Ready to go
Jul. 8th, 2011 05:02 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
luckycanuckI'm off to Sydney in a bit. There will be a party tonight and then two games with the Convicts tomorrow, then probably a nice recovery swim on Sunday morning.
I'm also planning to do my taxes (or part of them) this weekend. The ATO is pretty easy to work with and I suspect that by claiming some of the costs associated with my overseas trip last year I should be able to get a decent refund.
Coffee Snob asked if I wanted to come for a drive just after lunch as she was going into the city. It's interesting to get out of the building. I remarked that I always assume that everyone works and everyone looks and lives substantially like I do. One look around the Canberra Centre early on a Friday afternoon disproved that. CS and I will be having a dinner on Monday, and she is quite a good cook in my experience.
I've now told nearly everyone I want to tell about my leaving. Half of the Shadow Cabinet know, Almost all of the party know, and some former colleagues who have also left now know too. Plenty of people want to keep in touch and I think I will make more than the standard token effort to do so. I suspect I will be back to politics one day, and going back during sitting weeks to visit and attend functions and play touch rugby in the mornings will remind people that I'm still around. I've arranged an interview with another agency for Monday afternoon.
The stock market was solidly up today. I have a good feeling about a number of my stocks that have lagged recently such as ARX and NBS and PVE, though I have prepared myself for VMG to drop like a stone when it comes out of its trading halt.
I'm also planning to do my taxes (or part of them) this weekend. The ATO is pretty easy to work with and I suspect that by claiming some of the costs associated with my overseas trip last year I should be able to get a decent refund.
Coffee Snob asked if I wanted to come for a drive just after lunch as she was going into the city. It's interesting to get out of the building. I remarked that I always assume that everyone works and everyone looks and lives substantially like I do. One look around the Canberra Centre early on a Friday afternoon disproved that. CS and I will be having a dinner on Monday, and she is quite a good cook in my experience.
I've now told nearly everyone I want to tell about my leaving. Half of the Shadow Cabinet know, Almost all of the party know, and some former colleagues who have also left now know too. Plenty of people want to keep in touch and I think I will make more than the standard token effort to do so. I suspect I will be back to politics one day, and going back during sitting weeks to visit and attend functions and play touch rugby in the mornings will remind people that I'm still around. I've arranged an interview with another agency for Monday afternoon.
The stock market was solidly up today. I have a good feeling about a number of my stocks that have lagged recently such as ARX and NBS and PVE, though I have prepared myself for VMG to drop like a stone when it comes out of its trading halt.
