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Thursday 30th July, 2020

Julie had made, hot dogs again - finished off the mustard and sauerkraut Alex left from the weekend. 

Wednesday 29th July, 2020

James the HR guy at work organized Uber eats for us - I got a chicken burger with chips, and they through a second box of chips in.

Tuesday 28th July, 2020

Met the Bulletproof Problem Solving team today to brief them on their content needs.

Monday 27th July, 2020

First meeting with Jess and the leadership - and first renewed portfolio meeting with Bas and Chris. Spent the day reinforcing our focus needs to be on partner channels/product

Sunday 26th July, 2020

Took my laptop and worked at Alex's. Saw Christina and her sister, then stayed around to make potato bake with Alex. AJ had a tantrum after dinner when I through his sauerkraut out yelling "I want my sauerkraut" 

Saturday 25th July, 2020

Cleaned out the spare room cupboard and kept on applying coats of white to the archetraves at Ba Ngoi's house. Came home and struggled to get the new belt on my car - the new neighbour, Brandon, helped me out in between dropping his sister off. 

Friday 24th July, 2020

First time they got us Indian for Friday lunch at Go1. I sat with Thomas, Layla, and Dave to each and chat. 

Thursday 23rd July, 2020

Talked to Geremy for the first time in forever. Congratulated him on his spares box role, and talked about Thomas and COVID

Wednesday 22nd July, 2020

Second meeting with my mentee Bryan - I have my internet drop out, so had to hotspot in the office. 

Tuesday 21st July, 2020

Talked to Adam S, Peter T, and Cat G about roles we're hiring for. Was good to chat to them. We secured Todd M-S as a part timer to help us mitigate our resourcing needs.

Monday 20th July, 2020

First day back in the office after being sick - met with Thomas and Chris to debrief on the board

Sunday 19th July, 2020

Went to mums in the afternoon for lunch - met Boyd's daughter Alicia and her fiance Enock for the first time. I pushed AJ around in the lightning mcqueen car - and he played in the spa room they had.

Saturday 18th July, 2020

Slept in and skipped the Lakeside Happy Laps I paid for with the 86 club. We walked the boys down to the Kelvin Grove market and met up with Jassie. AJ played on the ramps/stairs opposite her unit block. We had a coffee with her and then walked home.

Friday 17th July, 2020

Took the day off sick - first day off since starting at GO1. Just felt absolutely exhausted. Julie went to her mums all day, and came home with a huge batch of spring rolls after learning to make them at her mothers house.

Thursday 16th July, 2020

Woke up on my birthday - Julie had got me a birthday present of a series of jars of garlic in various forms. She made chilli for dinner (I wanted spring rolls), and we watched the first episode of Warrior Nun.

Wednesday 15th July, 2020

Trying to get work done at my desk upstairs - AJ got something in his eye playing keepy-uppy. Had to help him wash it out, where he banged his head into the tap.

Tuesday 14th July, 2020

Came upstairs and played cricket with AJ in the kitchen as I made a coffee. 

Monday 13th July, 2020

Lost my voice by the end of the day - laid down in bed and checked my emails, only to realise I missed my mentee meeting. 

Sunday 12th July, 2020

Went to the Brickhouse and saw Mark and Adam for the first time in forever. Mark told us about his iowaska experiences with the shaman in Peru, and AJ proceeded to pee himself on the seat.

Saturday 11th July, 2020

First Khanacross day in the 86 - it took me some time to get used to things. Did well in the first session, not great in the second. Watched a guy in a white VS commodore with a V8 supercar 'plough' bumper roll the tyre off the bead of his rim.

Friday 10th July, 2020

Jasmine looked after AJ for the day - I was late to her house to drop around clothes for overnight, and afterwards went to Burger Urge to get the 'Big Chic' double-stacked burger for dinner.

Thursday 9th July, 2020

Woke up with a sore throat - called in kinda sick, had to drive in and grab my laptop from Thomas. 

Wednesday 8th July, 2020

First meeting with my mentee, Bryan. He seemed pretty switched on. And old Asian couple of cleaners came into the office later to start cleaning up. 

Tuesday 7th July, 2020

Julie's mum had around and dropped off food - it was big pork chunks, little chicken chunks, prawns, and wontons. 

Monday 6th July, 2020

First sprint planning in the UK with the customer and partner - it went smooth. They didn't get any choice in their selection for the first sprint. 

Sunday 5th July, 2020

AJ helped me wash Julie's car - he played with chalk and rubbed his eyes, giving himself blue eye shadow like a drag queen 

Saturday 4th July, 2020

Dad and Tiz came over - first time Tiz really got to see Kai. She bonded well with him, holding him the whole time whole seated at the dining table. 

Friday 3rd July, 2020

Hosted the first EoW call for the company - felt I did well. Presented the DP process, and the new SI approach with our new UK customer.

Thursday 2nd July, 2020

Stayed up past midnight working to prepare the training on user story mapping - used images from cake wrecks to demonstrate my point.

Wednesday 1st July, 2020

Super long day at work - got caught up in strategy and went to talk to Thomas for sanity