another pic...

That's me on the left and Rob on the right. This stoopid blogger thing isn't letting me post more than one pic at a time at the moment so I've had to do this the hard way *grrrrrr*

Back before you know it

just thought I'd stick up some piccies from Egypt, some I'll post here and some further above (problems publishing more than a couple at the mo). Amongst them are a rather graceful looking but dangerous Lionfish which I was belly to belly with on one of my first dives, and a Blue Spotted Stingray which Similarly I came face to face with. Strangely enough I was pretty wary of the Lionfish and not at all worried about the Stingray, then I come home and am greeted with the news of the tragic demise of Steve Irwin at the barb of a White Spotted Stingray. Poor bastard, he would *have* to be the lonely statistic of being one of only 4 people killed by a Ray in Oz. My heart goes out to his wife and kids, although I reckon he wouldn't have minded ending his days at the mercy of an animal. At least he couldn't say it was a creature he knew well or he'd have looked a bit foolish eh?

RIP Steve, I think you did a fantastic job of raising the profile of wildlife conservation into the eyes of children again. 'Nuff respect.

Jet-Lagged!

Man I'm knackered! Still haven't managed to shake the (measly 2 hour) time difference off yet. For someone who usually goes to bed between 12 and 1am I'm ready for bed around half ten.

Despite the absence of any energy I have managed to do loads this week, including update my CV, contact 6 agencies and interview with 2 of them, apply for 3 jobs AND vacuum the stairs; I can safely say that the stair-vacuuming was by far the most sweaty and exhausting, being as how most of the time I was lugging not only the bloody hefty Dyson about, but also a petrified toddler (he hates the noise).

Anyway, 'moff to enjoy a bit of peace and quiet, shall post some more holiday pics soon,

t'raaaa