It's been almost two weeks since I've updated this thing.  My memory is a bit hazy.  A week feels like an eternity.  Since last time I finished off with Power Supplies, only 4 more exams to pass and 6 more wednesdays to go before I'm out of this nightmare and into a slightly less worse one.  

I cleaned up facebook to get rid of the people who give me headaches, had a nice chat with syl and saw ingrid using skype last night.  I think I'll use more of that, it's great.  It's like I'm sitting there with them except I'm stuck in the computer.  Concerning the master's degree - I've decided to start it up in the fall instead of waiting until I'm 3s qualified and hoping the military will pay for it.

It has nothing to do with my job, so I don't think they'll pay for it.  I know I'm barely making it now, but I feel by August/September I'll have enough money to afford to start one course.  The housing market in Victoria has collapsed and prices have gone back to 2007 levels - that basically means the house has depreciated by about 50,000$ in 4 months.  Selling it is unwise now, so is never seeing my family again, and so is renting.  What I'll have to do is wait until I'm 3s qualified and hope I'm posted back to Victoria, if not then we'll have to rent it out and take the financial hits and wait for things to improve.  If we cannot find a renter then I'll have to sell to break even - my hope is that things will have come around by next year.  The house was meant to be an investment - I planned originally to live there slightly over one year - it's been 3 now.  Well, all plans are slaves to chaos - and my old friend chaos killed that one. 

I feel the markets will slip hit rock bottom in fall with single family homes going for around 300,000 (meaning they dropped about 25%) and staying there for approximately 5- 6 years before another economic upswing. 

Oh yes, my grandmother died this week.  She was a great woman, and I'll miss her very much.  I am very glad I got to see her while she was alive (sorta), and I believe she heard me when I visited and got to say goodbye.  Still, she made it to 80 years old, with diabetes and a bad heart.  I feel bad for my granddad - I hope he can get over this and enjoy life a little more before he goes.  Death is a horrible abomination - however the pain from it is worth the joy you get from the relationships that make living worth it.   It is perhaps a secret of life that the relationships we have with others - the good and the bad times, is what defines us as emotional irrational animals. 

It was great to visit my old home and see family.  Actual people related to me!  I've changed a lot over the last 5 years - or they have.  Everyone is now old.  Old and short.  

I should probably take a shower then head out to print off some businessey things and get to work.  Ha - I almost thought I would be bored today.