Sunday 27th September

Called into work after shopping at Kukum this morning. I probably should have waited till tomorrow, they always say bad news arrives first. I’m going to be having “discussions” later in the week over staffing levels, as well as having to move the nursery and office to temp accommodation, on top of keeping everyone at work thinking positively.

There is talk of cutting the staff further, down to only 5, which makes it totally impractical given the contract work we have now. Considering it will cost us $5,000 at least per person to put anyone off, I can’t see that idea going through.

I’m going to find a good solid wall somewhere this week and spend a few hours banging my head against it, at least I’ll feel like I’m accomplishing something when I stop.

Steve is meant to be taking me away this week for a couple of days visiting the rural training centres, I’ll have to make sure Tiffany is ok with everything now if I go, her and David are close to just walking away from it all. They’ve been 10 years building it all up, with constant promises of better pay and conditions once it all happens, and now this. If I can’t manage to talk some sense into a few people I’ll have to join Tiffany and just forget about everything, it won’t work and it just becomes a pointless frustrating experience.

Geelong won the Grand Final!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2nd time in 3 years! About bloody time as well, I remember the frustration in the 1990’s when we were always the bridesmaid, and never the bride. Well played St Kilda as well, it was close scoring all the way through, ok, one dodgy call for Geelong, and it should perhaps have been a 1 goal lead at the end, but the main things is, WE WON!!!!!!!!!!

I’m having fun at Kukum Fish Market the longer I’m here. There are maybe 15? 20 permanent traders there every week, and another 30 or so casual traders, and finally the permanent ones are actually talking to me, rather than just calling out the prices. Not that I buy a lot, but I find I’m going to the same people each week, even when they change their position along the street. I tried talking the eggman down this morning, he was selling at $28 per 10 tray. I can get the same eggs at my local shop for $26, as I pointed out, but he wasn’t going to drop $2 for me. Never mind, we just passed the time for a bit. Bok choy, spinach, snake beans are all dropping in price as well, between $5 and $8 per bundle which is good. I might even start eating greens again this week, well, for a couple of meals anyway. It will make a change from rice with something.

I wish I could say this vegetarian living is helping cut my weight down, but it appears it agrees with me far too much.

I’m up to 2,000 words on the science fiction story , and I’ve spent more time doing research to make sure what I’m writing has some basic physics and electrical grounding. I hate science fiction that is just impossible, and I’m not too much of a fan of the fantasy type sci-fi either. Harry Harrison, Isaac Asimov, Stanislaw Zem and Kurt Vonnegut I’ve got whole collections of, or had at some stage.

So far it is looking good, it is possible, or in theory anyway. Which is all it needs to be.