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Sorry its been a while since I last wrote and not the best of timing.

Cyclone night was ok, I moved all my furniture and taped the windows, chucked some stuff in the pool and crossed my fingers as I left. I took Mojo and we went over to work, a lot of the staff had decided to stay there the night, or like me were evacuated. I actually ended up on a roll-away in the engineering department, someone’s office. It was fine, Mo was getting lots of attention, I had a bed and a tv to myself.
We actually managed to keep power, I couldn’t sleep and wondered the halls of the hotel for awhile, sat in the funkhole (what they call the staff canteen ) and watched foxtel for a bit.
I got the shits at 4am ( the cyclone had mostly passed) and I stole a torch and leashed mo up and we walked home
( I live only about 300 mts from work)
I just really wanted to be home. I was over tired and needed some air.
Lots of trees and foliage completely covering the streets, we picked our way home. and I fell into bed.
I still had power, once I woke up, I walked to the underground carpark and picked up the Mini
( I parked it there over night as I only have a car port).
But all was fine. No major damage here.

Mum came back the week after, she is staying here at the moment. She moves out on Tuesday.

I went to Sydney last week, just had some cheap accommodation and cheap flights and 15 days off, so I decided to make a break for it.
Caught up with some friends, did lots of shopping and spent some money..
Was nice to go to Sydney, but this time it was nice to come home too.
I totally appreciated driving the Mini back up from the airport and the hot tropical weather, I jumped it he pool and enjoyed listening to the thunder and waking up at 2am to torrential rain.
And after listening to stories of hotels where some of my friends are working, and their stress and hearing about them driving home for an hour everyday, I just had full appreciation for my current job, and where I live.

I was meant to get a tattoo in Sydney, I had booked in 4 weeks ago, but once I went to my consult, I changed my mind.
I didn’t like the guy, he didn’t have any conviction or sounded interested at all in what I wanted done.
Which was a real pity..
I actually just want the silhouette of three flying birds…
Simple but anyway I cancelled….

I will try the new place in Cairns that has some awesome pics in their portfolio.

Thats all.
Caught up
KIP