Ooooooooooo....

I just have to tell you that I got a phone call today about the job that I'd put in a transfer for, asking me if I was still interested in it. They're organising staffing now, and she said that it "looked promising" that I'd be selected but that I would find out definitely next week! Woo hoo!! Several of you kept asking me about it and I hadn't heard anything more til today- but your good thoughts must have paid off- keep crossing your fingers and toes until next week though!

In other news...

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Happy happy Australia Day to one and all! Yessss, it's more than just a day off... The official Australia Day site tells us that: "On Australia Day we come together as a nation to celebrate what's great about Australia and being Australian. It's the day to reflect on what we have achieved and what we can be proud of in our great nation".

I don't know about you but I love Australia and am very proud to be an Australian. For those of you who have looked at the web site- yes, being an Australian means all that- but it's also more than that... as the following outlines:

You're not Australian until...

1) You've mimicked Alf Stewart from the TV show Home

and Away's broad, Australian accent, eg. "push off, ya

flamin' drongo!"

2) You've had an argument with your mate over whether

Ford or Holden makes the better car

3) You've done the "hot sand" dance at the beach while

running from the ocean back to your towel

4) You know who Ray Martin is


5) You start using words like 'bloody' and 'grouse' and

call people 'champ'

6) You stop greeting people with 'hello' and go straight

to the "how ya goin', orright?"

7) You've seriously considered running down the shop

in a pair of Ugh Boots

8) You own a pair of ugh boots

9) You've been to a day-nighter cricket match and

screamed out incoherently until your throat went raw

10) You kind of know the first verse to the national

anthem, but buggered if you know what 'girt' means

11) You have a story that somehow revolves around

excess consumption of alcohol and a mate named 'Dave'

12) You've risked attending an outdoor music festival

on the hottest day of the year

13) You've tried to hang off a clothesline while

pretending you can fly

14) You've had a visit to the emergency room after

hanging off the clothesline pretending you can fly

15) You own a pair of thongs for everyday use, and

another pair of 'dress thongs' for special occasions

16) You don’t know what’s in a meat pie, and you don’t

care

17) You pronounce Australia as "Straya"

18) You call soccer "soccer", not "football"

19) You've squeezed Vegemite through Vita Brits to

make little Vegemite worms

20) You suck your coffee through a Tim Tam

21) You realise that lifeguards are the only people who

can get away with wearing Speedos

22) You pledge allegiance to Vegemite over Promite

23) You understand the value of public holidays

24) Your weekends are spent barracking for your

favourite sports team

25) You have a toilet dolly

26) You've played beach cricket with a tennis ball

and a bat fashioned out of a fence post

27) You firmly believe that in the end, everything

will be ok, and have told a mate in tough times that

"She'll be right, mate"

28) You use the phrase, "no worries" at least once

a day

29) You've been on a beach holiday ad have probably

stayed in a caravan

30) You constantly shorten words to "brekkie",

"arvo" and "barbie"

31) You've adopted a local bar as your own

32) You know the oath of mateship can never be

limited by geographical distance

If you find yourself laughing or nodding to any or all of these, you are truly an Australian- or at least an Australian at heart :-)

So, have fun, stay safe and 'slip, slop, slap' tomorrow mates!