off for an adventure

I did, indeed, manage yesterday's goal--I did more than double the numbers of uni work on Christmas day than I did on Christmas Eve. Now I'm getting ready to head out the door to hike up Cathedral Rock with baronsnorri and our adventure guide friend. With luck that adventure will so inspire me I'll do double the uni hours again today when I get home. clovis_t and I received a new digital camera, so I'll see if I can figure out how to use it, and then see if I can get our unreliable internet to stay on long enough to share at least one photo.

off for an adventure

I did, indeed, manage yesterday's goal--I did more than double the numbers of uni work on Christmas day than I did on Christmas Eve. Now I'm getting ready to head out the door to hike up Cathedral Rock with baronsnorri and our adventure guide friend. With luck that adventure will so inspire me I'll do double the uni hours again today when I get home. clovis_t and I received a new digital camera, so I'll see if I can figure out how to use it, and then see if I can get our unreliable internet to stay on long enough to share at least one photo.

hike up Cathedral Rock

My morning started nice and early, with a 4.5 hour hike up Cathedral Rock with baronsnorri and our friend, the adventure guide. I did take photos, and thought I'd share some, but given the dodgy internet connection, I think, perhaps, I should wait till I get a chance to go into uni, and use the good connection there.

The afternoon alternated between uni work, reading fiction, and another, much shorter, walk with clovis_t. Only managed 3.5 hours of uni work :-( but, on the bright side, it is better than the day before, which was better than the day before. Improvement is good--if it keeps up, I'll be up to a reasonable amount of work again soon!

clovis_t has decided to go to the Falls Festival this year. We volunteered there with the Tasmanian Wilderness Society a couple of years ago. They've got the contract to keep the composting toilets for the event clean. The Festival pays the Wilderness Society an appropriate amount to cover a reasonable rate of pay for the cleaners, and the cleaners donate their time, so the Wilderness Society gets to keep the cash (minus some minor expenses getting the volunteers out there and feeding them). It is a great deal for the volunteers, who arrive on site early, before the crowds and get to camp in the nice roomy staff only area, and get free entry to the Festival. They only work a few shifts each over the event, so there is plenty of time to enjoy the music. I can't spare the time this year, but he's done with his degree and not yet working, so he's got the time to spare. So he will go play (in between cleaning the toilets) and I'll stay home and do as much work as possible on the thesis whilst he's gone. I wonder if there is another New Year's Eve dance this year?

hike up Cathedral Rock

My morning started nice and early, with a 4.5 hour hike up Cathedral Rock with baronsnorri and our friend, the adventure guide. I did take photos, and thought I'd share some, but given the dodgy internet connection, I think, perhaps, I should wait till I get a chance to go into uni, and use the good connection there.

The afternoon alternated between uni work, reading fiction, and another, much shorter, walk with clovis_t. Only managed 3.5 hours of uni work :-( but, on the bright side, it is better than the day before, which was better than the day before. Improvement is good--if it keeps up, I'll be up to a reasonable amount of work again soon!

clovis_t has decided to go to the Falls Festival this year. We volunteered there with the Tasmanian Wilderness Society a couple of years ago. They've got the contract to keep the composting toilets for the event clean. The Festival pays the Wilderness Society an appropriate amount to cover a reasonable rate of pay for the cleaners, and the cleaners donate their time, so the Wilderness Society gets to keep the cash (minus some minor expenses getting the volunteers out there and feeding them). It is a great deal for the volunteers, who arrive on site early, before the crowds and get to camp in the nice roomy staff only area, and get free entry to the Festival. They only work a few shifts each over the event, so there is plenty of time to enjoy the music. I can't spare the time this year, but he's done with his degree and not yet working, so he's got the time to spare. So he will go play (in between cleaning the toilets) and I'll stay home and do as much work as possible on the thesis whilst he's gone. I wonder if there is another New Year's Eve dance this year?