Cheaper Tuesday
Just think about those two words for a sec. Now think about this… I live in a country where they think, pronounce and advertise “Cheaper Tuesday” as a clever alliteration gimmick. What?! Exactly.
Just think about those two words for a sec. Now think about this… I live in a country where they think, pronounce and advertise “Cheaper Tuesday” as a clever alliteration gimmick. What?! Exactly.
It’s Monday night here, but it could easily be any day of the week. It’s easy to get disoriented to time when all your days are the same and all you do is sit at the desk, or walk out to the living room. It’s good though. I wish I had more time to study, I feel like I’ve got too much ground to cover. Hopefully this week is really productive, sitting at the desk basically sunup to sundown and beyond. It’s is not long at all now and I’ll be sitting in Canada before I know it.
Today was the last session for me with PBLIV. We had a half session to finish out the important points of our case this morning and then headed over to a fish and chips shop close by called A Salt and Battery. Our case this week was Domestic Violence.
The year has been really good and I’m going to miss having these guys in the group. I know whenever you get randomly assigned people you have to work closely with, there’s so much potential for adversity, but I think our group really came together. It’s not that we’re all the same, cause we are definitely different, but things seemed to work. I’ll miss them!
This is a small post about a big (psychological) plus to Canada that came up when Brian and I were talking about going home. I had occasion to look through my old banking records and saw purchases from Tim Horton’s. This is what I saw. And yes, I chose one that was early in the morning on purpose! 😉
Now, that’s a good deal. But here, a plain black, nothing added, tar and water coffee does not go for less than $3 and can go up from there. What is the deal? Anyways, since they’ve got us trapped on this island I suppose they can charge whatever they want and we just pay. It seems the locals have gotten used to it…
Here are my teammates in Sunday night footy. This was just after our last defeat. Theo was pretty tired, he worked really hard.
Thanks to Carol for the photos.
Being here is great, and I am truly loving what is happening down here. It’s an awesome experience and I’m so glad it’s happening… I just wish it didn’t take me away for so long, so far from home. I am looking forward now to going home, and it’s really coming up quickly. That said, I have really missed a big chunk of time when it comes to someone whose whole life is still measured in months. I have two nephews, Sam and Isaac. I’ve never even seen Isaac with my own eyes. I don’t know what he’s like either. I’m looking forward to finding out over Christmas. With Sam I’m a little more familiar and I am sad for not being able to spend time with him this year.
Before I left, I took care of him at my place one afternoon and we played around with the camera. He couldn’t talk at the time, but clearly knew what was going on. I also like to think that at the beginning of the first video he says “Picture” when the camera comes out. Who knows. I do know he remembered being there, even after I was gone. I’m looking forward to talking with him, which will be a totally new experience for me. I watch these videos sometimes when I’m missing him and it never fails to make me smile.
I have recently added a clock on the right side of my page here that shows two date-and-times. It’s pretty obvious what they are. The reason I put this up is because I am acutely aware of this time of my life as a fixed period. There is a start date and an end date to all this, and it’s coming up one second at a time. I have often thought this of many situations I have been in, both good and bad, so I wanted a way to show time slip from one side of the present to the other. A river of time, and me stuck on a bridge spanning it, watching it pass below.
It was apparently also on minds at Cambridge who made this clock. Mind you, mine cost slightly less than their quoted $2 Million pricetag (How the heck does that even happen?). I understand Stephen Hawking presented the clock as part of his theoretical commitment that the forward movement of time is inevitable. I just presented mine myself. I kept that article and a video showing the clock behind this link.
I received a letter from the Australian Red Cross yesterday, letting me know my blood group. I also got a very flashy and stylish donor card. All the kids want one.
I don’t know what blood type they need most, but A+ is one of the more common. It’s one test that I can always count on a good grade anyways… unless I end up like this girl.
Tonight is Sunday night and I’m home to watch another lightning storm, after a hot sunny day. The usual ritual of playing footy way across the river is now over. Last week was the final and in good Gallstones’ style we finished the way we played the whole season. Consistent. It was lots of fun and it felt like we all really put in a good effort. There were a few rule changes that made it a little more fun as well. There were some pictures taken, and I’ll see if I can get a hold of some of them.
All in all I’m happy to have had the fun we did and it was perfect to get out and stretch a little. Next is a month at the desk.
I thought it would be life as normal down here, and that the time change would only be a slightly annoying thing, where our watches would read differently, but otherwise not impact my life. That is not true. The time separation, arguably as much as the physical, is annoying me. By the time I have come home from whatever wonderful adventure I have been on for the day, all my friends and family are sleeping. I get emails from them at 3 am (I love the emails, don’t let this deter anyone, and they don’t come through on my phone till I’m awake). It just highlights that we are on almost opposite clocks.
It’s a bit funny, and really it’s normal I suppose. I don’t think about the time all over the world when I’m at home. Or at least I didn’t really before this. I’m sure I will now, being so much more involved here. But when I’m here, I am acutely aware of the time all over the world.
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