Today has been a pretty awesome day! 

Bit of a sleep-in this morning and then drove up Glass House Mountain way and tackled Mt. Beerburrum with K.  It was even steeper than I remember but we got up it a lot faster than I remember doing it last time. I had my backpack with our water bottles and phones.  It felt like as anything... until we hit the side and suddenly it was really, really hard!!! LOL!  We swapped the pack around a couple of times but eventually made it to the top.  Spent a a little while on top of the lookout just chatting about life before meandering back down.  Then it was off to the Coffee Club for lunch.  Was good and had a lean ham and tomato relish wrap. 

We are planning to go back and have a go out Mt. Tibrogargan in about a fortnight. Last time I went up there was NYE. We got a fair way up before we had to climb... which was a little bit hard to do given the backpack and giant torch in the darkness.  It will be good to have another go during daylight without the extra bits in the hand.  Love that K is so keen to go adventuring with me. Pity we aren't on the same side of the river or we'd make great gym buddies.

So, anyway...  I've been feeling a bit frustrated with my current place of employment and have been pottering around in circles trying to find somewhere else I could be.  I am not even sure how I found it... but I stumbled across a professional entitled "anaesthetic technician" and I just went WOW! THAT EXISTS!?  Yeah ok... so it is the personal slave of the anaesthetist but it sounds awesome!  Yes, a pay cut.  Yes, probably shift work. But goodness... nice controlled environment away from the elements, no dealing with non-emergency patients and looking at all sorts of fun surgical procedures!  So, at this stage, I am looking to drop back into casual employment while I complete an 18 month TAFE course.

I've been such an academic snob.  I've always been against TAFE and diploma wasn't good enough.  But then I did a degree in paramedic which turned out to be less useful than an Arts degree... so I've come to have a bit more of an open minded. 

I did consider going into Medicine and specialising in anaesthetics, obstetrics or fertility. I also considered midwifery.  But I think a year and a half on a wage and a bit will be rough enough, let alone three or longer. It is a scary, scary thing and I will give it some time to make sure I am happy with the decision but I think, the plunge has gotta be taken if anything is going to change.

Here's to a new start!