Summer IS here (Calendar notwithstanding)

The weather has warmed up considerably in the past few days. Yesterday was the first time since I don’t know when, that Theresa went around the house in shorts and t-shirt. I washed both our cars and was soaked in sweat. Later I mowed the lawn and was soaked in even more sweat. It was so hot that I actually took a cool shower after mowing the lawn, and walked around the house last night in my running shorts. We went to bed with the fan on. Elysia too came into our room complaining about the heat and we changed her quilt to a cotton blanket and left the fan on for her too.

Blurry Work

Despite the heat I didn’t feel warmer coming into work today. I still have the apprehension which has built up in recent weeks. There seems to be for now at least, mixed messages coming from the boss, as well as from the bigger boss above. I feel more worried and burdened with each passing day. Will just try to plug away anyway. I find a barrier which feels very difficult to break through. The barrier feels thick and impenetrable. It is both a real and perceived barrier, perhaps each feeding off the other. It is now a huge slab across my brain that I find it difficult to punch through to produce meaningful work. I need this dense fog to lift, very quickly.

Blurry Team

To add to my woes, my beloved Manchester United continues to go through a very bleak spell. Roy Keane continues to be sidelined and no one putting up his hand, no one is qualified to, to step into Keano’s shoes. Not Scholes. Not even Giggsy. Nothing to do with their footballing skills. Everything to do with personality and make-up.

New Place

Went to Judd White on Coleman Parade during lunch. They’re one of the bigger real estate agents around. They have a 2 bedroom unit on Muir Street – smaller than our present place but also cheaper. Save money, save work. Just as important, it is just a touch closer to Elysia’s school in Mount Waverley Secondary College next year. It would only be open for inspection after Melbourne Cup day (yesterday), so I went in today to enquire. No time fixed yet for inspection, will have to wait some more.

We decided to look for a new place for the practical reasons above. We are not unhappy in our present place, but if something even more suitable turns up, why not? If they give us good terms such as at least 1 year lease, we’d consider.