February the mid

All things change and life moves on.  The year 2014 feels like it has just started, except that it's already 12.6% gone.  I've had a dry 2014 so far, and have therefore dropped my BMI by 1.8, and regenerated a few liver cells.  After a January flying solo U/S, I've started training in MRI.  The physics is fun, but a bit of a head spin at times.  I'm enrolling in a UQ MR masters - but how far beyond grad cert I get will depend on finances.

(someone's head, from somewhere)

Speaking of finances, my Taff will be heading off to college next week. I still have no clue as to what she's actually studying, but I guess I'll work it out as the year drifts past. Jen will drive her the 8 hours south, and help her through the registration process.  A few weeks later we'll all be passing through en route to the Melbourne F1, so we'll be able to inspect how untidy her dorm room has gotten...  Cooranbong is a nice quiet town, and is home to mostly happy memories for Jen and I (high school not always being pleasant) and it will be nice to see Taff construct some pleasant memories of her own from that town.  All four of her grandparents live within a few minutes drive of college - it's a pity she can't drive yet - but that's a job for later in the year.

(Probably November, given the purpleness)

Lach has spent the last 3 months on gaming night-shift, but is now returned to keeping normal school hours for his year twelve.  A dirt-bike riding hiatus of two months followed a nasty accident before Xmas that saw him unconscious and ambulanced to hospital for an extended stay.  We are both not pushing it quite so hard on the trails since then - it's all about the risk:fun ratio.  Some risks are just not worth it.

(I'd say it was a Renault engine, probably)

Jen has started writing F1 pieces for thejudge13 F1 website.  I've been a continual fan of that sport for several decades (usually in the gaps between MotoGP and WSBK) but my knowledge of it's history extends no further back than the first races I saw in 1983.   Her research into engine and aerodynamic developments has been fun to read.  F1 starts a new era this year with ERS and turbos etc, but historically these upheavals in the rules have occurred many times - the more things change the more they just repeat history.