Surfin’ NSW
August 31st, 2008 | by admin | 119 views
Seattle was great - met some of the Amazon guys that I’ll be working with in the coming year and they all seem nice. Also had a fun time with my manager and the Amazon UK guys we went over with and feel I know them a lot better now, which will make for an even better working relationship, I’m sure.
Back yesterday feeling knackered but have to say, my impression of BA has gone up somewhat after this trip. Very impressed with their service and managed to sleep most of the flight home.
All is well on the home front, and my threat before I went away (to throw everything out of the garden room if it wasn’t put up in the loft by the time sdf went away to Macc next week) seems to have worked. Got home to find everything moved out of it, some of it boxed up and some piled up to be put onto ebay. And sdf is madly working away at turbo listing it as I write. Maybe I ought to be more assertive more often 
Did some thinking while away and have decided to set Hector a task to find me a nice beach front apartment somewhere on the Northern NSW coast, maybe around Coffs. Nothing extravagant - just big, clean, with ocean view, off-street parking, internet access and within easy walking distance (carrying a surfboard) to a beach. Nirvana!
For the next few years, sdf and I can use it as a holiday home and when we aren’t using it, it will be available to family and friends. Decided that there’s no point piling up cash in a bank account, might as well make better use of it - besides, not sure I trust UK banks much these days. Hopefully, he’ll have found a bargain for me in time for next summer’s holiday.
Also decided that I have almost had enough of living in London. Well, I’ve been here over 19 years now so it was only a matter of time. At this moment, thinking we will probably ride out this recession, wait until the olympics have been and gone and then start packing. Massive massive ebay sale coming up! By then, the Australian goverment should have also grown up and started to recognise civil partnerships so that its easier for sdf to get in - I hate doing things illegally but if we have to, we’ll have to.
