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2009 is rapidly drawing to a close and I have to say that life is going pretty well at the moment.

Since my last post I have had a very busy two months. Some of the events worth mentioning include:

*Indigenous War Graves Cataflaque party (Sun 9 November) - To try and earn some extra money I volunteered for this Cataflaque party at Karrakatta cemetary. The whole event was in commemoration of an indigenous war veteran who had not recieved due recognition whilst he was alive.

*Army Live (Sat 22 November) - Instead of going on the scheduled watermanship weekend up at Lancelin I volunteered to work at Army Live. Unfortunately this one was very similiar to the last few Army Live events that I have been to and was a bit of a waste of time.

*Young Lawyers Commitee drinks (Thursday 28 Nov) - This event was held at the platform bar under the Woodside building and represented a good opportunity to mingle with my fellow young lawyers and do some networking. Following a couple of hours at the YLC event I then got in a taxi around 9pm and headed to the Raffles hotel for drinks with the infoliners (one girl was having a birthday party there). Very drunk by the time I got home, but all in all a great night.

*End of Year Parade (Tuesday 2 Dec) - This whole of brigade event saw us dress up in polys, carry rifles and parade around the 11/28 parade ground for two hours. Like most parades it was a fairly boring event, but it was nice to see everyone dressed up.

*End of Year Unit Weekend (Sat 6 - Sun 7 December) - The final unit weekend of the year was all in all a very cruisy event. Saturday was spent predominantly doing shooting practices at the WTTS followed by some scenarios in the afternoon. Saturday night was then spent at the boozer (learning some old drinking games) after which we headed out to the Mustang bar for a night out. All in all a very good night.

Unsurprisingly, Sunday was a considerably slower day with a morning clean up and volleyball followed by a lunch time BBQ and early knockoff.

* LAWA Christmas Party (12 December) - Held at the Forrest Centre, this event went off surprisingly well. Everyone seemed to have fun, there were no fights or tears and I persoanlly had quite a good night. Following the end of the function most of us continued drinking downstairs, before a few of us decided to head to Carnegies and Ambar.

* Housesitting in Cottesloe (Sat 13- Monday 22 December) - I was lucky enough to house sit for the Wilcoxes again and made the most of the opportunity. On the first sunday I headed to the Cott for a sunday session with Jimbo and his mates and ended up having a really good night that finished up at Clubba.

During the next week I then had a variety of people come and stay with me (such as Bec, Jonno and Davo). I also tried to organise a big Sunday session for the 21st but in the end only about 5 of the army guys ended up coming along (which was a little disappointing).

*CCGS 10 year reunion (Sat 21 December) - This event was held at the Freshwater bay yacht club and went surprisingly well. Prior to going I had been quite nervous about what the atmosphere would be like, but in the end everyone (there were approx 40 old boys there) was friendly and no one seemed interested in carrying on any of the old feuds from school.

*Christmas & Boxing Day(25 & 26 December) - Both of these days were very quiet, family orientated events with the whole family at home for another years Christmas.

In other news, things have come to a head with the boss of the country lawyers program (Jane S) and following a rather emotional meeting on the day of the Crime section Christmas party (Friday 5 December)I have decided that I do not intend to continue on with the country lawyers program following my admission and that I may be better off seeking a job somewhere else. Obviously, looking for a new job is a pretty nerve wracking experience and I am also regretful about leaving Legal Aid because I have really enjoyed my time there. However, I have been there for nearly four years now and it is probably time that I looked for fresh pastures and new opportunities.

Apart from that Simon is back in Perth from Brisbane and I am still seeing a lot of Bec from Legal Aid (things are going pretty well so far).