Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Adrian has a job
On Tuesday we all start new jobs. I start in Neighbourhood Planning, still at Council, Penny starts a SAP job for the Queensland Government and Adrian has a trial breakfast shift at a hotel in town. Hopefully, this will lead to a few months of sustained work/income for him.

Richard and Lisa have offered Adrian their downstairs for him to stay in. It is pretty basic, but has a bed, shower, toilet, sofa and TV and will cost him the princely sum of zero dollars per week – only the gardening to be done in leui. This will be a good short-term opportunity for him to find his feet, bakshish.

We can then reclaim our house after 5 weeks of visitors.

Other quick updates:

Penny's new job is with Disability Services, part of Queensland Government. Finally it seems she has found a contracting job that fits the bill – 3 days per week for 4 months allowing her time to continue with setting up her IT training business.

James is just fine, now nearly half-way through his second grade.

Matthew has now settled down a little at pre-school. He had had some teething problems to start with – which got the teacher a bit jumpy, but now he is beginning to listen a bit and at least do as he is asked most of the time. He remains stubborn to the end, but; rarely doing something unless it is in his own interest. He also now attends the after school club on Friday with James. Here, he fits right in.

Both James and Matthew are currently enrolled on some swimming courses and are doing well. By next summer James should be swimming well and Matthew should be at least thrashing about wildly in the water.

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