Digital Memory Palace

Left work early to head to dad's - where Danyal and Louise had already arrived. Spent the evening playing with Ollie and AJ - before playing Jackbox games with everyone. Stayed up with Dad and Tiz for new years

Rush of people back in the office - had a good 1:1 with Chris this morning.  Lunch with Cassidy, Cian, and Hanna at Japanese. Second round of the simxp Xmas challenge, did much better this time - particularly in the figure 8's in the postal vans

Made crepes for breakfast for the first time - easier than I expected. Went to Alex's and had coffee - then into Toombul to buy fitted sheets for AJs bunk bed, and new grey cushions for the couch.

Went to Park Run at 6:30am, but nobody was there - so I went for a run to Ashgrove. On the way back, I saw the Park Run group was assembled - so I stopped and joined in, making it two runs. Serviced Nathan's Focus, then my 86 - took way too much oil out of my car.

Dropped AJ at daycare in my car before work for the first time. Quiet day at work with Cian, Tony, and myself there - they all left by 2pm, so I was by myself for the last few hours. Left work early - picked up AJ - then assembled his Thomas the Tank Engine Rollercoaster style toy he got from Opa

Morning at Dad and Tiz's - went to North lakes for the Boxing day sales and looked at games and TVs. Tim took me to show me some shirts he liked. Afternoon at Ba Ngoi's where we had food and AJ watched a little of Home Alone.

Bribie for Christmas breakfast with mum and Boyd - met his sons Matthew and James for the first time. Night at Dad and Tiz's - where we played Jackbox party on the TV together.

Last day in the office - went to the shops to get tiramisu ingredients for tomorrow. Forgot the ameretto, so took AJ to Kelvin Grove Urban Village and got it, before giving him time to play on the big stones outside Caraway Pier fish shop.

SimXP Christmas event - raced 'The Beast' presidential limos with a 'blue shell mode' style system where an alarm went off and the person in 1st had to come to a complete stop.

Dropped AJ off to Boyd's place at Bribie Island - watched him cook sand crabs. They watched AJ as we watched Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker  at North Lakes.

Day at the beach at Maloolaba with Tim, Dad, and Tiz - dad tried to surf and we tackled each other off the boards. Dinner out - AJ and Tim played with the coloured table lights - Dad help two of them up to AJ to look like breasts

Final Christmas roast lunch at work - then drove up to the coast for a weekend away. Couldn't get the wifi at the Airbnb - stupidly thought the network name was whiskeymangotango when it was just mangotango

Came home - AJ had broken the RCA jacks to the speakers by pulling the speaker out - but thankfully the pins snapped out of the jacks, and not inside them.

First time doing an escape room with the S&D team for Christmas - did a prison break where we were split into two teams. Did OK - but didn't make it to the very end, and had to rely on a few hints.

Met with Layla for the first time at work - we shared similar views on a number of points. Home got a run - then wrote a reference for Ngoc for a Thai company she applied to.

Came home to a boisterous AJ - who was attached to my leg like a koala licking my jeans as I ate pizza and tried to relax. He found it hilarious to hold onto my leg as I tried to walk around

Gym with Alex in the evening - PB 1RM squat of 140kg. Wasn't great depth, but was otherwise good. 1.2h enduro race - first time I did a shoot out quali, and managed 8th of 9.

First night we've left AJ with Jas and mum. Took Julie to dinner at Eagle St, followed by a movie.

Went to Dave's 34th birthday party at Chermside - talked to Curt and then played DDR with Dave at the arcade.

Tried to have fun with a Hyundai i30 N with a big orange stripe on the way home - no interest. First long run on the new Kipchoge shoes - was going ok until I got something in my eye in the Botanic gardens.

Drove Hanna from work home back to her apartment, where she's staying as she's over here from Malaysia. Went to the gym - bumped into Natalie and Luci at the entrance, where we talked about Luci's job situation and Nat and I went into the gym as Luci left to go home.

SimXP race night - Escorts at Bathurst. Just couldn't string it together and finished last in both races, with best laps seconds behind everyone. Stuck around after to watch the 2019 SimXP awards YouTube video - laughed at the Beyblade incident being voted the best of the year.

Met with Don at work - got his feedback on our target approach, portfolio view, and agreed to try a first customer project through the mechanism. We sat in the Fish Bowl room at the front of the office - and shared stories on martial arts.

Hung out with Julie's friends at Redcliffe. The markets were on, but we just stayed at the park just beyond the end of the market.

Morning Cars & Coffee run with Adam - first time I've taken him out there, or in the 86. Did a mountain run after. Netherworld with the work crew in the evening - played monopoly and won.

Caught the CEO, Andrew, on the way in - and we talked about some business topics. This lead to a meeting shortly after, which turned into a rather robust discussion together.

Took home books from work - they're free so I grabbed leaders eat last and another one on mental models.

Helped Susan prepare for a client meeting - she got rather upset, but we sorted it out with Don. Raced the Escorts at classic Imola with SimXp, came last.

First run on the street with the new Nike shoes like th Kipchoge marathon record shoes. Ran the short 6k loop around Victoria Park and the Hospital.

Drove home from work and had some 'fun' with a blue Golf R coming into the city just near the Clem 7 merge. Gave a thumbs up as he pulled off to exit.

Took AJ to play on the indoor gym outside JB at Chermside. We say another Asian family there from his day care