Hi everyone, I've managed to go, ooh, about 3 days without posting I think, that's a first for a while. For all those in Vic & any SA girls (although I don't think we've got any SA's), hope your a/c's have been working okay, and that you've been lucky & not lost power for too long. It's been just awful. I've lost so many plants, it's really sad, they're just burnt to, well, dead twigs.

Mel - could you send me some of your cleaning vibes, my house is in desperate need of a clean up, but I have no enthusiasm/energy

Lis - lovely to hear from you, glad all is going well with Olivia, fingers crossed you find a house soon. Where are you looking?

Nicky - way to go with Lachie cracking the 10kg mark. I don't envy you at all being pg at the moment, the weather where you are is even more disgusting than Melbourne, at least the last couple of days down here have been a vast improvement.

Sarah - oh no for the snake, that's a horrible thing to have so close to your house. I don't hate snakes but I certainly don't want them anywhere near my home. I have an Aunt & Uncle who live on a farm, snake went into a woodpile (many years ago now), so the woodpile got burnt. No one knows if the snake got out or not, but at least there was no woodpile for it to hide in. Good luck with Bayleigh's MCHN appnt on Tuesday.

Well, had the job interview, which went well, just waiting for confirmation that it's all systems go, which depends on the client approving the additional charges for my contribution, but they seem to think that this will be fine. I'm a pragmatist though - won't believe it until I see the contract.

Anyway, gotta get off hear & go to bed. Am spending the day tomorrow with a girl that I was friends with when I was 9, who only lived here for a year, then went back to the UK. We've met a couple of times since in our early 30s', and it's one of those easy & enjoyable friendships. She & her DH & 2 kids have been travelling in Aus & NZ since December, which would be fabulous in one way, but so hard with a 3yo & a 17mo at times. Anyway, that's my day tomorrow, so better get my beauty sleep in.

Hope everyone is good & happy.