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Thursday 29th September, 2022

Worked most of the morning outside on the deck - Jasneet showed me the beautiful pictures of where she's going back in India, near the Himalayas 

Wednesday 28th September, 2022

Worked in the office - watched Thomas put cold yoghurt on warm oats for lunch. Bumped into Marc H, and had a good chat on things - showed him the roadmap coming.

Tuesday 27th September, 2022

The land finally settled today - 20 months late. For a call from Anthony to chat about it before I rushed off to soccer.

Monday 26th September, 2022

Jasmine came over and AJ explained super Mario Sunshine to her. I checked the air filter on my Fabia and crushed the inlet pipe, and couldn't grab the clamp as my pliers weren't long enough. I bought adjustable grips from Bunnings to fix it.

Sunday 25th September, 2022

We drove back from Forster - stopping at Officeworks Coffs Harbour to get headphones for the boys, where I can the rubbish back and fourth into the carpark bin.

Saturday 24th September, 2022

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Boat ride around Wallace Lake with the family - we saw dolphins chasing fish near the boat. In the evening I battled installing a mediocre app to buy dinner from the central fish and chip shop, after we walked through central Forster to find dinner.

Friday 23rd September, 2022

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Took the boys to the beach, they immediately ran in to play. Sat with grandad on his porch to share a beer while the sun set. The boys came out and played on the grass.

Thursday 22nd September, 2022

Drove to Forster with the family - stopped in the in pouring rain at KFC Coffs Harbour. Went into the shopping centre carpark for coffee - each floor was really high 

Wednesday 21st September, 2022

Last day of work before Forster trip - only made it home just in time for the Wizard tech call. Drank beer throughout the call - while Juan warned us of the issues with auth/users.

Tuesday 20th September, 2022

Soccer with the guys - I saw John B from TKD drinking, so put a bag of ice on his neck to say hello.

Monday 19th September, 2022

Watched Kai spin around the living room with a blindfold on while we watched a YouTube clip as a family on the best BBQ in Texas 

Sunday 18th September, 2022

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Drove up to have lunch with Peter and Fran at their house - the boys trashed the place with toys, Mika poured all the cups of water out.   We went with them to the Lake to watch the sunset with Pete's family. Kai was really shivering - Pete gave him a jumper, then he ate an incredible amount of food.

Saturday 17th September, 2022

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Took the boys to Gasworks to get groceries - sat and had a coffee while they ran around.  Found challots in Woolworths, so grabbed those for the pasta

Friday 16th September, 2022

Caught up with Thomas for the first time in ages, he noted how heavy I was looking. Then consoled Jon as he waited for a tow, as his 12v battery was dead.

Thursday 15th September, 2022

Finished the prototype for the intake process in JIRA Discovery, showed Drew and Clem for feedback Met Michaela in the office - as I showed her and Luke what I had done.

Wednesday 14th September, 2022

Had the worst night sleep sick - up every hour or two. Exhausted, but couldn't sleep. Took the family to say care, then went home and slept another 2h before working.

Tuesday 13th September, 2022

Home sick with Ba Ngoi. Couldn't sleep, but was too tired to get up. Watched the first episode of The Rings of Power. Seemed ok. Better than the reports.

Monday 12th September, 2022

Took the day off work sick with my sinus infection, spent most of it resting Finished watching Season 3 of The Boys, where Homelander kills a protester, and his son flies.

Sunday 11th September, 2022

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Woke up feeling really bad with a puffy left eye - dad picked me up and we went out to try VR Motorsports with Nathan. Came home and slept on and off most of the afternoon.

Saturday 10th September, 2022

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Gymnastics for Kai where his nappy half fell off and started to soak through his pants. Took AJ to Archie's birthday - talked to Zane's dad Tony - he told me about his Karate and his injured fingers.

Friday 9th September, 2022

Caught up with Mark Simpson for a beer at Brew Dog. Caught with the setting sun on my face, but eventually is disappeared. Felt woozy after two - so had to order some fries.

Thursday 8th September, 2022

Got called to pickup AJ from school - he wasn't at the office, I found him pack his bag with Miss Curtis. Got Jackpot noodles from Newmarket for dinner for the first time - AJ didn't want the honey chicken.

Wednesday 7th September, 2022

AJ stayed home from school with me. Felt horribly tired at 4pm - struggled to work again until catching up for the second time with Ricardo.

Tuesday 6th September, 2022

Played the team that Luis has gotten into fights twice with. The bigger guy pushed me up against the fence and I had a go at him about it 

Monday 5th September, 2022

Worked late - almost pee'd myself trying to wrap up while the cleaners worked in the office. Came home to eork on the couch to get the POC ingestion form out for feedback. 

Sunday 4th September, 2022

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Father's day morning - Julie was cold and upset. After a joke about my day - she burst out about her dad. Played GT7 for the first time - tuned up a DC2R to start off. Sandgate for lunch with dad, Jas, and Tim with AJ. We stopped to see the low rider on the walk to Jazzies car.

Saturday 3rd September, 2022

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Took the boys out to Sushi across from Suncorp Stadium, was very busy so went to Sushi lovers. Kai was very sick. Took AJ out to the river fire airshow for the first time. A lady stopped me to ask if we could park in the bays we were in outside of the Park Regis. Came home to have a tea, while AJ, Julie and I watched the fireworks from the balcony - then danced around the living room to cotten eye Joe.

Friday 2nd September, 2022

Betty called - land was valued at $625k (from the $515k purchase). She confirmed we're approved. Went to Sunnybank on the way home to get pork. The women beside me cut in.

Thursday 1st September, 2022

First book club on 'Design for how people Learn' - only Julia turned up

Wednesday 31st August, 2022

Talked to Carrie about the challenges with the contract and preventing access to content for 12m

Tuesday 30th August, 2022

Tough meeting on Wizard with the leadership. Followed straight up by a difficult product planning meeting to kick off.   Jared changed the slides, and Cass cried. Got an email to tell me the land is titled, started the purchase process with Betty.