Work
Has been flat out.  We have new staff on, so I'm doing some extra.  Very tired, rather stressful.  The fires that started not long after the last weekly update don't help, to say the least...

The training course that was going to run end of March/into April has been postponed, probably May now.  If it's been put off, that means it'll probably be a three-week trip instead of two.

Blackberry arrived.  Cool gadget, but it's so goddamned easy to just check office email... damn.

AFL season starts up in a few weeks - end of March.  I'll probably run the office footy tipping comp again.

Leave is coming up soon.  Husband's going travelling to the US for his parents' 50th wedding anniversary, I'm taking that time off work but not going to the US (money for tickets).  Wish I was, but will use the time to work on the novel.

Fires
Yeah, should mention them, much as I try not to think about them too much.  Still burning.  450,000ha (1.1 million acres), 1800+ homes destroyed, 7000+ people homeless.  181 known dead - that's 'known'.  There are more bodies out there.  At least 200 is predicted, maybe 300.

One man's been charged with lighting the Churchill fire - that one killed over 20 people.  He's said to be in 'a fragile mental state'.

Yeah.

Study
Had two classes, one in each unit I'm doing this year.  Got the first assignment in Literature for Writers due on 4 March; the first one for Industry Overview is due on 16 April, so that's got a bit of time.  Needs more research, though.

Photography
Photos on Flickr since the last update:

• Magpie
• Brown bird
• Smoke panorama
• Chinese lion
• Conservatory
• Statue
• Fernery pool
• Moonset

Right now
Right now, I'm sitting here on a non-smoky morning, with a load of laundry going, drinking a coffee.  It's Valentine's Day, and husband has said he's taking me out for dinner tonight, my choice on where.  I'm contemplating either the Japanese restaurant in town, the Thai place or the Indian place.  Soon, I'll drag out the Wii and play some tennis, and the Wii Fit and do some work there, find out how much weight I've put on through not doing much exercise in the last fortnight - heat and stress and tiredness.  Will be going back to the gym from Monday.