Ah! The dulcet tones of that 80s one-hit-songstress Jennifer Rush. Probably not very accurate lyrics, and slightly modified in recognition of the ten year birthday of the University of the Sunshine Coast, which, in case you hadn't guessed, is where I work. The uni kicked off its (hopefully) year long celebrations last week with a staff photo and a party. The photo consisted of us all dressing in white shirts and then standing in the middle of a grassy area of campus in the shape of a ten, waving our lovely new free (as a thankyou for participating) Power of Ten* hats for an hour in the heat of the midday sun (thankfully there were a few clouds) whilst various media and the vice chancellor flew over us in a helicopter.
The party was held the following evening on campus, outside the ICT "cheese-grater" building where I work, which was quite risky as it is a bit stormy at the moment and there was an impressive rain storm in the afternoon whilst they were setting up. Thankfully the weather held off, although organisers weren't quite brave enough to place tea lights in the Chinese-style lanterns they'd hung around the place, on account of the wind. There was free food served from Asian-style street carts, lots of free booze and, of course, yummy chocolate birthday mud-cake, each with a little number 10 on it (cute). There were a few little chats and a documentary about the uni and how it all started which was quite interesting. It's a very small university so I knew most of the people on the film. There was also an exhibition in the art gallery of aerial photographs of the uni at various stages of development, including the big 10 pic we'd taken the day before. And we all got a free commemorative book, which was nice. The last few boozers were just leaving at around 9pm when the heavens opened and it bucketed down on the poor techies who risked life and limb to clear away all the electrical equipment.
Meanwhile, I've been keeping busy at work. I'm still dying to sort the study out but have spent little time at home. We popped down to Brisbane a couple of weekends ago for Mindi's birthday. Had a yummy meal and caught up with some friends we haven't seen for a while. Then last weekend it was off to Highfields, near Toowoomba, to see Toby's parents. The house was a bit quiet without his dog, Tango running to greet us. Unfortunately Tang died last year after being poisoned by a tick and this was our first visit since then. Tomorrow we're off to North Stradbroke Island (also part of Mindi's birthday celebrations. This girl beats me with dragging it out. But then she is only 24 so birthdays are still worth celebrating and, to be fair, her boyf surprised her with the meal. Tried to anyway). The boys are very excited as there is some cyclonic swell coming through. Me, not so much, as there is also some unimpressive weather hanging around at the moment bringing rain and wind. The university even keeps threatening to close in case of flooding. Ho hum. I shall take lots of books to read and hope things clear up and that I find a beach which doesn't have waves that will kill me.
So long.
* The Power of Ten is the uni's 10 year birthday logo by the way.
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