Misc.

Why do weekends go so fast?

I worked at the pharmacy on Saturday (busy as hell these days!) and
went to a baby shower straight afterwards (is everyone preggers these
days?)

My inner geek let loose when I made sure I got home in time for Doctor
Who (I love David Tennant – hmmmmmmm).

We went out again after that to watch the remainder of the rugby and
have a cheap beer at the local RSL (been going there way too much
lately!)

On Sunday, we helped re-arrange new furniture in my brother's
apartment in the morning and visited my aunt for lunch. We then went
to a friend's place– he lives in Finger Wharf at Wooloomooloo so we
got great views of the US Kitty Hawk without having to bear the crowds
and weather. (Incidentally, another friend who lives in Kings Cross
tells me that there are no prostitutes on the streets when US sailors
are around as they're much too busy!)

After that, we went shopping for fresh food at Paddy's Market ($1 for
a kilo of grapes! $2 for five avocadoes! $1 for a fresh Vienna loaf! 1
kilo of chicken breast for $8.50!) and I decided we should make the
effort to get fresh food from there more often and pick up other
supermarket sundries at Aldi. Imagine how much I could save? (Yes –
it's not very convenient, and there's people yelling and going mad
over everything, but food from the markets is fresher and very much
cheaper and who can complain about that?)

We picked up some pork buns at Chinatown (yummy, yummy, yum) and headed home.

For dinner, we were invited to another friends' place at North Sydney.
Even though it had Harbour Bridge views, I couldn't believe how much
rent he was paying for such a tiny studio! I was very impressed,
however, by his cooking - loads of sushi and tempura veggies - it was
really lovely.

And I'm tired now.
Wine on Sunday nights isn't a good idea on a Monday morning!

I went to a garden centre on my lunch break today and bought loads of
things to plant on the weekend (I'm obsessed!) and I have choir
practice after work tonight.

And oh yeah - Hubby quit his job (yeah - he's only been there since
April - this is his 4th job since I started at mine last year!). No,
the business hasn't suddenly taken off - he just needs a new job with
more flexibility while he's getting his own company up and running so
he's changing to a job that's easier to get to, that pays more, that
has lower sales targets and better pricing for his clients, and that
will buy him more time until his own venture starts paying the bills.
(Good for him, but bleh - I need stability!)

Gosh - I need a day with nothing to do to catch up on everything!

I have to put together what I'm going to say for the talk I'll be
doing at a conference in Beijing soon - and it's been so long I was
writing up the PhD that I feel really insecure about presenting it.
Plus, the ex-supervisors are at me to publish more papers.

I need more time!