Archive for November, 2002

New job!

Posted on November 25, 2002 ~ Filed Under Diary

Superstition prevented me from mentioning this sooner, but I’ve got a new job. I started today at the Policy Studies Institute as Website and Publications Manager. Or is it Publications and Website Manager? Any which way, you get the picture. I manage some publications and some websites… Many thanks to Céline (not Cèline) for her […]

Domestic bliss

Posted on November 18, 2002 ~ Filed Under Diary

Thirty years of commitment
I’ve just returned from celebrating my parents’ thirtieth wedding anniversary. We had a lovely meal in the family home and drank champagne. My father cooked the meal that my mother bought, and we discussed home decorating, problems at work and finance in a true family style. The catch? They’ve been divorced […]

A whole new world of pain

Posted on November 11, 2002 ~ Filed Under Diary

Leg waxing
Last weekend I waxed my legs for the first time. And it hurt. A lot. Why do women do this to themselves? I guess my question is on two levels. First, what’s the big deal about body hair? And second, why the pain of waxing when you could shave? The body hair thing […]

Seeing the world and paying the price

Posted on November 4, 2002 ~ Filed Under Diary

Travelling doesn’t necessarily change your life
On Sunday, I saw my father for the first time in ten months. He’s been travelling around the world in the style of a gap year student, and has returned to some decisions about his future. It was odd (and good) seeing him, as I’ve probably been more in touch […]