3 October, 2006

One week into the holidays and one week into the new house. So far, so good. With some help from friends and family we managed to get everything across and have spent the last week making everything livable again. We’ve also started getting the garden installed and while I’m no master builder I have managed to whack together some raised garden beds for veges. I spent yesterday digging compost into them and today lying on the couch wishing I hadn’t…it’s also raining and I’ll be buggered if I’m going out there. I’m on holiday.

TelstraClear managed to screw up transferring the phone and internet to the new house so we’ve had two weeks without either. It’s a bit of a reality check to find out how reliant we are on phones and the internet…and rather peaceful to not have either. The electricity company just sent through a huge marketing package that essentially said, “welcome to your new home” and “we have moved your account across”. A letter probably would have sufficed but I guessthese days if you don’t say it with advertising you probably haven’t said it. I am increasingly tired of glossy crap…under the gloss it’s still crap.

I am now looking forward to a slowing end to the year and more time in the garden getting things established. I am looking forward to enjoying some of my beer while sitting in my own garden. Interestingly I am also looking forward to getting back to school and getting my students through the end of the year…I take that as a good sign.