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Today was the first anniversary of my dad's death.

I took the day off work - I figured that I'd be feeling a bit average. Went to the beach in the morning - was a bit mucky, but caught a fair few waves, which was good. Came back, played my clarinet for a bit, a bit of food at the shops, afternoon snooze, talked to my family, and then it was dinner time. I was going to go out photographing stuff, but decided against it - couldn't be bothered.

In the morning, I took the photo below from my balcony of the rising sun. The clouds are the "white fluffy" sort - the dark bits are the shadows, etc. It was rather nice though.

As of a few minutes ago, I'm a bit less stressed. A few weeks back I got (at work - I have a great employer) my skin checked for lesions / skin cancers, etc. They found one thing that was a possible issue - I waited a couple of weeks for them to analyse it, etc. But just got the mail - apparently it’s nothing to worry about. Rather good.

Just have this Thursday to deal with though.

So life has been busy recently. Very very very. Something keeping me occupied every day of the past week. eek.

Quieter week this coming week...

I've just change the entries shown on this front page: instead of the 5 most reent entries, all entries of the past 14 days are shown instead.

Oh yeah, I'm alive. Tired, but not. Went to bed at 8.30pm, but couldn't get to sleep: had about 2 hrs plus 1 hr at 11am / 3pm this afternoon.

Ohh, this morning I got myself a new compass. Just a basic baseplate Silva. I've wanted one for a while, didn't want to take my thumb compass tonight. Tonight was the excuse.

It will be interesting tonight though - much less detail on the map. Apparently it is 1:40,000; not the 1:10k I am used to (or sometime 15k). Hmmmmm...

While I'm typing away: why have I not been putting random stuff up on this blog? Well, business, stress are the two main ones. I suspect that the stress will stay around for at least the next 19 days. Ohh well.

So, I'm currently zapping in the microwave the last of the Blackberry and Apple - Prawn style pies (from the freezer). They're supposed to be for desert, but I wouldn't serve them up for anyone (except me). Why? Because they (and the box that is now in the recycling bin) have a tinge of prawn to their smell. Why? Well that's a long story, but needless to say most things in my fridge / freezer do. Silly me.

Anyhow, the prawns were nice when I had them, and the remains have now gone. Oh, it's not really that bad: you would of had to have been looking out for the smell to pick it up, and not have a blocked nose from a cold.

So I'm a tad bit nervous at the moment. Have spent last 24 hours getting as much sleep, eating pasta, vegies, fruit, water etc. Going on my first (foot) rogaine: "March Madness Upside-Down Rogaine": starting at midnight, finishing at 8am tomorrow morning. Should be fun, just haven't done anything like it before. I've down a cycle-gaine - but that was just for 6 hours in the daytime. This is in the middle of the night, on foot. Haven't bushwalked long distances in ages. eek.

Yes, I'm aware I haven't put anything up here for ages. I'll fix that... sometime.