Was awakened this morning at 0500 to a text message from Qantas saying that our flight from Sydney to Bangkok would not be leaving at 1700 as planned, but would be leaving at 8am tomorrow morning. Ohh excellent. Which means that we will effectively lose the first day of our holiday. We went back to sleep figuring there wasn't anything that could be done and we would try and treat the night in Sydney as a fun little holiday (which would be great if we've never been to Sydney but we've both been there a number of times). 

Anyway, this morning Pete rings Qantas to find out what's happening and whether they would accommodate us in Sydney at their expense. An hour on the phone later...they offered us a seat on a JetStar flight, but that was leaving in 2 hours and we were still in bed and hadn't arranged a cab and what with us being an hour away from the airport as it is and JetStar requiring checkin at least an hour before the flight, it wasn't really going to happen. Resigned to being stuck in Sydney for 18 hours, I went off to shower to get ready for our flight and emerged to discover that Peter had managed to get Qantas to book us on a Thai Airways flight from Adelaide to Melbourne and then Melbourne to Bangkok. And the flight to Melbourne leaves at 1240 (which is around the time we originally wanted to leave) and leaves Melbourne at 1630, so we will actually get to Bangkok around 2230 local time, which is earlier than we would have arrived on our original flight so this will work out perfectly! Hopefully Thai Airways is alright to fly with...of course because of this whole kerfuffle the plane will no doubt be jam packed, but at least we'll be there and will be able to start our holidays! I am ready to leave! I am ready to have fun in the sun!!!

Looks like my application to do a Graduate Certificate in Human Factors through work has been accepted. 

I'm not sure I have the patience to go back to study again. Ohh well, one subject (statistics at that!) at a time!

I'm really struggling emotionally today. I only need to get through 2 1/2 more days.

In other news, I really need a better filing system. Apparently, collecting paper work in one of three randomly selected drawers and reguarly dumping these drawers into one huge box is really not as effective as one would have thought. Fortunately on the weekend a friend dropped off an old filing cabinet he acquired at work. I've scrubbed it up and it doesn't look half bad. Now to find the time to sort and put files into it.

Once again I invite Bruce over to my place for lunch while he's in Adelaide and once again he's more than 1/2 hour late with no phone call and not answering his phone. Considering I don't live at home anymore, all I want is to have one meal with him without anyone else in my family around to dominate proceedings. I don't think that's too much to ask for considering everyone else in the family gets to spend time with him while he's staying at their place. I don't even know whether it's his fault because he's a male and doesn't consider these things as important or my mum's fault for taking up his time and not letting him leave when he needs to (but then again he should be able to stand up to her and say "I gotta go!"). He was supposed to be here at 1130 and at 1200 I call him and he'd only just got back from a walk with dad and had to get ready and come here. Well thanks for letting me know. Meanwhile the lunch I made especially for him (Chilli con carne and rice) is well and truly cooked. If you are going to be late is it so hard to CALL.

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Why are there people on TV feeding their 4 month old cheeseburgers?? Why are they even giving it solid food, let alone CHEESEBURGERS. 

Incidentally the 4 month old is the grand daughter of the "half a ton" man (there's a documentary on TV tonight) and this is AFTER he's spent months in hospital trying to lose some of the weight. Obviously their upbringing has influenced their lifestyle, but you'd think they'd make some changes given the severity of their husband/fathers condition.

Incidentally, I've lost another kilo (4 kilos so far this year).

- I think Pete should go grocery shopping by himself. We went for onions and bread...and left with over $100 worth of groceries. I think I still get excited that I no longer have to ask my parents permission to buy stuff and can buy whatever I want.

+ Vegemite on crumpets is seriously awesome. I love crumpets. I love vegemite. I love melted butter.

+ Third Rock from the Sun seriously cracks me up. 
"How many times do we get to vote?"
"Just once"
"Just once? But doesn't it matter that I'm brilliant?"
"No, we all get one vote"  
"So your opinion counts just the same as mine?"
"Yes, everyone has the same rights. You only get one vote"
"Well you're very smug for a man that works at a folding table!!".

There is a baby possum on my desk. Someone at my work looks after them for animal shelter. He's lying in a beanie. So coot!  *squees* I wish I could take a picture, but we aren't allowed cameras at work.