You are feeling sleepy, very sleepy.

So, of course my seminar fell on the only sunny day we have had in Wellington for about 2 weeks. Even now the skies are grey and miserable, although at least the driving gale force winds and sheeting rain appear to have temporarily abated.

I didn't take the first seminar session, leaving me able to observe. I was suitably impressed that a couple of old blokes in the front row (and directly in front of the lecturer's podium/control centre) dozed off almost instantaneously. Apart from over-running a little, all seemed to go well. I even managed to rampage through Architecture, Art & Hieroglyphics in an hour, which has the huge advantage of leaving little or no time for questions. Genius.

Now nothing to do except keep my head down and get ready for the actual trip in January 2008. Think I might start justifying the purchase of an mp3 player with more memory for the trip.

But that was last week and this week is obviously not.

Having used the terrible weather as an excuse to flake out of running, along with Jo's enforced work-related absence in Auckland - if she is away I am responsible for all dog exercise (two walks a day) and Gert has more than convinced me of her dislike of jogging - the only moderately inclement conditions today meant that I got my backside into gear and actually went for a run for the first time in a couple of weeks. It was a sweaty red-faced affair, I was smirked at by a goth/arty/alternative type individual and succumbed to the pompous mindset of "well, at least I won't die of coronary heat disease, maybe, well, perhaps a couple of years later than if I don't jog". Ugh, I hate myself for that. Must be growing up if I am rejecting my instinctive super judgmentalism.

Yes, this week has mostly consisted of my voice being trashed from non-mumbling at the seminar, headaches and grumpiness that I consider to be directly related to the severe sleep deprivation caused by the bog-awful & incredibly noisy weather, mixed with a bit of scowling and bitching because Jo was on another business trip.

Oh well, it's almost Saturday and I may just go & watch "Downfall" on DVD now. If the player agrees.