Anniversary

I finished my PhD one year ago today/tomorrow. Not sure how to celebrate events across the date line, particularly US-centric ones.

Nevertheless, who knew that act would get me to where I am now??

Please, please, please

Still more apologies about political digressions, but, damn, he is good.

Airplanes must agree with me

I was pleasantly surprised at yoga this morning--I did my very first honest-to-god chaturanga pose in class! I actually did it each time we went through the vinyasa. I generally flop fish-like onto the floor, smudging through that part of the sequence, but lately (in the very intermittent yoga classes I have been going to) I've noticed that the floppiness was getting firmer. But this morning, I was definitely holding the real pose--hands and toes on the floor and the rest definitely not touching the floor (no butt in the air or elbows out to the side either). Admittedly could have gotten there in a more controlled way, but hey, I got there! Ha!

Should go stand on my head for a bit....

Creepy crawly update

The massive rain has brought out the creepiest and crawliest. In particular, I will never reach cavalierly into my mailbox again. Also, this morning there were two leech/tapeworm/gross black thingies sliming around my bathroom. I didn't think to take their picture, though. Just flushed them down the toilet.

Guess I'm not in the U. S. of A. anymore....

Seems so...three months ago.

Eeek

An Aussie dollar now purchases US$0.955.

Ouch.

Going home

It is very strange to type that title while sitting in the LAX boarding area on my way back down under.

It has been a very productive trip professionally and satisfying personally. Sydney feels very dream-like right now--it feels like I have been away for months, and I am hazy about what I am going back to. When I think of home in Sydney I visualize an empty house....

But it will be nice to be back and finally getting started on creating a new normal life there.