Monthly Archives: February 2012

First Day of Big School

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Caitlin

And with it, the Traditional First Day of School photo: (come on – your family did this too, right?  School uniform and bags, out the front of the house?) This was truly the best of the photos – I was … Continue reading →

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More adventures with local wildlife..

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Caitlin

Came back after lunch and a quick run after to the post office (STILL NO TEXTBOOK… breathe, breathe…) to find Miss Constance J. Woodle VERY keen to investigate the inaccessible area under the corner where Daddy’s two desks join.  Hmmmm. … Continue reading →

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Wet…

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Caitlin

Just an update on the throw-away line at the bottom of yesterday’s blog – we had 29 mm of rain yesterday (to 9 am this morning, at the airport – and as I have remarked previously, our house seems to … Continue reading →

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Adventures in University Work – and it’s not even Week 1 yet

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Caitlin

It took me over two hours to write a short three paragraph response to the”Introduction” thread for my university subject.  To be fair, there was a three part question that needed to be answered, and it involved choosing one or … Continue reading →

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Good Guys who weren’t, Harvey Norman FAILED, and Officeworks WORKED!

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Caitlin

First real uni activity today – getting the student ID organised!  I can’t pick it up ’til Wednesday (it will be ready tomorrow but I have group therapy) so I have no idea if I’m stuck with a dorky photo … Continue reading →

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Busy busy busy busy!

Posted on February 19, 2012 by Caitlin

Oh my goodness so busy and I’m not even into Orientation week yet!  That starts tomorrow although honestly, I’m TOO OLD for most of the O week kerfuffle – I’m going out tomorrow to get my student ID card and … Continue reading →

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BOOM! CRASH! THUNDER! LIGHTNING! RAAAAAAIIIIN!

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Caitlin

So, it’s the rainy season here in South East Queensland and we’ve had a couple of really BIG storms in the last few days – Sunday we had a storm with 70 km/h winds and the rain coming in horizontally … Continue reading →

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SO!

Posted on February 9, 2012 by Caitlin

When we last saw Our Heroine, she was Very Very Stressed. I am getting better.  A bit. I saw the lovely mental health nurse  (new to my Very Helpful Psychiatrist’s practice) on Monday and she helped me sort myself out.  … Continue reading →

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I really cannot stress enough…

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Caitlin

…just HOW stressed and anxious I have been in the last 24 hours.  To the point where the anxi0lytic which normally lets me get back to some mindfulness skills within about 10 minutes didn’t work and I was still FREAKING … Continue reading →

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