Career Break Over
Feb. 28th, 2021 09:15 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
waitingmanLast day of my unscheduled, but very welcome & necessary work break. I start my contract with the new firm tomorrow. L-SP just asked what I want to do with my last day of 'freedom'... it's a grey, overcast day & already rained once, so not weather, or light, that inspires a trip to any kind of picturesque location - even if it wasn't a Sunday & the Great Unwashed will likely be out & about in greater numbers than we can bear, at any location we choose. So far, the plan hasn't progressed much beyond brunch at a favourite local café, then maybe checking out the new monthly markets up at the RSL Club
It's been a bit like 'back to school' week, otherwise. We went to buy things like a calculator, pens, pencils, sharpeners, a 2021 diary & a pencil case... which I must write the names of my favourite bands all over & spell out something rude with the cut-out letters in the little plastic pockets on the outside. That's what you do, right?? Fortunately, there are no uniforms to wash, iron, or hem up, take down, let out... I might polish my black leather boots for the occasion though
Finally caught up with L-SP's sister & partner yesterday, at a family barbecue. We haven't seen them since last year, thanks to the Covid outbreak in our Northern Beaches area around Christmas/New Year, that led to the Australian Capital Territory - a rather grand name for Canberra & its surrounding farmland - to impose restrictions on any of its residents travelling to Sydney. If the 2 of them had come to Sydney, they'd have had to quarantine for 2 weeks on their return, unpaid & at their own expense. So it was Christmas in February then & catching up with Sister in-law & her musician beau, who plays guitar, wears leather bracelets, has a dry sense of humour & a very similar taste in shirts to mine. Plagiarism is an ugly word, but sometimes... In fact, L-SP found a blue linen shirt back in December & bought one for me & one for him, so there'd be another hilarious photo opportunity for the brothers-from-different-mothers to be wearing the same shirt again. No... I'm not posting it
Going back through the photos in my Flickr account - back when they didn't charge a fortune for a subscription & nor did PhotoShop. I'm not thrilled with either of their replacements - 500px & a couple of open-source image processing options I've found - but while Flickr & PShop charge like they do, I won't be using them. If it means taking less photos, then at least the guitar collection will be happy for the extra attention!
It's been a bit like 'back to school' week, otherwise. We went to buy things like a calculator, pens, pencils, sharpeners, a 2021 diary & a pencil case... which I must write the names of my favourite bands all over & spell out something rude with the cut-out letters in the little plastic pockets on the outside. That's what you do, right?? Fortunately, there are no uniforms to wash, iron, or hem up, take down, let out... I might polish my black leather boots for the occasion though
Finally caught up with L-SP's sister & partner yesterday, at a family barbecue. We haven't seen them since last year, thanks to the Covid outbreak in our Northern Beaches area around Christmas/New Year, that led to the Australian Capital Territory - a rather grand name for Canberra & its surrounding farmland - to impose restrictions on any of its residents travelling to Sydney. If the 2 of them had come to Sydney, they'd have had to quarantine for 2 weeks on their return, unpaid & at their own expense. So it was Christmas in February then & catching up with Sister in-law & her musician beau, who plays guitar, wears leather bracelets, has a dry sense of humour & a very similar taste in shirts to mine. Plagiarism is an ugly word, but sometimes... In fact, L-SP found a blue linen shirt back in December & bought one for me & one for him, so there'd be another hilarious photo opportunity for the brothers-from-different-mothers to be wearing the same shirt again. No... I'm not posting it
Going back through the photos in my Flickr account - back when they didn't charge a fortune for a subscription & nor did PhotoShop. I'm not thrilled with either of their replacements - 500px & a couple of open-source image processing options I've found - but while Flickr & PShop charge like they do, I won't be using them. If it means taking less photos, then at least the guitar collection will be happy for the extra attention!
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Date: 2021-02-27 11:27 pm (UTC)