Just to reassure you

no, no, we haven't been eaten by Tasmanian Devils. The blog has been suspended for the moment because we can't get connected to the internet at home until the middle of next week.

I have been keeping the blog on the PC and will post it when we're connected, complete with photographs.

In the meantime, a resume. We have moved into the new flat, which is a huge improvement on the last, not least because we have a bigger kitchen bin (amazing what small things make a difference). We also have a swimming pool; Ella has been hurling herself in with gay abandon. She's a proper Aussie.

The job at the university has fallen through because I just can't do the commute and be available if Ella needs me. They did try to wrangle it so I could work closer to home but it just wasn't feasible. This missed opportunity led me to ponder how motherhood impacts on a woman's career, which led me to proclaim that, in evolutionary terms, it's probably against mother nature to educate girls. Yes, I'd had a drink. But of course, I belong to this generation of "have it all" women, when really the term ought to be "do it all" because that's how it actually ends up.

So we'll be sending Ella down the Kalgoorlie mines rather than encourage her to get herself an education. She has a 457 working visa so it shouldn't be too much trouble.

In the meantime, I have met a man who used to be the director general for health in New South Wales. He's well connected and wants me to send him my CV. I do seem fated to meet these people!

Ella has settled really well into her new nursery and even though it takes me an hour to get her there and return home, it's well worth it for the mental space for me and the running-like-a-crazy hamster-in-a-wheel type thing for her. We've been doing some touristy things like Paddington Market and Taronga Zoo but I'll update properly once we are connected at home.