Digital Memory Palace

First time talking to the new line manager - he seemed good and was up late to chat with me while working out of the US. Had a sushi lunch with Jared across the road. Home for a run, and a call with Cehrin to hear that Temando is moving on the next wave of staff tomorrow.

First day at Go1 - got to spend time with Nathalie, Thomas, and Jared - along with a bunch of others. Realised I made a bit of a mess with my contract, but Shaun is helping me sort it out.

Took AJ and Julie to buy a bunk bed at Underwood - he refused to come out from behind a car bed, and we found out why after as he had a huge poo in his pants. I changed it in the car, and it rolled off the dirty nappy onto the clean one - getting some poo on my band and the change matt.

Aus Post delivered the shoes I ordered for AJ and myself to the unit, two pairs of Nikes. Talked to Bec, who invited me to meet Qsuper with her tomorrow about maturity and DevOps.

Took AJ to the Wildlife Park at The Gap - and was surprised to discover the resouviour there. I didn't know it was there - and saw it full of people and watercraft

Hungover after drinks with Mark, so Julie and I had a very quiet day at home relaxing. I got her to drop me off to pickup my car, then I came home and put everything back in place in the garage after finishing the painting.

Coffee with Alex, then a massage at Aspley Hyperdome (or whatever it's now called) - then a drive into Samford, sitting down at the park there and waiting for a call from AccessHQ. Drove Nebo afterwards - before an evening of lifting, with Sam coming along to powerlifting for the first time. Then afterwards, we had beers with Mark Simpson - back from VN.

'Something Digital' conference today - having been invited by the AccessHQ team along. Has beers afterwards - and realized the Mark I was talking to was actually a Mark I've met before, he dated one of Kelly's (Dennis' old ex) friends...

Coffee with Nath and Alex - before preparing and then meeting with the AccessHQ CEO and directors at W Hotel in the city for some beers. Saw a SWAT team style inflatable boat go past in the river.

Meeting with Thomas - drove to a cafe nearby Go1 and had a latte with him talking about opportunities. Then went to Ba Ngoi's house and painted her master bedroom.

Got my exhaust fixed so it's not hitting the driveshaft, then came home and painted most of the garage before I ran out of paint.

Afternoon at Evan and Hermione's house for Charlie's first birthday - it was on a narrow street in an 80s brick house in Lutwyche. The kids decorated paper hats, then I drew a dead body style chalk outside of AJ on the concrete.

AJ crashed into me as I was sitting on the phone to mum, and proceeded to bike my penis through my shorts. 

Meeting with Mark from AccessHQ at Billycart at West End - got on well, talked a lot about books, scotch, the Agile movement as a whole, and explored that they do. He gave me a lift home after - we walked past a beautiful red E-type Jag parked in the carpark.

Beer with Dave Boyle in the evening - we cancelled a drive to hang out. The girl singing at the Story Bridge Hotel was so loud.

Met with Kelvin at Chermside over a coffee from Archer coffee - watched AJ run around the courtyard, running along the garden edges and pushing the pram around. He pushed it up the steep embankment, then let it roll down - forcing me to jump out of my seat and grab it.

Second time to see Margie @ Trevor-Roberts for feedback on my resume/cover letter. Accidentally I thought it was 11am, so drove to Toowong early. Ended up getting lunch for Julie/AJ while I was there - then walked back past a white Porsche 718 GTS, went home, then came back later.

Woke up at 4am and 6am with AJ having runny poos and feeling rather unwell - spent most of the day sleeping and watching movies with him.

Coffee with Andy and Emma at Teralba Park - went to Brookside after with Andy following, and the boys all had lots of fun playing as Andy looked for new shoes for Harley.

Watched Kipchoge break the 2h marathon for the first time - Christina was over after we'd just given her Julie's old Galaxy Note 4.

Went to the Porsche dealer with Alex - looked at a bunch of 718's and a 991.2 GT3 in black with Martini stripes. It was raining, so we had to run from the car into the showroom.

Worked at the state library this morning for the first time - sat across the table from a young Asian student who was wearing a had made of cardboard pieces of packaging.

Wrote my learning from LAST 2019, then got a call from dad to give him a lift home after dropping his M3 in for some warranty repairs. Julie arrived home and the door jammed shut - had to call Jas and Laughy for help. Butchered the door into pieces to get it to open again - thankfully the new door has been ordered.

Julie fainted today after feeling light headed after gym - I caught her falling just outside our bedroom, sat her down, then got her over into bed. Declined the offer to 3Dot Digital, then had a call with the team at ShippIt.

Second basketball game - won by a point in overtime, then drove to Ipswich to pickup fog light surrounds. Took my shoe off at home, discovered my big toe on my right foot is split right open and had been bleeding.

Saw mum for the first time in 6 months - I invited her around for a coffee. Took AJ to the park, where he found an opened seed pod that looked like a starfish -  he took it home with us.

Took AJ to Sandgate, dad came and we setup the toddler seat on his bike - and he took AJ for rides up and down the esplanade

First LAST conference I've been to - was a great day listing to the people there and learning. Met James and Mark from a quality consulting firm, Melody from Auto & General, and Arthur who was focused on behavioural psychology. Got a call from the CEO of the startup group - expect to get another offer from him on Monday.

Meeting with Bec from Whiteboardpeople, talked about some opportunities and shared stories on the challenges of writing. She gave me her book 'Accelerate' to read. Follow up meeting with the startup group - it was a very odd session, where I felt I was being sold to. They never answered my money concerns.

First day to try and relax since Temando shut-down - got my wheel back from Stylish wheels, then spent the morning with Alex over coffee. Went for a drive up Mt Cootha - had a pair of kids on BMX bikes hear me coming along the top, and gave me the signal to rev the car - albiet, they did it like a motorcycle by holding their hands out like holding handlebars and rotating their hand to rev the bike. First race in the Escorts for Team Drop Bear Racing - did OK in the second race.

First interview with a tech start-up, quickly turned into three interview - first with the COO, then with the innovation evangelist, and then a few hours later with the CEO. Surprised when the CEO told me the salary - it was significantly below market. I ran the CEO through scrum, and the specific application we had in our organization.