Well after work, university and the universe consipred against me to rob me of all spare time for my previous blog, I thought I would again attempt this whole blogging thing this time about our new lives in the country.
Since my last attempt there have been a couple of changes, the most considerable being a move of almost 400km from the Blue Mountains to a small town in the Riverina region of NSW called Junee and I'm now studying at 3 universities instead of 1 - glutton for punishment, but UTS really needs to get their act together to improve their distance learning.
I've taken up work with the Shire Council as an Assistant Engineer and the better half is now working in Wagga as an Exec. Assistant with an accountancy firm.
However seeing as though this blog's aim is to let our family and friends now what's going on here's a brief summary of the last couple of months:
January: Celebrated Australia Day with a 400km drive in 45ºC heat, windows open and cricket on the radio; Moved house - who thought two people could acrue so much rubbish in only two years!?
February: It didn't rain; broke the record for the hottest ever day in Wagga @ 45.6ºC or so; the better half unpacked nearly all the house, still haven't made it up to her...; dashed over to the coast for a baby shower via Braidwood and came to the conclusion the Kings Hwy is a prick of a road (3 out of 4 trips we've seen/seen the results of an accident); still didn't rain
March: Still no rain; made a quick trip home; made friends with 200 people in town when I politely informed them their houses were potentially going to be flooded (why can't they remember me for the calendar?); copped a corker of a dust storm; and then... it RAINED! And bloody rain it did, flooding a few houses in the north of town and actually convincing some poeple a flood study in the middle of a drought isn't such a stupid thing to do!; Headed over to Gundagai for the innaugral Gundagai Giddyup - a 'festival' for all things equine that included an exhibition rodeo (found a ripper stock whip, just need the coin) and Wednesday is our 7 year anniversary.
Somewhere in there I started uni (and seriously wondered whether I would still be alive at the end of the semester), the lawns went from brown to green and did I mention it rained?
So that's the brief version of what's happened...
We've got a few things coming up - four days @ Jervis Bay, Easter, Tumut Rodeo, enough assignments to ensure I never have to relax and possibly a day or two at the Man From Snow Mountains festival in Corryong - maybe.
But that's about all the time I have; uni beckons as does the gym, the dishes and the washing so ciao...
