blog slog

Seems like it has been a slog to get entries up here lately, with a range of things finding their way onto my priority list before this. All things are looking good for having a bit more time from my current commitments come about, oh, say after the end of September? So providing no new demands enter our lives about then, we should be back on a even schedule by then.

Meantime, I've variously been dividing my time between editing a wedding video; starting a new job; getting our house, finances, and lives in order; shopping for our first home; being pregnant (more Bronwyn, directly); figuring out some after-the-pregnancy stuff; watching the entire Season 6 of Stargate: SG1 on DVD; and producing two new websites (neuromemes.org obviously being one, plus still working on a new site for our old church in London). Ha.

But I've taken hardly any photos, haven't travelled anywhere or even taken a single day of leave, and have hardly blogged. So in many ways it is quite a different lifestyle from London.

I still blame the commute, which remains a pain. There is no question now that we'll be looking for houses closer to the city, and in areas that are a single bus route to my work... Fortunately, my work is located ideally for this, with routes running in a number of directions. Karori seems the most likely option, a place I once lived for three years with my folks, which in my head remains an expensive suburb but by Wellington city standards is now comparatively affordable. Think green suburb in the hills, but famed also for swirling mists. Not quite Rivendell, but certainly not Moria either.

However, until then the erstwhile commute enables a lot of reading. I'm currently reading: The Penguin History of New Zealand (still), Chaos and Complexity: Implications for Psychological Theory and Practice, The lost message of Jesus, Gift duty: A guide for legal and tax practitioners, and The Choice Guide to Baby Products. Add to that, just finished today, Ender's Game (“At Battle School, fighting is compulsory”), and you can see I am at least actively managing my risk of being bored on the train.  : )