It's difficult to reflect on 2022 when 2021 ended on such a mixed way. With the plandemic it seems that a government job isn't very secure if you want to care about your health more than a living. The Monday before Xmas break I was "stood down" as I supposedly am unwilling to work. Nothing seems to make any sense. Here's an excerpt of the letter So I'm on forced leave till 7 February. I don't have much in the way of leave and as a fixed term contractor I don't have any long service leave. At this stage based on my No Regrets policy I'm still OK with my decision. I do not actually understand how this can be legal but unfortunately I am no lawyer. The other bad news at the end of 2021 was the passing of Auntie Ivy. May she rest in peace. I was very saddened about the event but also somewhat mollified that she died doing something she loved. She loved abseiling and died from "falling" in an accident - the article - https://7news.com.au/new...
I never published this previously but found it in my drafts so doing a bit of a tidy and retrospectively publishing this in October 2021 Photo update of what I've been up to in February 2016 Pepper in Peakhurst... obviously we were trying to do some paving in the courtyard: Looks like the back fence was being fenced up a bit more... this was mainly to stop Pepper and Sprocket from barking so much... I don't know if it really helped in the end. Must have been around Chinese New Year as I went to the temple in Glebe... Steamboat or Hot Pot at Avelyn's. Definitely must have been for Chinese New Year! Putting in garden beds in the front yard. This ended up being for a tree or two. Maybe my fig tree from memory. Plane food... hmmm... where was I going? Ah the US! I think my Uncle Patrick had just passed and I was heading out with my Mum to be with family. This was in an outlet store in Long Beach sort of area. I just remember doing a lot of...