Strange Notations From a Laborious Life

 I have had a short break from blogging, recharging my creative batteries and trying to negotiate the new year at work and I simply haven’t had the time to put “finger to keyboard” and write anything of note. Not that there hasn’t been a lot happening and plenty to write about:

 The desultory state of Australian politics is on show for all to see and the Liberal Party’s woes may get worse from here before they get better.

 Cadel Evans, Australia’s greatest cyclist has retired and went out with a bang at his own race in Geelong on Sunday.

 My New Zealand sojourn draws closer and I have been ramping up my preparation for hiking in the South Island.

 I’ve started to study online, a business course, something I need to break the conundrum which faces me in my working life.

 So, plenty to ponder, numerous lines for stories and blog posts swimming through my head but the time to write has been scarce and the inclination absent.

 I am mentally fatigued. I am struggling at work and feeling as if the whole volume of the earth is trying to squeeze into the cavity where my brain should be. It’s tiresome and soul destroying. It doesn’t help that the long term plans which are surely afoot and being discussed behind closed doors are a mystery to us. We all feel a like we are in limbo waiting for the next hammer blow to fall and wondering what sort of effect it will have on us. The work is getting harder. Less people are available to help. I’m counting the hours until I am on leave. Just over two weeks to go. Gotta hang on!

 So, things have been interesting in my life, not always in the way I would like them to be and the first month of 2015 has passed in a whirl.

 I have much to do and a limited amount of time to do it and today is no exception. I will be back soon enough to exhilarate and  impress you with my blog posts but until then this pitiful offering will have to suffice. I hope your appetite has been whetted.

 See you all again soon.