Laptop woes

Fine, the blasted laptop (work one even!) had to get all virused on me, giving me a near heart attack just thinking of all those lost data and what not. To make matters worse, I was in Cairns that week ( I plugged into the hotel net and hence my problem started) and had no time to go back into the office to get it fixed by IT!

So with a rush of drama, arrived in the wee hrs of the morning, dropped the laptop off with the Facilities Manager (who is fortunately a friend and I asked a favour of from) who kindly dropped it off with IT while I worked without a laptop for the morning appointment. Fortunately, it was salvageable but it apparently needs a serious case of rebuilding.

Oh well, I haven't lost my data at least - and we ARE up for new laptops soon :).

Will update on Cairns once and Falls Creek once I get my head sorted.

Upcoming work trips this month-

1. Brisbane, QLD
2. Wagga Wagga, NSW

Upcoming fun trips

1. Falls Creek, VIC - to catch the last bits of snow before the season ends.

Spring is a mere day away.. I love my winters, but I do like spring. It is summer I dislike :)

Townsville, QLD (work trip)

Townsville (am)

Townsville (pm)

Well, off I go again on another work trip, to Townsville, North Queensland this time around. I must admit, this quaint lil town is actually bigger than I expected it to be ~ most likely due to the Australian army base located nearby.

As always, have not had much time to look around but my hotel room does have this gorgeous balcony from which the above snaps have been taken (off my camera phone no doubt).

The journey from Melbourne takes approx 3 hrs and flying Jetstar (co-share with Qantas) was an absolute nightmare. Flying cattle-class is fine, but even for me, I found the lack of leg and moving room a tad uncomfortable. Virgin flights are definitely more comfortable, that's for sure. Thank God I will be flying Qantas via Brissy on the way back to Mel.

Just a quick one, I think I should start documenting my trips (work or otherwise) just as a jot. Hey, I might even want to use this to remind me of what a workaholic I am at some point!

Mt Buller, VIC (fun trip)

Taken from the pub (on my camera phone) if you look really closely - you can see snow falling.

On a somewhat spur of the moment, a couple of us decided to do the early morning hike and trek across 2.5 hrs to Mt Buller for some action in the snow. The season has been slow going this yr but surprisingly, we got a good fall thus off we went!

Didn't take pics at all - waking up at 430am and getting picked up at 530 am ~ lack of caffeine~ weather was so so, it really didn't bode well.

At the end of it all, I didn't actually get to go on to many runs. The weather was rather crappy, was foggy and visibility was poor as we got higher but the south side of the mountain was good, but it then started getting very windy and snowing and ice! Opted to stay in the pub and drink after that... :p

Am going to Falls Creek for the weekend tho.. wish me luck!

Sydney, NSW (work trips)

View from my hotel room (taken on the phone hence the poor quality)

In Sydney, NSW for the week - work travel so it is pretty much more "work makes Jill a dull girl mode".

Fortunately it is internal training, getting the new consultants up to speed on roll outs so that they are able to roll out implementations within project timelines and constraints.

Just a quick one, blog has been neglected. Can't believe it is already August. Time is definitely zooming by.

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p/s: Happy birthday to my "baby" brother.Have a good one!