 2018

08 september

saturday

overcooked game play
MSO and circus oz
with jake and sophie

07 september

friday

capstone class group work
setting up analyses
quantitative love

06 september

thursday

incorrect timing
led to missed completion talk;
pm revisions

05 september

wednesday

chinese noodles lunch
with colleagues from UNE
outside in the sun

04 september

tuesday

mornington data:
"bookings" led to three great chats,
smoking car at end

03 september

monday

interviewing high
schools students for internships;
taking part again

02 september

sunday

no train, so plans changed:
long walk through market and brunch
cookies baked at home

01 september

saturday

tickets booked, tax done
bartronica arcade games
enjoyable day

Friday, August 31, 2018

31 august

friday

revision returned,
manuscript submitted, plus
invite to revise

30 august

thursday

wrong community
centre created a rushed
travel to meeting

late lunch of noodles
needed to take a long rest
away from it all

29 august

wednesday

good morning meetings
long, dragging afternoon tasks
winter night market

28 august

tuesday

paper revisions:
annoying to create new
analyses though

27 august

monday

just another day
at work on multiple tasks
with a late meeting

26 august

sunday

walking a rail trail
and lunchwith sarah; with some
work and haikus done

Sunday, August 26, 2018

25 august

saturday

day full of data
brain drained from revision task
less done, but some done

24 august

friday

really lunch hungry
really long line for nachos
but they were tasty

23 august

thursday

mornington visit
no data but used extra
for good meeting

22 august

wednesday

splitting time across
a lot of projects; really
trying to finish

Saturday, August 25, 2018

21 august

tuesday

radio project:
data analysis and
some report writing

20 august

monday

frustrated with day,
but a nice happy hour-
tacos and dumplings

19 august

sunday

market plans rained out
board games afternoon instead
indian dinner

18 august

saturday

ac/dc lane
wandered into live music
(eddie spaghetti)

17 august

friday

glow arts festival-
tram ride to the lit-up park,
fancy pub dinner

16 august

thursday

second mornington
data trip: no playlist use
after all efforts

15 august

wednesday

ticking things off list
of ever-growing work tasks
trying to achieve

14 august

tuesday

rotary club lunch:
invited to speak about
radio project

13 august

monday

golden days station
visit for an interview
and volunteers chat

12 august

sunday

social club pub lunch-
walk with sarah beforehand
couch evening after

11 august

saturday

rainy day with hail;
kim and andrew's wedding day
reception party

10 august

friday

MARC symposium
with psychology capstone
class sandwiched between

09 august

thursday

multiple student
meetings running through the day;
writing, transcription

08 august

wednesday

3MBS trip
station tour, morning tea, and
an interview done

07 august

tuesday

a city meet up
shopping and some laneway drinks
before trivia

06 august

monday

evening work at home:
skyping to meet a student
doing cool research

05 august

sunday

working with juyoung;
returned home not feeling great,
low key rest of day

04 august

saturday

morning cooking sesh;
dinner with jae and juyoung
over at their house

03 august

friday

paris cat jazz club
friday night trio concert
tired but good date

02 august

thursday

first interview trip
at mornington care home was
much harder than thought

01 august

wednesday

after work meet up
with kim at milk the cow for
the tasty cheeses

31 july

tuesday

morning meeting with
classical music station
manager named gail

30 july

monday

post-conference catch up
trying to get back on top
plus an evening talk

29 july

sunday

public transport fails;
coogee walk with kiana;
flight back to melbourne

28 july

saturday

conference excursion:
ferry ride, lunch, walk and pub;
thai for final meal

27 july

friday

beach-side conference lunch
other two presentations
and same pub after

26 july

thursday

all-day conference
one presentation given
evening drink after

25 july

wednesday

ICMPC;
mid-day indigo catch-up;
siesta group pimms

24 july

tuesday

over to sydney,
delayed flight disrupts morning;
evening conference

23 july

monday

last work day with sam
one final dumplings luncheon
ends our shared journey

22 july

sunday

pub lunch for birthday
chocolate cake made by james
afternoon board games

21 july

saturday
birthday

indoor rock climbing
fancy italian dinner
rialto cocktails

20 july

friday

fitzroy group re-starts;
street music seminar day;
sam's leaving dinner

19 july

thursday

birthday donuts lunch:
a nice office group outing;
surprise cassette cake

18 july

wednesday

a pub meeting with
a new phd student
working in music

17 july

tuesday

another long day
of working at the office
and then more at home

16 july

monday

twenty pho seven
dinner and bubble tea with
melissa and sam

15 july

sunday

castlemaine day trip
nice lunch, town wander, art and
pubs between train rides

14 july

saturday

meant to do some work
but had a relaxing day
on the couch instead

13 july

friday

taster lecture done
for faculty open day;
amongst other work

12 july

thursday

train to mornington
for aged care presentations
about my research

11 july

wednesday

a southbank hang out
before ben harper concert
which started too late

10 july

tuesday

radio PR
annoying having to set
up the interviews

09 july

monday

conference powerpoint
working with melissa and
some other work done

Saturday, August 11, 2018

08 july

sunday

south indian meal
before watching magic sports
biting a lemon

07 july

saturday

new phone sim issue
means trips in and out of town
but success in end

06 july

friday

Collingwood evening
dinner tapas, bathtub drink
showmen magic show

05 july

thursday

melissa's birthday:
vegan curry, pink champagne
and simone's cupcakes

04 july

wednesday

an interview done
successful vinnie's shopping
evening Skype meetings

03 july

tuesday

sam's great song circle
supervision advice chat
malaysian dinner

02 july

monday

leaving work for home
a man fell at the corner
waited with strangers

01 july

sunday

triple R fm
interview in studio
really fun to do

30 june

saturday

nicole's curry lunch
beautiful food and landscape
with walk on the pier

29 june

friday

dumpling lunch highlight,
long work-filled day staying late
to attend lecture

28 june

thursday

a CHE farewell lunch
bookended by lots of work
annoying circus

27 june

wednesday

Fred's analyses
Melissa's project progress
seeing Annie's show

26 june

tuesday

docs for other folks
emma learns to interview
paper reviewing

25 june

monday

yoga press questions
decra check in with alex
sam's mrc talk

24 june

sunday

minutes of tennis
lunch, walk, and film with sarah
dinner, games with james

23 june

saturday

dinner party prep
mexican, korean cakes
with jae and juyoung


22 june

friday

fitzroy eid potluck;
high school experience kids
who did not talk much

21 june

thursday

another work day
trying to accomplish tasks
for many projects

20 june

wednesday

fitzroy transition
fred's data analysis
and baking cookies

19 june

tuesday

'What is music' show
interview for ABC;
dumplings and much work

18 june

monday

morning at curtin
to meet with adrian, failed
vic pack dessert goal

bus to the airport
DECRA rejoinder and work
on the return flight

17 june

sunday

helping at the fair
leederville lunch with petra
working on the couch

16 june

saturday

swan valley wagon
tour with aerials girls:
delicious and fun

15 june

friday

CHE conference: day two
DECRA rejoinder drafting
spotify yoga

uber eats, movie
making homemade bath bombs that
expanded a lot

14 june

thursday

CHE conference: two talks
a drop-in aerials class:
barrel roll attempt

13 june

wednesday

Rejoinder drafting;
first flight lounge experience;
friend dinner in perth

12 june

tuesday

DECRA rejoinder:
spending most of the day on
working up a draft

11 june

monday

queens birthday day off
oceans 8 at cinema
with a river walk

10 june

sunday

swimming, walk in town
rest of day spent on the couch
for recovery

09 june

saturday

dental disaster
cancels the weekend wine trip
no activity

08 june

friday

fitzroy playgroup day
failing research assistant
end of gut study

07 june

thursday

manuscript updates
bulletin board and meetings
evening aerials

06 june

wednesday

Fitzroy school meeting
supervision documents
investment text

05 june

tuesday

UK intern starts,
perter mac lunch, fitzroy chat,
pub trivia night

04 june

monday

a lot of work tasks
including a node meeting;
malaysian with sam

03 june

sunday

early morning work
swimming and endnote entries
maceo parker

02 june

saturday

scrapbook and cooking
arbory social club drinks
pizza and movie

Friday, June 1, 2018

01 june

friday

still feeling so sore.
my intern's presentation,
too cold to focus

31 may

thursday

radio project,
aged care presentation work,
supervision, flow

30 may

wednesday

proofreading again,
staff meeting, conferences,
supervision stuff

29 may

tuesday

symposium day,
proofreading for jane, lyrics;
rock climbing, tacos

28 may

monday

supporting students
at postgrad symposium;
boardgame and dinner

27 may

sunday

morning at hotsprings
busy everywhere, able
to have a pub lunch

26 may

saturday

breakfast, arthurs seat,
treetop surfing and mazes
tasting goat cheeses

then mornington beers
and a winery tasting
fancier dinner

25 may

friday

sewing at playgroup
ruyton girls school power lunch
emails to end day

rush hour driving
mornington peninsula
drinks at pantry

24 may

thursday

computer issue
new abstract out of the blue
MRC data

23 may

wednesday

so much work to do
reviewing analyses
conference powerpoint

22 may

tuesday

a day of little,
short bursts on many projects;
great dinner with sam

21 may

monday

early start for skype
many different projects and
return to lyrics

20 may

sunday

haiku and scrapbook;
ballet revolución-
an amazing show


Monday, May 21, 2018

19 may

saturday

craft shopping and a
surprise coffee/beer tasting
out in south melbourne

ian's birthday thing
nice social club gathering
home before wedding

18 may

friday

more lit reviewing,
sam's good job news and fitzroy,
project off-kilter

17 may

thursday

so many different
projects needing attention;
fun spinning trapeze

16 may

wednesday

reading and writing
ECR network meeting
drinks at el coco

15 may

tuesday

abstracts and papers;
lyrics paper submitted;
level 13 climb.

14 may

monday

full workday before
hawthorn pub pint of science:
fun scicomm challenge

Sunday, May 20, 2018

13 may

sunday

sunday swimming laps
alice in wonderland seen
beer week beers tasted

12 may

saturday

morning of cooking
research skype call with petra
bowling and board games

11 may

friday

sambuusa making
thematic analysis
pint of science slides

10 may

thursday

phone interview done
reviewing literature
and cloud swing brain freeze

09 may

wednesday

a full day of work
nothing exciting really
just lots of working

Friday, May 11, 2018

08 may

tuesday

intern chat, meeting,
visa app, phone interview,
coding with petra

07 may

monday

scattered across tasks
got my fingerprinting done
phone supervision

06 may

sunday

goggles helped swimming
great carole king musical
endnote and tv

05 may

saturday

hard to do work tasks
a bit on fellowship app
bbq meat feast

04 may

friday

sam's interview prep
tasks, meetings, then dumplings feast
jane's gloria show

03 may

thursday

visited monash
submitted mentoring app
started fellow app

Saturday, May 5, 2018

02 may

wednesday

final guest lecture
more IT, project work, chat
wednesday night life talk

01 may

tuesday

IT printer farce
started interviews paper
rocks climbed, trivia

30 april

monday

boxing for training
SPSS with IT
tasks and gut study

29 april

sunday

windsor sunday sesh:
a nice social club outing;
still very sleepy

28 april

saturday

avengers movie
very sleepy afternoon
yuzu japanese

27 april

friday

leading fitzroy group
high school intern interviews
RA supervised

early chin chin meal
evening at board game cafe
lovely friday night

26 april

thursday

square pattern cutting
seminar presentation
dementia conference

25 april

wednesday
anzac day

ancillary work
cleaning, srcapbooking, tv
hard to work on holiday

24 april

tuesday

playgroup pillow prep
more visa applications
endnote in evening

23 april

monday

visa questionnaire
multiple meetings and planning
st georges dinner

22 april

sunday

games lab afternoon
visa data gathering
endnote and tv

Sunday, April 22, 2018

21 april

saturday

haiku, scrapbooking,
international travel 
search; feeling quite blah

20 april

friday

more music cities
different crowd to be in;
tippler and co. drink

Saturday, April 21, 2018

19 april

thursday

melbourne convention
for music cities event;
new aerials coach

18 april

wednesday

weights training session
lectured on my expertise
penny blue then work

17 april

tuesday

good colleague advice,
data, pr, and planning,
rock climbing, curry

16 april

monday

creative ageing
followed by much frustration
evening of working

Friday, April 20, 2018

15 april

sunday

tired weightlifting
sunday session in the rain
arbory, chloes

14 april

saturday

joint morning cooking
calendar time planning
comedy pub crawl

13 april

friday

gut study meeting
research and supervision
more transcription done

pre-show bank hotel
arj barker comedy fest
charles dickens pub

12 april

thursday

high school intern post
printed version of survey
interview transcript

11 april

wednesday

interview transcript
first guest lecture: music taste
back to transcription

10 april

tuesday

return of juyoung
music, mind and well-being
steph supervision

09 april

monday

southbank jane meeting
updated project status
lifelong learning lit

08 april

sunday

haiku, exercise
relaxed day, even a nap
more endnote catch-up

07 april

saturday

favorite format
hard and final revisions;
scrapbook; saving grace

06 april

friday

many scattered tasks
very hard to concentrate
entering endnote

05 april

thursday

afternoon hijacked
in attempt to fix laptop
achievement unlocked

04 april

wednesday

straight back to working
many tasks across the day
malaysian dinner

Saturday, April 7, 2018

03 april

tuesday

catch-22 lunch
from mandurah to vic park
pub games before flight

02 april

monday

treetop adventure
cidery, quindanning pub
relaxing tv

01 april

sunday
easter

walk along river
relaxed day, no commitments
easter bbq

31 march

saturday

brandos in vic park
and drive down to boddington
winning at card game

30 march

friday

riverfront breakfast
beeliar upton reunion
aerials lesson

non-work-work stressing
heno and rey - tapas, drinks
nice, mixed gathering

29 march

thursday

sally jo data
candidacy seminar
off to the airport

delayed into perth
yagan square and northbridge drinks
terrace hotel stay

28 march

wednesday

work tasks, staff meeting,
guest lecture development,
federation square

27 march

tuesday

phd session,
colonial tram car lunch,
ageism, gyoza

26 march

monday

email pile up
long afternoon spent working
saving grace dinner

Thursday, April 5, 2018

25 march

sunday

landed in melbourne
and plans of work unfulfilled
alison arrived

24 march

saturday

tired in dubai
some work and taxes started
lost to return flight

23 march

friday

candidate train ride
extended airport/flight day
durham to dubai

22 march

thursday

full interview day
research presentation done
panel interview

burger for dinner
fun pub drinks with tom and dog
city by moonlight

21 march

wednesday

long flights to durham
library, castle, and nap
informal dinner

20 march

tuesday

met roy baumeister
good prep talk with adrian
luggage weight freak out

19 march

monday

6 am training
plus Skype before work; full day;
greek roof top with kim

Sunday, March 25, 2018

18 march

sunday

carlton brewery
tour boring on sunday
still fun beer tasting

south bank afternoon
drinks at pony fish island
pizza festival

17 march

saturday

spencer shoe shopping
st paddys at the mitre
got guinness ball caps

16 march

friday

fitzroy - solo lead
southbank meeting, suit shopping
paris cat jazz club

15 march

thursday

fitzroy meeting docs
well-being analyses
new tricks on the rope

14 march

wednesday

iNarpa conference
new academic circle
on audiences

13 march

tuesday

ARC papers
MDHS ECR
interview freak out

12 march

monday

a full working day
and a no-show Skype at night
nothing outstanding

Sunday, March 11, 2018

11 march

sunday

birdman rally watched
pricilla queen of desert
tired of catch-up

10 march

saturday

avila house crash
struggling to get work done
milk the cow cheeses

09 march

friday

dropout data time
plenty of work but restless
paris cat jazz club

08 march

thursday

DECRA due; final
hour faculty feedback;
submit button pressed.

partner aerials
fun to learn new challenges
beermash tasty flight

07 march

wednesday

emails and ethics
fitzroy sempre abstract done
drop out powerpoint

rock climbing challenge
hungry bear pizza, chicken
korean style

06 march

tuesday

more on the DECRA
plus ethics revision work;
trivia- second.

05 march

monday

DECRA reference
searches and feedback worked in;
japanese game time

Saturday, March 10, 2018

04 march

sunday

decra most of day
american idiot
german, japan treats

03 march

saturday

petra, ngv
revising decra tables
nicole's wine party

02 march

friday

fitzroy playgroup chat
fitzroy ethics revision
some emails, decra

petra in melbourne
holey moley golf champ: me
good food, drinks and chat

01 march

thursday

research office chat
afternoon sorting feedback
fitzroy bbq

28 february

wednesday

fitzroy morning tea
guest lecture introduction
computer crashing

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

27 february

tuesday

work day on repeat
basically more on decra
so close yet so far

26 february

monday

many different
decra tasks, writing, meetings;
new contact meeting

25 february

sunday

welcome to melbourne
student museum outing;
decra revisions

24 february

saturday

social club beer crawl
cut short to discuss decra
feedback to act on

23 february

friday

revisions on skype
a visa consultation
RIC decra feedback

22 february

thursday

all day on decra
delicious kebab for lunch
c1 hurdle passed

21 february

wednesday

good south bank meeting
second resbaz afternoon
phd progress

20 february

tuesday

day one of res baz
disappointed in sessions
but got a free lunch

19 february

monday

interview by phone,
morning on many projects,
node meeting, decra

some tiny tacos,
collaborative work at home,
scrapbook, files saved

18 february

sunday

weights and pilates,
black panther at cinema,
bottle craft, tv

17 february

saturday

very early start
for hot air balloon adventure
lifting off at dawn

beautiful viewing
of the city high above,
buffet brunch after.

home cooked meal before
white night wanderings, trapped by
chinese new year crowd



16 february

friday

encouraging day
at Fitzroy primary school;
delicious bagel.

stupid sandwiches,
lecture planning chat,
and brief CHE farewell

15 february

thursday

WiMIR mentor lunch:
career advice and sushi;
new grant chat with nick

14 february

wednesday

RMS DECRA;
CBF questionnaire draft;
afternoon meeting

13 february

tuesday

a great interview;
Faculty research office;
melbourne welcome night

12 february

monday

other work tasks but
still C1 in afternoon;
plus some work at home

11 february

sunday

cancelled plans to draft
rest of phase 1 and phase 2;
scrapbook, exercise

10 february

saturday

DECRA budget and
times up on drafting C1;
midday scrapbook break

09 february

friday

another work day
working on my decra;
backing up files

Monday, February 26, 2018

08 february

thursday

copy editing
more and more decra drafting
new aerials group

07 february

wednesday

faculty planning
DECRA work all afternoon
calendar planning

06 february

tuesday

windy mountain road
canberra board game cafe lunch
quiet museums

05 february

monday

wellington cave stop
drove by houses in orange
cards at bathurst pub

04 february

sunday

big banana stop
tamworth country music stuff
craft brew, sushi train

03 february

saturday

mini golf, pancakes
at macadamia world;
big prawn at bunnings

harwood pub mix-up
tartan light posts in maclean
pub meal and lodging


02 february

friday

early brisbane flight
movie world roller coasters
pub meal, poolside drinks

Saturday, February 24, 2018

01 february

thursday

progress report due;
DECRA budget justified;
last meeting with paul

31 january

wednesday

an interview trip
DECRA budget in progress
free social club drink

30 january

tuesday

DECRA and drop out;
Tweeting about top 10 pubs
to raise altmetrics

29 january

monday

RIC DECRA info
session was less than helpful;
very frustrating.

28 january

sunday

private group training:
attempting new trapeze skills;
delayed late flight back

27 january

saturday

a dog-centred day
Scarborough dinner and show
Renee as emcee

26 january

friday

early flight to perth
brunch, dog park, and game of thrones
dinner in freo

with aerials crew
to see the greatest showman
no telfer signal

25 january

thursday

DECRA peer review
supervision with hannah
DECRA peer group chat

24 january

wednesday

DECRA and ethics
Meeting with will to discuss 
MuPsych in grant app

23 january

tuesday

DECRA section work
skyping new WiMIR mentor
other grant, work things 

22 january

monday

DECRA progressing
Neuro clinic follow up
joined in boys' nerd game

21 january

sunday

Book of Mormon show:
very funny and clever;
Fancy Hanks then home.

20 january

saturday

delicious and fun
lunch at jae and juyoung's house;
greek social club meal

19 january

friday

Hospital study
took longer than expected;
DECRA peer group chat

18 january

thursday

another work day:
mostly grant applications;
good aerials class

17 january

wednesday

Skype chat with tabi;
qualitative themes with sam
and also ethics

16 january

tuesday

copy edit done;
interviews; DECRA; meeting;
and tennis open


15 january

monday

DECRA morning chat;
Fitzroy project revisions-
a nightmare with sam

14 january

sunday

lingering project
work progress; easter flights booked;
some haiku writing

13 january

saturday

checking some lyrics,
format paper updated,
with tv between

12 january

friday

southbank afternoon
to interview angie and
charles - ngv.

11 january

thursday

student meeting, and
progress on different projects;
new aerials class

10 january

wednesday

revisions, ethics,
grant, file back up, emails;
free salsa dancing

09 january

tuesday

working from home day
mostly spent on the DECRA
dinner and drinks out

08 january

monday

worked in the morning
succumbed to headache/eye thing
evening MRI

07 january

sunday

redeemed redballoon:
a flying trapeze lesson;
tasty japanese



06 january

saturday

relaxed weekend day
a trip to the cinema
with nothing much else

05 january

friday

student reading group;
more odd work tasks; evening out
with kim and andrew

04 january

thursday

interview train trip
DECRA reading and research
evening circus show

03 january

wednesday

a meeting with jane;
all afternoon focused on 
lingering issues

02 january

tuesday

back to the office
getting on track, re-doing
old analyses

01 january 2018

monday

very relaxed day.
mostly just watching tv
without much work done

31 december

sunday

day time filled with work
ringing in the new year with
social club members