As this posts to my blog, I will be coming to the end of my very last ever P&C meeting (parents and community). At every step of the Barbarians schooling (and pre-schooling) I have been a parent volunteer at the P&C and held various roles, including president for the last four years (having stepped down…
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A Tribute in Covid (with sheep)
Like everywhere else on the planet, Australia has been hit by the Delta strain of Covid. Here we lockdown pretty much straight away (where I live locked down within hours of our first single case) which means we can’t cross state borders. When family things happen, you know, hatches, matches and dispatches, we can’t get…
A Dog’s point of view: mending
Like all dogs, Ludo loves his toys. He has all sorts…tennis balls to chase, ropes to tug, sticks and old bones to chew and soft toys which he does all of the above with. Of course, after throwing, tugging and chewing, the soft toys start to show signs of wear and tear and need to…
New job!
I am very excited to say I’ve just started a new job. I’m working as a medical receptionist at a chiropractor and allied health practice (I’m mostly at their smaller, second clinic which is just chiro, but will occasionally be at the bigger allied health rooms). This is the first time in my life I…
Our pup in cup
Today was Ludo’s first cafe experience. At least, it was supposed to be. What we hadn’t counted on was how busy the little cafe one suburb over from The Hub’s work would be! We couldn’t get an outdoor seat in either of their outdoor spaces. Instead we bought takeaway drinks and wandered around the green…