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I’m getting old

The knee turned out to be Ok. It just needs some TLC and management.

However, Ellie & I went kayaking on the river yesterday for just 1 hour which left me nearly crippled with severe lower back pain.

The physio reckons it’s just muscular so it only requires R&R. It’s really hard to sit though. So, lying in bed watching tv or walking is about all I can do.

Not happy.

Tilly injured

Our “big girl” Tilly the German Shepherd managed to get a cut in the backyard somehow.

It turned out to be (we think) part of the barrier I’ve erected to keep Meika out of the garden – she probably got caught in the blade of a hole digger… ouch!

We had put the dogs into the back yard separated from us having a BBQ with Mum & Dad. Meika of coarse didn’t like that and was playing up. So, we think that during her madness was when Tilly hurt herself.

I initially thought it was only a bit of fur removed – a little red. So, next morning we were going to take her to the vet to check.  However, when she climbed into the back of the car I got a much closer look… a deep cut it was. So, off to Murdoch vet hospital instead.

4 hours, 50 stitches (40 internal), and $1400 later we had her back home. 🙁 Still,  she is part is the family.

Photos to follow.

Work update

My stint at WA Health didn’t last long. State budget cuts saw a massive reduction in the project size all in the name of redirecting $ to Fiona Stanley hospital. I’ll be honest… it was a blessing in disguise as the role wasn’t what it was meant to be.

I then spent 6 weeks helping on an IT strategy and road map for CITIC Pacific Mining: interesting change for me and it would be good if more work could come out of it for us.

Now I’m on the “bench”, helping out here and there, doing the odd training course and just waiting for the next job to come along. Two short gigs are in the queue: one in Canberra and the other in Honk Kong.