Sleep easy

I'm not sure where I'm at right now.  There was no argument. No drama. No endless requests.  No constant demands. She went to bed and said good night. And fell asleep. Straight away. And now I'm wandering the house wondering what the hell I'm supposed to be doing. What are you up to this Monday …

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Not in the mood

Tonight I'm off to our biennial staff recognition evening which sees our organisation recognise the staff in various categories of the Business Principles Framework.  It's my third one and ordinarily I'm excited to spend a bit of social time with my colleagues.  This year however, I just can't seem to get into the spirit. This is …

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Playing catch up

Going away for a few days always has a downside and usually it means a ridiculous amount of emails, messages and a tonne of work to get through when you get back to your desk.  First day back and today has been one of those days where getting stuff done has been the name of …

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Pictures speak a thousand words

Today it was time to go home *sadface* And after a restless night with a teething bubba (resulting on being thrown up on in our bed at 5am), it was a long long day of packing up, driving and constant twisting and turning to deal with backseat dramas (OMG, I need an appointment with the chiropractor …

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Two Sentences Tuesday #27

Despite feeling as coordinated as a dugong attempting to beach itself on land, she wobbled her way to a standing position and once gaining her balance, felt a sense of calm she hadn't felt all weekend. With six children to wrangle between them, there was finally a sense of relaxation and peace as the Mummies paddled their way through dead tree stumps and …

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Memories are made from days like these

Remember those trips as a kid where you were camping or fishing or running around with friends and how snippets of those times come back to you now and again as  moments of nostalgia many years later in adulthood? That's what we created today.  A day spent on the water in the ski boat (thanks …

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It could have been worse

You know its been a night of good, solid sleep when you don't have to wake in the middle of the night to trudge the several hundred metres to the amenities block!! But despite the decent sleep I woke up feeling like I'd slept with my head resting up against the wall.  I realised mid …

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