Almost a month later and I'm still sick. Turns out I had sinusitis, and it didn't clear up after the first course of antibiotics. So then I got a secondary infection (which was actually quite painful) and am back on antibiotics. Oh well.

Last weekend where gradings for Iaido and Jodo. I'm happy to say I passed both gradings :) I am now 4th Kyu in Iaido, and I double graded to 1st Kyu in Jodo. Go Me!

Things are taking an interesting turn at the Dojo. While Rebecca is leading the Kenbu side of things, I'm left to teach it about half the time as Rebecca and Marcus help out at the Mt Lawley Dojo on Mondays. Sure we've only got one regular student, but it's odd being put in a position where you have to instruct someone, especially since Kenbu is fairly new to me as well. I'm not sure how to go about that, and I'm a little worried that I'm doing it all wrong. We're also helping out at the Curtin Dojo on Saturdays until they can organise something perhaps a little more appropriate (if at all). Again, we're put in a position where we have to instruct, where we're probably not really best equiped to do so.

Through all this I'm wonderring: where are the senior students during all this? Why are we, junior students, doing this? I don't mind though, it's fun and hopefully I'll get something out of it if I don't bollocks things up too much.

Work is actually fun at the moment. Recently I mentioned I went to that Apple training course. While a lot of it was boring basic level stuff, I did manage to pick up a lot of useful information. So I returned from the training course and got stuck into setting up and deploying all the new shiny 20" iMacs for various staff members. From scratch. This included installing, securing, integrating into our network environment, reimaging, licensing, and documentation. I'm quite happy with the work that I've done with it so far. I've got two deployed to staff so far (as test cases), and after a few teething issues it seems that everything is ready for the rest of the staff. The last thing I'working on is a document titled "So, you bought an iMac". It's been a busy two weeks doing all that, but I'd say I've learned and achieved a lot.