Things of various hues
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juliet+ Massage this morning; that damn bruise from the Cambodia bike accident really is very nearly gone now.
- I ache like hell now from it! (OK, this is still a + in the long run, indicating as it does that something actually useful occurred.)
+ interesting chat with various interesting people both during & after the poly discussion group this evening.
- 4 months is really only just enough (with one or two happy exceptions) to start to get to know people, & now I am *leaving* again.
+ turns out that cycling back up the hill from Redfern isn't as bad as I'd feared, if you have "Dance Before The Storm" playing v loudly on the iPod.
- singing along to "Dance Before The Storm" at top volume whilst going up the hill from Redfern at speed led to the brief but sincere belief that I was about to lose a lung. (Not that this stopped me from attempting to sing.[0])
+ I am going to Queensland on Sunday, to camp on a coral island! Like in the book by R M Ballantyne except with less in the shipwreck line, I sincerely hope!
- OMGNOTIMELEFTNOTIMELEFT.
+ Someone said something I found offensive, and I called them on it (politely & in a way I was happy with), and they agreed & apologised, and it was all v productive. Maybe I am finally turning into an emotionally competent grownup.
- Someone said something much more personally offensive on Monday night, and I didn't call them on it (because I was caught massively off-guard & didn't really register how out of line they were until later), and I'm still cross about it. Grumble.
+ I did lots of useful work (OK, some useful work) today despite
- being very much not remotely in the mood to do work.
+ I can has medical certificate[1]
+ it has just started raining v hard and I am not out in the bike in it!
+ drama class performance thing was on Monday & it went v well. In particular I was pleased with my bit. Am contemplating investigating similar stuff when I return to London.
So that is a WIN for the +s, good.
[0] Curiously, I do actually climb better whilst singing, despite theoretically using up valuable oxygen. I assume this is because a) encourages me to breathe better anyway, & b) really my problem with hills isn't the legs, it's the inclination, and I try harder when I'm singing to something cheering.
[1] The freighter-people want confirmation that I'm hale & hearty, owing as how there's no medical staff on board. I wonder what happens if you break your leg in the middle of the ocean? I guess they have a first aid kit and a first aid trained person, but do they have to airlift you off or something to get it set? NB I do not intend to break my leg, or indeed any other part of my anatomy.
- I ache like hell now from it! (OK, this is still a + in the long run, indicating as it does that something actually useful occurred.)
+ interesting chat with various interesting people both during & after the poly discussion group this evening.
- 4 months is really only just enough (with one or two happy exceptions) to start to get to know people, & now I am *leaving* again.
+ turns out that cycling back up the hill from Redfern isn't as bad as I'd feared, if you have "Dance Before The Storm" playing v loudly on the iPod.
- singing along to "Dance Before The Storm" at top volume whilst going up the hill from Redfern at speed led to the brief but sincere belief that I was about to lose a lung. (Not that this stopped me from attempting to sing.[0])
+ I am going to Queensland on Sunday, to camp on a coral island! Like in the book by R M Ballantyne except with less in the shipwreck line, I sincerely hope!
- OMGNOTIMELEFTNOTIMELEFT.
+ Someone said something I found offensive, and I called them on it (politely & in a way I was happy with), and they agreed & apologised, and it was all v productive. Maybe I am finally turning into an emotionally competent grownup.
- Someone said something much more personally offensive on Monday night, and I didn't call them on it (because I was caught massively off-guard & didn't really register how out of line they were until later), and I'm still cross about it. Grumble.
+ I did lots of useful work (OK, some useful work) today despite
- being very much not remotely in the mood to do work.
+ I can has medical certificate[1]
+ it has just started raining v hard and I am not out in the bike in it!
+ drama class performance thing was on Monday & it went v well. In particular I was pleased with my bit. Am contemplating investigating similar stuff when I return to London.
So that is a WIN for the +s, good.
[0] Curiously, I do actually climb better whilst singing, despite theoretically using up valuable oxygen. I assume this is because a) encourages me to breathe better anyway, & b) really my problem with hills isn't the legs, it's the inclination, and I try harder when I'm singing to something cheering.
[1] The freighter-people want confirmation that I'm hale & hearty, owing as how there's no medical staff on board. I wonder what happens if you break your leg in the middle of the ocean? I guess they have a first aid kit and a first aid trained person, but do they have to airlift you off or something to get it set? NB I do not intend to break my leg, or indeed any other part of my anatomy.
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Date: 2009-04-22 06:07 pm (UTC)I did that yesterday too, and was equally proud of myself (and the other person too)! Yay us!
Yeah, I'm guessing airlift. I mean, they have radio, and you presumably have travel insurance -- right? I'm guessing they're more worried about eg. someone with a dicky heart.
How long is the freighter trip across the Pacific? What are you planning to do while aboard?
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Date: 2009-04-22 11:15 pm (UTC)Yay you for being competent grownup as well!
I don't *yet* have travel insurance, but yes, I will do before I leave :) You're not allowed to travel if you have previous medical Issues (which is entirely reasonable enough from their POV, also not wishing to be sued). Cross-Pacific is 24 days; I was *going* to be finishing off the sysadminnery book whilst on board, except it looks like the deadline has moved forwards. So, hm. Read, knit, write (fiction), watch the sea go past... And, judging by the extensive train journeys I took on the way here, be vastly surprised by how fast the time actually goes.
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Date: 2009-04-22 02:23 pm (UTC)Not that it's very applicable to you, but a woman was airlifted from a passenger liner for a kidney transplant which illustrates the sort of emergency help available for an emergency.
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Date: 2009-04-22 11:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-23 07:37 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-04-22 10:33 pm (UTC)It was fabulous to meet you and I've realised that we probably won't have time to hang out more, so good luck with it all and it was lovely to hang out :)
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Date: 2009-04-23 12:13 am (UTC)(And, contrary to my expectation when I left the UK that this was a one-time-only trip, I definitely want to come back to Australia again now, so I Will Be Back! ;) )
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Date: 2009-04-23 09:35 pm (UTC)In which the intrepid traveller tells tales of her return
Date: 2009-04-24 11:52 am (UTC)