by melanie | Jul 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Working for a university, I am often out of my depth writing overviews, promoting events or captioning images because I have no idea what the research, event or photo is of. Don’t even get me started when I’m on the phone or in person and have to say a...
by melanie | Jul 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
I spent at least $75 on eating out this week, including two days when I purchased breakfast, lunch AND dinner. It wasn’t my worst week, but it wasn’t my best week either. Working full time means having money, more money than I did for the five years I...
by melanie | Jul 9, 2014 | Work
…but i’m currently out of the office. I will respond to your email when I return. Out of office emails are poorly formatted , incredibly boring and, truly, a double edge sword. 1. Their immediacy is annoying. Annoying because you sent the email because you...
by melanie | Jun 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dearest Elizabeth, Happy birthday! Thank you for inviting me to celebrate your birthday. Unfortunately business here prevents me from joining with you physically, however please know I am celebrating in spirit here. Late nights, slow mornings, socialising with...
by melanie | Jun 1, 2014 | Study
63 years on I found this photo of my Grandpa on his graduation day in January 1951 a few years back and pulled it out again last week. I showed my Grandpa who had little to no memory of the day, thinking his mother hadn’t attended as the only photo he had was...
