Sleep update

Well I am very pleased to report that I managed to stay awake until 6 pm last night. And I slept until 7 am this morning which is a quite respectable hour to wake.

I hope this portends that I have successfully readjusted to the Aussie time zone and will have no issues from here on in (note positive thinking).

Today I have the joyous task of washing all the clothes we took overseas and everything I left in the washing hamper before we left. Oh joy.

To sleep or not to sleep

Currently my cognitive function is at an all time low, so I thought I should blog something. Maybe that will get it working a bit better; or at the very least it will keep me awake.

My synapses can't fire well just right now because I am tired. So so tired. I haven't slept properly since Saturday night when I has in Copenhagen. Since then I have flown to Tokyo, had 12 hours in the airport there and then flown home. Long haul flights are really the pits. They sap all the joy out of traveling overseas, luckily they don't last forever and the travel memories soon overload the negative flight ones.

Anyway back to the sleeping, I really want to sleep right now, right this instant. I want to walk into my bedroom pull down the covers on my clean freshly made bed and collapse into it. But I know that if I let myself sleep now I won't sleep tonight and it will just take me longer to get over the jet lag. I have only moderate jet lag right now, it feels like I am on a boat, the world is rocking just a bit. It isn't unpleasant but it probably isn't really good either.

Hopefully I can hold out til at least later this afternoon....

Shopping while tired

There are a lot of reasons not to shop when you are tired. The primary one being that you will buy significantly more groceries than you actually need. And in my case those extra groceries usually have little nutritional value.

Yesterday I went shopping my husband and brother for dinner. We wanted some salads, bread and meat. I also had the bright idea of buying some trail mix to take on a walk we were going to do today. We found the dried fruit without any problems but I could not find the nuts. Because we were in an unfamiliar supermarket I suggested we spread out and each take a different isle.  Husband and brother both dutifully walked down their isles looking at the shelves but with no success. After checking the rest of the supermarket I went back to those isles and what do you think I found? - nuts.

It was then that I realised that neither husband nor brother actually knew what they were looking for.  Both were tired and hungry which apparently made them blindly obedient. And once we all worked out what had happened the tired shopping trip also made us all hysterical with laughter.

Sorry about that, my blogging finger was broken

Well it has been a while since I last blogged anything. This is not because I don't have anything to blog about but rather that there has been soon many things happening lately that I haven't had any time to do more than read other people's posts.

Juggling work and study with social commitments is very tricky. I need a personal assistant.

Traveling for work is crappy. I need a clone.

Planning a holiday to Europe is wonderful but time consuming. I need a travel agent.

Trying to find time to exercise is difficult. I need a personal trainer.

Sadly I think I will have to "make do" with my cleaning fairy and less sleep.

Lest we forget

Here is a photo I took at the war memorial in Canberra earlier in the year. It is sad to think that so many people have died in the pursuit of peace.

Celebrating seven years of marital bliss

I am not sure what the official gift is for the 7th wedding anniversary....my darling gets the ongoing pleasure of my company.

Here is a photo from the olden days before we were married...

Can't get that hymn out of my head

I my opinion the best Easter hymn is Christ is Risen (In the Tomb so cold). But sadly it was not one chosen to be part of the worship at my church on Sunday. This was disappointing for two reasons. 1. I was expecting it and very disappointed not to sing it 2. All I can remember is the chorus which has been stuck in my head since last Friday and remains there quite oblivious to my distress.

I have tried looking for it on Youtube and Googling it to no avail. I think I am destined to sing the chorus for the next few weeks until I finally remember some of the lyrics or my husband throttles me for singing the same two bars over and over again.

Apples, apples everywhere

I ordered a big load of groceries from Coles this week because the cupboard was completely bare.

I tried to steer away from junk food, so I bought lots of fruit and veges.

Lots and lots and lots of fruit as it turned out.

I thought I had ordered four apples, but no. I ordered four, two kilo bags of apples.

Apple pie anyone?

the Long weekend that was

After a week in which I felt a lot like I was treading water I have arrived at the weekend a day early due to some careful planning. Perhaps that is overstating it, but the crux of the matter is that I have tomorrow off and thus a long weekend.

I am planning to fly down to Canberra to see the Masterpieces from Paris exhibition. My excitement reached fever pitch this afternoon. I was telling everyone who stood still near me long enough about my trip. I am truly a nerd to get so hopelessly excited about artwork.

I painting I am most looking forward to seeing is Van Gogh's Starry Night. I have been to Arles where Vincent painted this piece and sat by the River Rhone at night to watch the reflection of the lights on the water and the stars above. The lights are obviously powered by electricity now but the image is very simialar. The vibe of the area remains the same as that captured in the painting.

Below is a photo Tom took of the scene when we were there last

You can't see the stars in the photo, but they were there.

Back at university

Well I started back at uni today.

I am only doing one subject. Frankly that is all I can handle and if I am honest I am not yet certain I will even be able to handle that. How I ever did two subjects in a semester and worked full time I will never know.

This semester I am doing Torts A. I was hoping it was a pleasant class about how to make rich layered cakes, but I was sadly disappointed. It is actually about law stuff. The unit code should have tipped me off but in fact it was the first time I looked at the text book.

I don't have any lectures or tutes until week three (next week). Apparently there is such a small amount of material to cover that they don't bother utilising weeks one or two. If I get to the end of semester and discover that they have crammed in lots of information into fewer weeks I will be seriously annoyed. I suspect it is likely.

Today I had a peer mentoring class. I went to uni early (10 am) to buy my text books, study guide, lecture pad and other miscellaneous stationery which I may or may not have actually needed. Surely every student needs a mutli coloured highlighter with a sticker dispenser attached? Anyway even if it is not "necessary" equipment for tertiary study I can claim it on my tax, so I feel vindicated.

The peer mentoring session was essentially a tutorial run by two students who did very well in the subject a few years ago. Kim and Matt were attractive 20 year olds who are in their fourth year of law studies. Despite being hideously young they were very good and covered a lot of information in a short time.

Next week I have my first tute and my first lecture for the subject. The plan is to attend the tute in person, along with all the wet behind the ears 17 year olds and download the lecture then listen to it on the weekend. Fingers crossed for a good start to the semester.