On/off again

I've endured an on/off again bout of flu - the worst being three weeks ago when I felt like I was about to drop off the perch. After two bouts of antibiotics, I thought I was getting well, then wham! got the flu again earlier this week but am on the mend. Just a chesty cough and some infection, which I'm hoping to beat in the next few days.

I've been really enjoying my own space and my own company lately, so much so that I've deliberately stayed away from PIP social gatherings and the like. There's something comforting about just hanging out at home watching a few DVDs, reading and just catching up on "me time", instead of having to always feel as if your time must be spent in social circumstances. It's not necessarily time spent reflecting and such, more time to just do nothing and not have to worry about filling that gap. I dragged the woven mat out to the backyard late this afternoon and just lay on this patch of sunlight. Tochi cat came and lay down next to me - so endearing - and everything felt to blissful and in place.

Speaking of cats, Georgie's ear canals are infected; I have to put in these drops twice a day. Onerous as cats don't really like things inserted and then poured into their ears. The vet doesn't know what's cause the infection - she suspects ear mites but could be anything. I need to treat Georgie with the ear drops for two weeks, and make a return visit to the vet.

I've been on part-time work for three weeks now. The extra time is lovely; the penny pinching and budgeting is not, but I guess you can't have one without the other. I'm trying to keep expenses down due to the exhibition costs, but you get things such as today's vet bills and surprisingly expensive dim sum lunch with Mr Mac to deal with. The dim sun lunch blew me away - I had thought it would have worked out to be around $50 for two people, not $80. Fuck! Once the exhibition is done, I think incomings and outgoings will stabilise somewhat.

State election day today - and I was quietly confident that the Libs wouldn't make it into government. Well, surprise, as the latest reports on The West Australian's website indicate that the Libs have won the majority of seats... it boggles the mind that a party without so much as a policy or a plan, and which has been in utter disarray, may really return to power in this State. What does it say about voters in WA? Sad, sad, sad! Having said that, the West is clearly an anti-Labor paper, so their reports need to be taken with grains of salt.