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Late last year I took on a contract role, my first full time employment for 26 years. Early this year, Mum was admitted to hospital and I became Dad's driver, morphing into shopper, driver, general back stop and advocate. I went from three easy days a week at work to five hard days plus supporting Dad.
I find the timing so very odd: Dad has died and my contract finishes in 19 days time.
Why, I wonder, did all that intensity happen in the same six month period? Why did it all intersect so precisely?
What will be next? Will I go from go, go, go to STOP.
I do hope to have a bit of a break but I don't want to be unemployed for long if at all.
A holiday would be nice: I thought of a Murray River cruise (too expensive) a reading holiday with a water view (a good idea) or maybe a reading holiday with a bush or mountain view (also a good idea).
I also have had in mind for some time in the future a tour of silo art (I don't think I want to do that right now)
And then I thought of another option: a trip to see Lake Eyre, it only fills properly a few times a century so this could be my last chance.
Let me get through the funeral and finish the contract and then if I can set the ducks in a row, I think I'd like to see Lake Eyre.
Lake Eyre sounds good. A little break sounds even better though I do hope you are not out of work for long. Hugs.
ReplyDeleteYes, I really like having enough money to get by!
DeleteThank you, EC
My neighbour took a coach tour of Victoria's silos and she loved the five nights away. But it wasn't very cheap, although she thought it was good value.
ReplyDeleteI am not sure about Lake Eyre by land. I think flying over the waters is the best way to appreciate it. I think I would watch other people's footage of the flooding. I guess it will fall to you to sort out your father's affairs.
I'm considering flying to Adelaide then driving up, with a sightseeing flight.
DeleteI am the executor, yes. Hopefully with mum still here it will simplify matters but I do dread the work that will need doing when mum goes
Timing is strange thing, it's often baffled me.
ReplyDeleteHave a good rest, whatever you do.
Sx
The timing has really got me!
DeleteThank you Scarlet
I have seen many of the grain silos on the west side of Victoria, and I have admired some of the images in other peoples' blogs. I like your bird very much but I think the more complex images will last much longer.
ReplyDeleteSee "Public art rural Australia - grain silo murals"
https://melbourneblogger.blogspot.com/2018/06/public-art-in-rural-australia-grain.html
and "Inspiring City"
https://inspiringcity.com/2019/11/19/the-silo-art-trail-murals-of-the-wimmera-mallee-in-victoria-australia/
Hels, I'll come have a look at your links.
DeleteI think the images last as long as the paint does?
A trip away sounds like a good idea to clear your mind ‘when the dust settles’. You’ve had a rough time of it lately and deserve some ‘me time’
ReplyDeleteLake Eyre was on my list (like Mt Kosciusko) but this back and legs are never going to make it now…..so I’ll wait for your trip report. We did get to see the kookaburra on the water tower in Deni not long after it had been painted a few years ago
Hi Cathy,
DeleteI'm looking forward to a more sedate pace!
Aging bodies curtail so many hopes, don't they?
Good plan to look at options. I hope things work out for you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Red. I'm sure there will be something good in my future
DeleteSo many things are feast or famine. I hope it works out for you to have a nice trip. I would go for Lake Eyre.
ReplyDeleteI think it will be Lake Eyre but everything needs to line up for such an ambitious trip so we will see
DeletePractical Parsimony on feast or famine comment.
DeleteYes, you deserve a wee break after all the commotion of the last few months.
ReplyDeleteIts been a challenge
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