Tonight we’re making our way to the City Hall building at the corner of Swanston and Collins. The MacRob speech nights are always held there. We went the year before last and found out what a long drawn out night it can be. Coupled with the fact that this time of the year it starts to warm up badly, we skipped it last year. We were going to skip it this year as well but then kiddo gave us a reason to attend – so we’re heading there tonight and I’m bracing myself again… for good cause this time. At least I have something pleasant to look forward to. It has been a very stressful time at work.
My decision earlier this year to pull back and not trade my soul over work, has started to meet payback times. Ever so gradually but very surely, I am now considered “not with it” and my reputation for commitment and role as “a player” is long gone. I’d come in any given morning to discover that heaps had gone on the night before and by the time email traffic slowed down some time before midnight, the issues I left behind a little before 6pm had been resolved by the driven supermen or superwomen.
Anyway, I did my BCV exam last Saturday and have felt more relaxed these past few days. It has been hanging over my head in recent weeks, as I discovered how difficult it was to remember whatever I have studied. I was re-discovering the stress of academic examinations all over again. The learning has been tremendous however and I’m sufficiently stimulated to do more and actually found myself looking up next semester’s subjects for enrolment ideas. I guess I just want to be ready and arm myself, to be in a better position to assess what I hear or read from time to time.
In a couple of days, big things are happening. My sister (from Penang) and her family are visiting and they’re bringing mum along, as well as a nephew who lives in China. So our house will be a little crowded…but fun. Their timing is impeccable, as kiddo has decided to get baptised this Sunday. This is just a great opportunity for some really meaningful family time together. In addition, this is a first baptism service for the “new” (merged) church of ours and surely our Lord has something to do with all of this timing, so I am very grateful to God.
Ante 