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We’re about the renovate at home. In theory it starts tomorrow. Actually it was meant to be today, but the weather wasn’t great. So, basically, half the house is getting gutted and another 50% is getting added on the back, good cos its too small otherwise. Problem is this is going to mean 5 months of people waking me up with noisy equipment at some insane hour like.. 7am. By law, builders can’t start work before 7am, so that’s kind of cool - 7am still sucks however though

So, if you have a spare room around the sydney region, and can put up with me for a short while..
We had our last bbq out on the deck (first thing that will be ripped down with the renovations). Kind of sad actually, the whole pergola/deck has served us well over many years of hot aussie summer days, bbqs, christmas events, etc. Due to silly local council laws we need to maintain a percentage of grass on the property, which means we cant immediately build a new deck out on the back - it has to be something small to fit in with the local limitations. So, the end of having a large outdoor area..

Fare thee well old friend! And bugger you 7am

But whose counting
Bit more on track now. Last week was a disaster, got shit all done as far as work went. On every other front it was great however! Back rehab continues to go along well, keeping up the gym, feeling better already over these past two short weeks. March on!

Trying to remember what I did last week. Thursday night caught up with Shant, an old primary school friend. Its great to hang out with people from so far back - I wouldn’t recognise anyone from that era anymore, let alone actively do stuff with them. Thursday was also a legal meeting for the company, which was tops - good progress there. Friday we did drinks to celebrate adelaines first job (congrats!) - and what a rockin night! Cabana bar was awesome as usual. Quite a few of us there, so great times with everyone. Adz finally met us all after work (and unfortuantely after last drinks), so we went off to the cremorne hotel - never been previously but it was actually ok. Open really late, drinks weren’t too overpriced, but the main point was by this stage it didn’t matter, it was an awesome night. Finished up at maisys at like 3am, latest coffee run ever, probably the most unnecessary too!

Saturday was the case of two fionas. Had lunch with the wizardlover13 one at north sydney in the day. Whale of a time! haha. Went to the farewell of the tall one that night. Saw children of men (again.. hmm) on the outdoor screen - which itself was quite an experience. Bon voyage to fiona d, and all the best overseas! After that met up with the remenants of the nights cabana bar crew, mark gem and debs, and (being sober) drove them to maisys (yes, again..). Actually pretty cool, quite laid back, and mark storys first time there too - yet another convert, woohoo! Also, out of the blue, we ran into adelaine there, haha. Small world!

Sunday was a quiet day in at home. Neighbours down the road recently finished a rather extensive renovation, and I popped in there for after dinner drinks - right when monsoon type rain began. Awesome view and vibe from their new family room out the back, felt very holiday-ish. Funny, right now, anything holiday-ish that takes me away froom the day to day grind is great.. counting the days till the next break!

So yeah, last week was pretty awesome I guess, work aside. Back at it this week.. onwards ho. Feeling fitter is a big deal for me, and I am, so.. that’s a big motivator

So yeah, its been a challenging week. Definitely really hard trying to adapt to 9-5 type wowrking hours. I’ve been really tired all the time, which generally annoys me a lot. Give it a bit more time!

Started back rehab last week. Wont go into the details of it, but my back issues are substantial. One bone is connected to the next - so true. I go in with back issues and they start working on ankle issues heh. In any case, so far, its been great. While I’ve heard most of the physio points before (been around that block a billion times), its nice to have a regimented two day a week plan - forces me to get active. The main thing I hope to gain from this rehab is motivation, and so far its working. My back pain hasn’t really stopped - its very on off, mostly off - but when it goes on (like last night), its on all day - absolute motherfucker. Over time it will get better. But more important is building up core strength and stability. This is the key to improvements in many areas.

Some say its an odd view, but I have long since seen the body as a system of continual updates. Calling it a computer system needing upgrades is crude, but it makes a good analogy. Right now I’d say I’m going through firmware and software upgrades - hardware upgrades done for the time being. I know full well on the horizon there is more work to be done, surgery etc down the line, but I dont fear it at all.. I look forward to it. Really is a machine. Things need improving, things can be optimised, boom. I’d happily install a new ankle, but I haven’t found any good prices on ebay
Changed my gym membership over (*swish voice… to a platinum membership at fitness first) - god I hate fitness first as a company, but the fact there is one just around the corner from me is awesome. Costs more, is pretty swish, but damn, the convenience is great. Went for the first time on sunday, a good feeling! They are open late-ish, so that should help too

Saw a PS3 for the first time last week, wicket. Ubisoft had a sales promo thing for EB etc, so that their staff will push ubisoft games I guess. Anyhow, the event was very much on the cheap, but GRAW2 on 360 looked wicked (except the bloody grass, so last-last generation, urgh! yes stephen - I have at least one issue with everything ;). The PS3 itself looked hot hot hot. What it was running was not not not. Some shitty old ubisoft flight sim game - blazing angles. Snore. Ran bad (ran worse on the 360 tho) - ugly, old port. Show us something decent! Would have loved to have seen warhawk running on it instead! Speaking of 360s, I plan on getting one soon, but not too soon.. need a new monitor first, HD yada yada

Weekend was chilled. Drinks friday, chillin saturday, movie coffee etc sunday. Three types of events for three moods with overlapping mates, rockin. I need to drink more tho

The new season of 24 is awesome! As is top gear. I hate watching them an episode per week (now that I’ve finally caught up on all of them) - having the dvd set and playing as many as you want is definitely the way to go. Alas
Oh, and I’m temporarily clean shaven. Mistake. I miss my goatee already. This will be ammended for the weekend!