31 december

tuesday
new years eve

morning walk and swim;
a copy edit done; a
paper submitted

picnic at the beach
for new years eve fireworks
pleasant breeze, but ants

30 december

monday

op shop shopping trip
lazy day watching tv
ethics report done.

29 december

sunday

playing nintendo
mario kart with petra;
lyrics and haikus

28 december

saturday

scrapbooking catch up
adjacent work and tv
late afternoon walk

27 december

friday

magnetic island
heat freakout on the forts hike
lunch and drinks at beach

26 december

thursday
boxing day

cinema in town-
nearly empty theatre
for our chosen film

25 december

wednesday
christmas

morning walk and swim
christmas picnic in the park
yummy food, bocce

24 december

tuesday
christmas eve

hot weather, work day 
not so christmassy until
some holiday films

23 december

monday

simone in townsville
lunch at longboards, games played, and
drinks with her sister

22 december

sunday

tried the taverna
for brunch since no dinner.
not super enthused.

21 december

saturday

exhausted on walk;
two things baked - breakfast muffins
and christmas cookies

20 december

friday

paper accepted-
the final format trio,
good news to receive

19 december

thursday

copyedit done
reading simone's thesis draft
paper submitted

18 december

wednesday

following a walk
the whole working day was spent
on one manuscript

17 december

tuesday

third radio chat
still not done at agreed time;
two big writing chunks

16 december

monday

boxing class at 6
christmas design cut, printed
and walk to longboards

15 december

sunday

5 miles walking
along the oceanfront then
a relaxing day

14 december

saturday

back up fingerprints
as part of shopping outing;
video gaming

13 december

friday

first exercise class
revising manuscripts and
new visa info

12 december

thursday

two radio chats,
manuscript writing, meetings,
paper submitted

11 december

wednesday

two walks in one day
succumbed to pizza craving
playing nintendo

10 december

tuesday

new analyses
to try to finish paper-
adding benefit?

09 december

monday

much data coding;
ethics completion reports
for the second time

08 december

sunday

walk and rockpool swim
first dance lesson - learning waltz
live music at pub

07 december

saturday

midday mini golf
not the right time of day but
still a great challenge

06 december

friday

movers before keys
unpacking all the boxes
oceanside dinner

05 december

thursday

data mystery:
trying to establish the
final survey used

04 december

wednesday

nice radio chat
factor analyses done
and results write up

03 december

tuesday

remotely working:
first phd meeting chaired
analyses run

02 december

monday

drivers license switch
first day working remotely
with pub lunch snuck in

01 december

sunday

a palmetum walk
strand brunch and board games at home
castle hill lookout

30 november

saturday

neighborhood walking
and a swim at the rock pool.
very relaxing

29 november

friday

cerato purchased
north ward apartment lease signed
chores and emails too

28 november

thursday

automobile hunt
townsville brewery for lunch
car anxiety

27 november

wednesday

apartment hunting
longboards lunch on the ocean
outsiders at pub

26 november

tuesday

cawri seminar
as final melbourne day, moved
out, and moving flight

25 november

monday

police fingerprints
meetings, writing, packing and
bubbles with games night

24 november

sunday

mystery picnic
puzzles through the dandenongs
good food with good friends

23 november

saturday

south melbourne market
leather briefcase and breakfast.
social club farewell

22 november

friday

southbank farewell tea
nice to have people gathered
emotions bubbling

21 november

thursday

full morning working
data afternoon with meg
and more work after

20 november

wednesday

steph takes me for lunch
final afternoon meetings
goodbye picnic, beers

19 november

tuesday

mrc research
data meeting and planning,
interview, concert

18 november

monday

a full working day
and mrc research show
to extend it ou

17 november

sunday

melbourne music week
mpavillion mood event-
had fun presenting

16 november

saturday

a bit of packing
and chores before going out
to the cinema

15 november

friday

last fitzpatrick group
before work drinks with colleagues
for going away

14 november

thursday

melbourne music week
rich's interactive thing
weight pulled to choir

13 november

wednesday

melbourne recital
centre preliminary
presentation done

12 november

tuesday

meetings and writing
heartbreaker and japanese
and some data cleaned

11 november

monday

lunch research meeting
then data analysis
games night, kitchen cleaned

10 november

sunday

packing and shopping
visa application and
police checks filed

09 november

saturday

packing up boxes
screenprinting and scrapbooking
plus visa info

08 november

friday

conference to airport
flights cancelled all day, but mine
just really delayed

07 november

thursday

breakfast with the stars
hal kendig grant awarded
then conference dinner

06 november

wednesday

AAG conference
confusion at the dinner
too tired to stay

05 november

tuesday

pre-conference workshop
committee guilt made me go,
task ticked-off at least

04 november

monday

first day of ERA
awkward feedback after talk;
ramen with colleagues

03 november

sunday

barry's bootcamp class
rewarded self with burger
and a market trip

02 november

saturday

boardgames and dinner
validated cranium
mixed on the tv

01 november

friday

UNSW
for lab visit and streamed talk
nice lunch with colleagues

cirque de soliel show
awesome matinee with jake
sojourn for pizza

31 october

thursday

paper submitted
zoo trip with librarians
hidden bar, market

30 october

wednesday

morning sydney flight
out to bankstown for marcs talk
fun and good to do

meeting alison
dinner, art museum, and
sad, melting ice cream

29 october

tuesday

radical reels show
always good high adventure
sport films, but went late

28 october

monday

on-air radio
interview at ABC
studio with myff

27 october

sunday

melbourne mexican
festival attended with
much good food consumed

26 october

saturday

doing some side work
while at the CBAA
radio conference

25 october

friday

the CBAA
conference for community
radio today

24 october

thursday

a full working day
before the cbaa
pre-conference event

23 october

wednesday

manuscript writing
and data analysis
and then some meetings

22 october

tuesday

my third and final
stem professionals in schools
research recap skype

21 october

monday

3zzz trip
introductory research
chat with manager

20 october

sunday

morning exercise
before working on writing
through the afternoon

19 october

saturday

day full of chores and
a heap of working at home.
not a resting day.

18 october

friday

two campus work day
rmit writing too
plus then late night work

17 october

thursday

mornington data
trip to get staff interviews;
more thesis reading.

16 october

wednesday

majority of
day spent reading a thesis;
wednesday japanese.

15 october

tuesday

stem professionals
in schools site visit to do
an experiment

14 october

monday

afternoon kirks stop
first penpal letter posted
bunch of other work

13 october

sunday

breakfast interview
before flying to melbourne;
afternoon resting.

12 october

saturday

more interviewing
quick but late thai lunch before
the night's listen up

11 october

friday

indigo all day
for back to back interviews
bbq dinner

10 october

thursday

early morning flight
lunch and escape room with jake
surry hills explored

09 october

wednesday

JCU morning
botanical gardens lunch
sunset job dinner

08 october

tuesday

early morning flight
for my townsville job visit
hot walk on the strand

07 october

monday

got altered dresses
writing, ecr meeting,
prdn sesh.

06 october

sunday

camberwell market
unsuccessful but still fun
followed by burgers

05 october

saturday

morning spent working
did some scrapbooking and then
went to games/dinner

04 october

friday

fitzroy writing group:
making manuscript progress
and CHI review done.

03 october

thursday

mornington research
trip for data interviews.
and working on trains

02 october

wednesday

hectic southbank day
trying to hold multiple
meetings, etc with jane

01 october

tuesday

second day workshop
multi-tasking through the day.
queen of spades games night.

30 september

monday

essence of research
leadership workshop day one
within faculty.

29 september

sunday

pancake lunch with games
before the circus oz show
under the big top

28 september

saturday

circus-cision show
at the fringe hub, which offered
people watching

27 september

friday
afl grand final holiday

driving lesson, work,
city walk and lunch before
relaxing beyond

26 september

thursday

mornington research:
last radio session and
more interviews done.

25 september

wednesday

awkward attendance
at melbourne music week launch;
repeat fringe viewing

24 september

tuesday

wonderland spiegel
for the railed fringe show with kim.
best one of the lot.

23 september

monday

morning appointment,
meeting time delayed by jane
local heroes show

22 september

sunday

uni orchestra
james' location confused
but made it in time

21 september

saturday

brunswick street fringe art
a little bit of shopping
before staying in

20 september

friday

petra in melbourne:
ponyfish island ciders,
southbank mexican

19 september

thursday

mornington research,
left aerials class early
for yuck circus show.

18 september

wednesday

a driving lesson.
southbank for work and meetings.
yummy japanese.

17 september

tuesday

Society fringe
show; hard to find location,
new orleans themed win.

16 september

monday

morning exercise
completely full, working day
then games night at home

15 september

sunday

buffalo mac and
cheese and boardgames - a very
fun sunday arvo

14 september

saturday

sub-par mini golf
experience at docklands.
phat cat circus show.

13 september

friday

MARC technology
and ageing seminar, then
some reading at home

12 september

thursday

mornington research
with getting in work with jane.
evening aerials.

11 september

wednesday

southbank work, driving,
after work drink with fred then
games lab with james, kim

10 september

tuesday

data codebooks made,
lunch with simone at college,
prep, report drafting

09 september

monday

multiple meetings,
data, preparations,
and various work

08 september

sunday

dessert for breakfast.
jane's orpheus show with kim,
delish mexican.

07 september

saturday

aerials girls brunch;
failed attempt at the docklands;
art trip, vegan meal.

06 september

friday

perth aerials girls
fancy, black and white high tea
house bubbles, handstands

05 september

thursday

mornington research
sessions, interview, data;
long but good to do

04 september

wednesday

faculty womens,
skype catch up with sam, photo,
japanese (pre flight).

03 september

tuesday

supervision chats;
cross-discipline ECRs;
STEM pros in schools chat

02 september

monday

psychology of
music special issue at
tail end of deadline

01 september

sunday

exercise, cooking
successful driving lesson
hofbrauhaus for fun

31 august

saturday

heartbreaker for beer,
japanese for dinner, then
city cinema

30 august

friday

music psych meeting
before lunch with jonathan
then home for sleeping

29 august

thursday

mornington research
with work done on the train rides
but stayed home at night

28 august

wednesday

southbank recruitment
from orpheus opera.
plus data pulling.

27 august

tuesday

a day full of back
to back meetings across
campuses and skype

26 august

monday

recorded mary's
guest lecture, then edited.
plus the other work.

25 august

sunday

side work and haikus
a relaxed sunday at home
booking attempts made

24 august

saturday

adjacent home work;
files backed up, converted.
not up for white night.

23 august

friday

mis-judged school lecture
afternoon supporting brad
white night in the park

22 august

thursday

mornington bus breaks,
tablets and movies for them.
school prep, aerals.

21 august

wednesday

japanese post work
a la wednesday tradition
followed by some chores

20 august

tuesday

market trip with beth
successful arts grant notice
work then hardware lane

19 august

monday

museums reading
CAWRI seminar and then
games night that beth joined

18 august

sunday

sri lankan cook class
non-participatory.
drink before, after

17 august

saturday

afternoon rock climb
nothing else to report but
a bit of home work

16 august

friday

supervision chat
working then rmit
and evening lecture

15 august

thursday

mornington research
guest lecture on the train and
aerials then skype

14 august

wednesday

music psych skype chat,
ethics app and the grant app,
research concert, more

13 august

tuesday

copyediting,
manuscript writing, meetings,
data and tracking

12 august

monday

much grant app writing
with other work and meetings
plus the guest lecture

11 august

sunday

grant app, data themes.
dinner and board games out in
thornbury by train