When mum left, life resumed its usual cadence, although this past week has been an interesting one, particularly at work. A former employee, more than merely disgruntled as it turns out, lodged a formal complaint against us to the regulatory body which oversees Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) in Australia. His allegations are all either false, or at best exaggerated. We have had to assemble evidence to respond to these allegations. In spite of the inconvenience and the disappointment, we feel this investigation against us will turn out to be a blessing in disguise.
I finished work early yesterday so Jessie and I went to Berry Springs for a swim. It was a perfectly excellent and super relaxing way to finish off a challenging week. This morning I went to a men's breakfast at church which was great. Not so great was getting a punctured tyre on the drive home. I got a little dirty and pretty sweaty changing the tyre, but at least I had a good spare in the boot.For mum, and her visit, for my workmates and the way we stick together and help one another, for the beautiful and peaceful Berry Springs, for the men's ministry at church and for my trusty Ford Falcon XR6...I am truly grateful.
What challenges did life throw at you this week? How did they inspire gratitude?
I discovered that I had been driving an unregistered car for three weeks prior to my going to Darwin. For some reason I did not receive any paperwork for renewal of either the car registration or CTP insurance.With no sticker on my windscreen and the rego paper from 2017 tucked away in my wallet, I never gave it a thought.It was only because I decided to change my road service cover that I had any need to look at my rego paper. My gratitude goes to my daughter who handled the pink slip, CTP and rego renewal for me. I was off the road for a couple of days but all turned out all right in the end.
ReplyDeleteHello anonymous. Thank you for visiting Square Pegs and for taking the time to comment. Do you live in Darwin, or are you/were you visiting? That's the downside to no rego stickers, I guess: no visual reminder of the rego status.
DeleteWonderful photo of you and your mum! Glad she had a good visit.
ReplyDeleteBTW, sent you and email this morning - if you don't see it, check your spam folder. It was about an ARC of another book. ;)
Thanks Donna. I reckon you and my mum would get on famously. I received your email and have replied. In short: yes and thank you.
DeleteYour mum sounds like a lovely woman. Glad to hear your week went so well, despite all little twists and turns.
ReplyDeleteYeah, she's all right...I guess I'll stick with her. ;-)
ReplyDeleteBeyond the usual workaday stuff, last week was unremarkable. Today, after a weekend away discussing life, the universe and everything with a lovely group comprised of Buddhists, Christians and the (like me) bewildered, I'm going to try and bring some gratitutde into my week, look for signs of kindess and be kinder myself.
ReplyDeleteLife, the universe and everything can certainly be bewildering...without a particular worldview through which to view it all. I see the world through a Christian worldview, but even then there are things which make me shake my head. Gratitude and kindness are worth more than gold. I wish you well, and I expect you'll be blogging about your journey.
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