Gees, Central Coast
weather – steamy one day and, umm, indifferent the next.
It really doesn't look
like it's going to be much of a day today. It's overcast, appreciably
cool, but unlikely to do anything else. The weather was the deciding
factor in whether or not I got my laundry washed and dried, or just
washed. I forked out the extra dollars for the former.
It's been long overdue. I
have sweated buckets on my last four days of work, and on two of my
days off. Last Friday the gauge was pressing 46 degrees, causing
vehicles to break down (including the delivery van, right in the
middle of a round-about, and yours truly had to push it out of the
way) and buses to overheat and having to be returned to the depot
after just three hours on the road. There were also blackouts –
9000 houses in the Wyong/Tacoma area, 700 in Gosford (including the
Duck's Crossing office) and more at Kincumber. A spokesperson for the
company that supplies the power stated that there was a fault at one
of the subsidiary depots which denied power to those in Wyong.
So, last night, I needed
the fan on. The weather changed during the night and I nearly froze.
I tried to get back to sleep a couple of times, succeeding once but
eventually giving up on the second occasion.
I'm tired, but otherwise
not too bad. This Friday I'm heading off to Goulburn to stay at a
gamer's place for the annual Can Con games weekend over the Australia
Day long weekend in Canberra. I've been painting a team for the
event, and have almost finished every figure, including support staff
(head coach, medic, etc.). There'll be at least 53 people for Blood
Bowl, from every state and territory on the island and even one from
New Zealand.
As for work, well, it
hasn't been too bad, apart from breakdowns. The last three runs that
I've done have been quite good. I've also been keeping an eye on how
many kilometres that I rack up. Last Thursday (17 Jan) around the
Wyong Shire I did 9.6, on the Friday it was 6.9 for the second half
of the Wyong run, and Monday 7.5 for the Woy Woy peninsula. 24
kilometres all up – no wonder I felt exhausted. On Friday I really
did have to keep my fluids up – I drank 3.6 litres of various
liquids throughout the day, and I can tell you, the shower when I got
back home was simply divine!
And, to top it all off,
yesterday I go for a wander around Lisarow, which is three stops up
the rail-line from Gosford. We have done deliveries around there, and
I had long wanted to go back to take photographs at my own pace. I
walked another 6 kilometres around the area, and was not disappointed
with what I captured with Picasso (my pet name for my camera). Vistas
of the marsh that borders the the highway, dilapidated sheds and
houses (including one partially overgrown with flowering vines),
public buildings, scenery, majestic trees, farmyard animals, wildlife
(I added to my collection of “spotted” birds with some good shots
of a Red-whiskered Bulbul, an introduced species to the country that
appears to be surviving quite well) and the obligatory artistic shots
of junk. (Hey, practically anything can be considered art these
days... ) I was so exhausted that when I finally got back home, I
showered, then fell asleep for two hours.
I have also managed to get
a little bit of work done on my website. I have finished the bulk of
the content, and am now working on the default page, which has
developed a fault. I'm hoping to get that fixed before I start adding
text. When it's done, and posted, I'll be displaying some of my
recent photography work (which will be available for sale at some
point), adding sample chapters of some of my writing projects, and,
eventually, my completed interactive fiction project which I
completed at uni in 2008. Naturally, there'll be gaming stuff as
well, seeing I'll have a section for Blood Bowl. I had hoped to have
it up by the end of the month, but with all the other distractions
there hasn't been much of a chance.
Well, seeing that it is
almost time for lunch, I'd better finish this up. There's still some
figures to paint, and pictures to sort out...
Cheers!
P.S: Dad's birthday today.
He would've been 70...
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