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Thank you for visiting! My name is Sophie and I am an academic researcher, a wife, and a mum of two gorgeous kids, living in sunny Queensland, Australia, and I write about navigating life, parenting, and career.
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Resort Life Part 2
Quick recap of the rest of our trip, which was great! After the morning at the splash park and bouncy pillow, we went back to the hotel...
Sep 25, 20242 min read
Resort Life
We are here! Current view Yesterday I had the morning with the kids while Al worked, so I tidied/cleaned the house, we did some yard work...
Sep 23, 20242 min read
Staycation
I am on a week break from work, starting from Wednesday this week until next Tuesday. This was really needed after such a busy period,,...
Sep 20, 20243 min read
Saturday updates
This week has had a few highs and a couple of lows. Highs: We got a dishwasher installed! When we bought the house 18 months ago, we...
Sep 14, 20242 min read
What I do for work
I’m pretty devastated because I just wrote a detailed post on what I do for work that took me a long time, and somehow only the heading...
Sep 9, 20242 min read
Hello September!
August had some definite ups and downs, but more downs (just SO many work deadlines causing stress and exhaustion), so I’ve been looking...
Sep 4, 20243 min read
This past week
My sister in law and her husband are on holiday for a week in a resort close by. We’ve had a couple of fun visits. We loved catching up,...
Aug 28, 20242 min read
Our Top 5 mid week dinners
Weve got a few reliable dinner options in our house at the moment. Dinner can be a challenge because E loves salad but not red meat, O...
Aug 21, 20243 min read
Weekend recap
We had a fairly low key but nice weekend. I did not work at all (hooray!). All my grants are in, I got a one week extension on my other...
Aug 19, 20243 min read
The light at the end of the tunnel
The last two months have been hard- basically nothing but work, work, work. Including many nights/early mornings and weekends. Plus a...
Aug 11, 20242 min read
Hard things and good things
I didn’t plan to have so long between blog posts but this past week has been hard. Winter in Australia brings illness and a very busy...
Aug 4, 20243 min read
A screen free week
This week, we somewhat spontaneously decided the kids needed a screen-free week, and potentially no screens on week nights going forward....
Jul 25, 20242 min read
Reset Sunday
Due to my current work overload, I originally planned to work Sunday. I planned to take Saturday off work, take the kids out Sunday...
Jul 21, 20242 min read
Hard weeks and silver linings
The last two weeks have been difficult. I’ve been pretty overwhelmed by my volume of work due to grant season (lots of early morning,...
Jul 20, 20243 min read
Mid-year check in
Sarah Hart-Unger suggested a mid-year check in on her recent episode of Best Laid Plans , and it timed perfectly with a) my time off to...
Jul 6, 20245 min read
Family, frost and fun in Melbourne
Pretty little creek near my parents place Returned home yesterday from a great little mini-break to my hometown, Melbourne. 7 year old E...
Jul 4, 20244 min read
Grant writing, train adventures and a trip to Melbourne!
I had planned to write a couple of blog posts last week but it didn’t happen- mostly because work has taken up EVERY spare moment of my...
Jul 1, 20243 min read
A birthday, a sick kid, and a broken down car- the week that was
What a week! So much happened. The week was already going to be busy with E’s last week of term before two weeks of break from school,...
Jun 23, 20244 min read
A good day
Yesterday was a holiday for me but not Al or ghe kids so I had an opportunity to have a “shouldless” few hours and I made the most of...
Jun 15, 20242 min read
June Updates
I was going to do a June goals list but we are almost mid way through June, so I kind of missed that boat haha! So instead I’ll do some...
Jun 11, 20243 min read
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