Well halfway through January and I haven't posted here at all, whoops. Hayley told me yesterday that I needed to update my blog, so I thought I had better do it.
New Years was going to be a quiet evening with some friends playing board games, sadly though it turned out to be rather more exciting. We had been told to expect a storm, but most of the time when the forecast is for storms we get not one drop. Hayley was at my place, as I was making dessert for us to take (chocolate parfait), and then we set off to Hayley's parents place where her sister, Kate and her boyfriend Matt were house and dog/sitting for her parents who were in the UK. We arrived just in time as it turned out. The storm hit probably 10 minutes after we got there, and what a storm! We had rain and hail as well as wind, the hail was the worst though. It was coming in literally at bullet speed, I still don't know how it didn't break the windows!
The storm was fun for a while, but the outcome for Tuggeranong was rather devastating. An hours worth of hail shredded what was left of people's gardens that the drought hadn't got to. It had also, as it turned out for a lot of people, including my house, blocked the gutters and forced water into the roof. We apparently had water pouring through the ceiling. The only thing that stopped it from collapsing was that my brother David had been doing some home renovations and there was a hole in the ceiling where he had removed a light fitting and hadn't yet filled it back in. Most of the water came through this hole instead of getting caught in the ceiling. Other people in our suburb were not so lucky according to the paper, several houses had ceilings collapse, the papers have been saying that the damage bill is in the millions of dollars.
Since then the New Year has been relatively quiet, if rather hot. It reached 40.5 degrees celcius one day last week, and almost every day has been in the 30's. Luckily Canberra has not had any major fires, we have just had to endure smoke-filled air coming from the terrible fires in Victoria. I just hope it stays that way for us, perhaps with less smoke as they get the Vic fires under control.
I didn't get the job in Brisbane, so I am staying in Canberra for the time being. I intend to apply for some public service jobs, and perhaps some other pathology jobs as they come up. I am also thinking of doing an Arts degree by distance education, majoring in history with an idea to get into museum work.
Other intentions for the year is to learn to sew, specifically thinking vintage clothing. Also to try some other crafts that I haven't yet tried, beading for example, and if I get a chance some weaving. As well as reading as much as I possibly can, no more wasting my free time, at least that is the plan.
Photo is from the Canberra Times taken literally just down the street from home. The girl is standing in hail.
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