MrsBrown's philosophy of life and stuff

Thanks Rose!

Thu, 02 Jul 2009 20:21:05 GMT

For the third morning Rose has woken me at 5.30am and the adrenalin spike as I wondered what time it was and then started thinking about what I need to to has kept me awake. The good side of that is that we have real internet until 7am when we get throttled again.

At least last night I planned for it and actually went to bed early enough that I'll manage today - as long as I have a nap at 2pm.

I think I've been writing a lot of lists. This morning I reached into the pocket of the jacket I've been wearing as a dressing gown and pulled out three pens!

I was having trouble imagining how much food is involved in feeding 200 people. As I'm buying stuff I'm getting better at it - and more intimidated by the size of the task.

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Managing the guilt

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:17:00 GMT

I wouldn't be surprised if I've posted about this before - I've been blogging since 2003 and everytime I back up my journal I notice that the same themes come up, time and again.

Anyway, today I have to feel guilty. I'm not going to my place of paid employment today (I can't say I'm not working). Either I was going to feel guilty because I was at work but not paying attention, or I get to feel guilty about not being there. Failing the guilt is not an option.

I've come to this decision after spending yesterday aternoon finalising the shopping list. I sat down for "an hour after lunch" and finished as the AC went off at 5pm (building management obviously don't know how to adjust the timeclock for daylight savings). Then I started thinking that I was going to have to take this afternoon off to do some things, and then realised that I was going to be in late because of some other things I have to do this morning, AND I'm meeting Villana for lunch to collect the bulk purchasing card, and I realised I'd be better off to be up front with my colleagues about what to expect. Oh well, they got ~~three~~ two and a half days of work out of me they weren't going to get last week. And I'll have a better time this way.

Now I can spend the time I need to avoid feeling guilty about Baroness stuff I need to do. And the cooking thing of course.

It's funny. When I was an adolescent my mum complained that I never seemed to feel guilty. I don't think that's true. I just hide my emotions and then get headaches, coldsores, tummy upsets, insomnia and earache.

Oh yes, look! Reverse documentation for my outfit tomorrow!

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Midwinter and Swine Flu

Wed, 10 Jun 2009 22:06:23 GMT

We've just had our first cancellation due to the "travel to Victoria and quarantine for 7 days" restrictions

Here's a collection of government advice pages so I can keep an eye on this issue:

commonwealth page with links to the state pages

http://www.emergency.health.nsw.gov.au/swineflu/schools/index.asp

http://flu.sa.gov.au/Swineflu/Interstatetravelfaqs.aspx

Generally, the requirement for quarantine applies only to children or people who work with children who hang out with 10 or more of them while in Melbourne.

I suspect that by the time of Midwinter most of this restriction will have been lifted.

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My tuesday list

Mon, 11 May 2009 11:08:42 GMT

Tomorrow I will:

sleep in a bit
carve some plaster in preparation for carving soapstone for my pewter project (tonight I will make plaster cake for carving)
go shopping for a really speccy gold fabric and some suitable red for Midwinter banners
sort out the clothes that don't fit Rose
motivate mr_bassman into working on the tent
Take Rose to kinder
Do some work on the Midwinter menu and website

By the way, I have the strangest headache. It's like the muscles in my upper back just decided to cramp, giving me a sleepy headache.

Also, I managed to line up the ducks and today I rode my bike to work and home again.

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Advice for my future

Sun, 10 May 2009 02:39:39 GMT

When organising a Crown event, you should pretend that it starts 3 months earlier than it really does.

Especially when you're also the Feast Steward.

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