Today is my first day back to work! A new job where I actually have to go into an office.
And this is who I’m leaving behind…
And for the record, the inside of a bus in Brisbane looks the same as about six years ago when I last caught one to work.
International Women’s Day March 8, 2012
It’s been a while since I posted, but International Women’s Day today seemed a good day to get back into it. Life has been taking up all of our time here in our little cocoon of a life in Brisbane.
So what better way to celebrate than to start with a photo of the two wonderful women in our little family in our typical family setting – chaos and eating in the kitchen/dining:
Luna and Me (& Oscar) having dinner
And, inspired by Kate over at Picklebums I’ve decided to draw on our good fortune and loan a small-ish sum of money to another woman who really needs it (as Kate has). So I’ve looked at how to get involved at Good Return and decided to loan some money (they have a 100% loan return rate so far) to someone who lives in Nepal, a country I’ve been fortunate enough to visit (and loved).
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So Nishin Kumari Rai will hopefully be able to provide a little more for her family.
Hope you all have a wonderful day and celebrate the wonderful women in your lives!
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Let us know what you are up to?
love
pramway – woo hoo! it looks great! May 7, 2009
Hello little speck!
Ohaiyoo. Genki? Yoku netta? Yosh.
I am in a good mood this morning. You are rolling around and reflux isn’t too bad. Its a glorious day, and even though I have to work, your Dad and I are going to go camping this weekend so I have something fun to look forward to. And, your dad completed the construction phase of the pramway yesterday – woo hoo!
It looks fantastic, much bigger than I guess I’d thought about originally, but very solid. Its not going to collapse if 15 people jump on it at once. All that is left to do is oil/coat the wood a few times, and put some of the big potplants back in place. Your dad has done an absolutely stellar job, with a little bit of advice & instruction from G, but all the construction himself. And, he built me a cool little step for the kitchen with the offcuts so I cna reach the bench a bit better (yes, I’m a shortass). He is now ready to tackle the world.
So, photos:
starting on the decking layer
then the finishing touches…
then the completed structure
and finally, me practising wheeling the pram up the gangway.
practising with the pram
You may have noticed that there is a bit of a slope. I can assure you that the pram rolls downwards pretty quickly. And I bet that you will have a trike or something at some stage which you’ll roll down and smash straight into the front door with when you can’t stop. The joys of being a kid. Look forward to it.
Hope you’re well. Love you.
mum
I told work that you were on your way today… January 5, 2009
Hi Speck,
I had to go back to work today :(. Your dad stayed at home playing house husband when I dragged myself out of bed in the morning and made the trek over the bridges (but yes, I cheated and drove) to the office. But it wasn’t too bad!
And I told them all about you – and it seemed to go pretty well! yay! yay! yay!
I was a bit worried about telling them that you were coming (I figure that now is far enough along that you should be ok, and not just before I go on holidays which wasn’t perfect timing), but I did it. And my boss was fantastic – he seemed more excited by the news you are coming than worried about anything related to work. We chatted for about 15 minutes about you etc after which point he eventually said, “oh yeah, I guess that means a different plan for the work” that we were sitting down to discuss. I take that as a good sign. My work is pretty accomodating, but I was still slightly worried about the whole thing – it doesn’t go well for everyone, I’ve read a bunch of news reports recently about discrimination in the workplace against pregnant women which is apparently unfortunately still really common in Australia… Not that I thought that my work would be like that – they are generally really progressive which is one of the main reasons I still work there! But, it does mean a bunch of changes to the way I work for them, including us deciding to move back to Brisbane to have you come along, which does affect my ability to go to the office in a rather large way. All in all, not sure how it will turn out, but first indications are that my boss is happy for me and sounds like we can be pretty flexible, and try to make sure my workload cuts down a bit by April this year but keep on working after that. I’m sure we’ll talk more about it as time goes on and we’ve both had time to think about it a little more, but first indications are that I’ll be able to keep working and we’ll try to work something out. Which I’m pleased about!
The other exciting part of what seems like finally (though its really only been a matter of weeks since we found out about you it seems like much longer) telling my work is that I can now tell some of my friends from work-related circles. And surprise, surprise, there are some other people I know who are having babies around the same time as you’re due to join us. Its almost plague proportions actually! So that is exciting too!!!
Going to run as its really hot today and I just feel like lying down. I went for a walk to the shops with your dad when I got home but it was so hot I got really overheated and flustered and had to have a break at the shops for 10 minutes as I felt really awful, then had a cold shower when I got home. I’ve started exercising on the bike set-up in the lounge room but it was too hot for that too. I might have to postpone my daily cycle until later tonight when its a lot cooler.
Hope you’re well, and as your aunt & I are now saying, grow, grow, grow
love mum
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