Monthly Archives: December 2004

halfway around the planet

2004/12/21 – 12:09

Tuesday morning. Finally feeling like we’re settled in Australia. It’s been a pretty chaotic week, but things are starting to settle down a bit. What’s been happening? Well… We finished up in London with a few social outings. Dinner at OXO Tower with Elise and John was superb and I wound up my final day [...]

By James | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

new mobile number

2004/12/21 – 08:08

My new mobile number in Australia is +61 423 195691. I will still be checking/using my UK mobile +44 7990 624899 occasionally until the contract expires in Feb/March, but you’ll have a better chance of catching me on the Aussie one now.

By James | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

I’m never drinking again, etc

2004/12/08 – 09:08

I find myself this morning with a hangover that Satan himself has personally gift-wrapped and bashed into my skull with a blunt instrument. Possibly a cricket bat. With spikes in. The worst thing (apart from, obviously, the gurgling and throbbing) is that I don’t deserve it. Now, if I had gone on an industrial-sized bender, [...]

By James | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

the countdown continues

2004/12/07 – 12:56

4 days to go. 4 days, 7 hours, 29 minutes to be exact. It’s amazing that it’s so close now, having started counting at 30 weeks to go – I can almost taste the airline food. Yum. We had a small baby fright last week. Cath’s UK midwife mentioned that the baby was quite low [...]

By James | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)

moving out

2004/12/05 – 12:14

It’s Saturday night and I’m sitting cross-legged on my empty living room floor eating a microwave curry. For the last time. Our last night in our Kingston apartment – after two and a half years here. Tomorrow we move across to the Travelodge for a week of luxury (after a week on the inflato bed, [...]

By James | Posted in Uncategorized | Comments (0)