Never give up! Never surrender! (Right?)
Life
Great advice
One of Australia’s leading psychologists presented a webinar today run by Heckle’s school. He talked about student stress and mental health, particularly the extra issues covid has brought on our kids. It was quite an interesting workshop, and I definitely got some great tips. There was one thing he said, though, that particularly resonated. He…
Another ending to celebrate
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…
Filing
Of all the chores that need to be done, filing is not one of the harder ones. I mean, you pick up a piece of paper, look at what it is and then drop it in the relevant folder/file. Insurance paperwork into the insurance file. Bank statement into the bank file. It’s not rocket science,…
Daylight savings is a loss
I’m sure I whinge about this every year, but I hate daylight savings. We are a week in and I am already frustrated. I’m a morning person and I am certain that Daylight Savings was invented by and for night owls. I wake with the sun every day – so earlier in summer than winter.…