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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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6 on a Saturday

I’m back in my office at work! After a water “incident” (disaster?) in our work building in July, repairs needed to be done, and we were...

Oct 19, 20242 min read

77 Days

There are 2.5 months, or 77 days specifically, left in 2024, and I've been considering what I would like to achieve for the rest of the...

Oct 15, 20244 min read

Weekend Recap

I needed a restful, enjoyable weekend, and that's mostly what I got. The rest of my week after I returned from my interstate work trip...

Oct 14, 20246 min read

Blog post number 50 - hello from a work trip!

I did a count and realised this will be my 50th blog post, which feels like a milestone. I started my blog in March I believe, so I’ve...

Oct 9, 20242 min read

Birthdays, planners, walking and other things

I started to write a blog post a few times over the past week but didn’t manage to finish, it’s been such a busy week. The weather has...

Oct 4, 20242 min read

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