November-a-go-go

I haven't had a great deal to update about. Life is puttering along as life does. Hay feaver season is upon us and I am happily stocked up on antihistemines and kleenex. Apparently Melbourne is the hay feavor capital of the world, and I'm pretty sure my street is the hay feavor capital of Melbourne.

Uni is going well. My supervisors are very pleased with the quality of my writing and are happy to have me spend a bit more time producing a really complex and well crafted piece of research, which is great because I know that if I can work at my own speed what I will produce will be well worth the wait. I'm currently turning up the gears and working on getting my proposal off the ground. My practice run will likely be next month. That means that I will be super busy and if you do see any new updates from me, it's because I'm in avoidance mode.

I am planning on coming back to Canada in 2009 for sure now, though many of my other travel plans have been pushed aside. I don't know when in 2009 I'll be back, but it's looking like some time between March and June. I'm thinking of staying in Canada for 6-8 weeks, but we shall see. I'm hoping to get my flights booked in January. I'm also hoping to be able to make enough money to pay my rent while I am away since I will likely be suspending my candidature and therefore not be receiving incoming funds. There is a lot yet to be decided.

Christmas decorations and merchandising has officially started here. It is completely surreal to be walking around wishing you had worn something lighter because it's actally quite warm, and then stumble across a crowd of families with small children lining up to get a good look at the Christmas display windows at Myer. The windows have snow in them, just the rest of the country's got it wrong. Then treating yourself to an icecream to cool down while "I'm Dreaming of a White Christmas" is blaring in the background. Apparently in Australia that means spending Christmas at the beach. It's not an altogether unpleasant suggestion, though I suspect I'd end up with sunstroke, hallucinating reindeer. Perhaps I will buy a festive Christmas-in-summer hat to replace my traditionally worn elf hat.