It's Friday, but I do indeed have next Wednesday on my mind, when I'll head out to the airport in the afternoon for the flight to the UK and a drive up the M1 to Nottingham on next Thursday morning. It's been a cold, wet and miserable day in Sydney, weatherwise at least, so I can think I'm being conditioned for the weather I'm about to experience between now and the end of the year in the UK, but that would perhaps be unkind, given the 21C temperatures in the UK at the moment.
That being said, I did have a productive day today, meeting up with my former VC from my Macquarie University days, Emeritus Professor Di Yerbury. Gracious as always, she kindly hosted a lunch at her harbourside apartment, where we were joined by former colleague and good friend, Richard Braddock, and Di's Executive Officer, Mercedes. The conversation ranged far and wide and we managed to identify a variety of opportunities for the future in the process. It made the 'joys' of the train ride into and out of the city worthwhile.
Tomorrow's going to be a big day, as we welcome the family and other friends over throughout the afternoon and evening for a farewell barbie and a few quiet medicinal glasses (and perhaps a few noisier ones later in the evening :-)) I'm more excited with each contact I have with Nottingham about the decision being the right one as far as a place to work and a group of people with whom to work but I'm also working hard on containing my (fear, trepidation, uncertainty, concern - I'm not sure I know what is the right word here) regarding the move to the other side of the world, albeit to the country of my birth, and away from everything I know on this side of the world. Ah well, yeehah! :-)
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