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Monday 31st July, 2023

Rushed out after work for pizza with Prags, Laura, and Jon at West end.  A folk community turned up and started playing their instruments en mass. 

Sunday 30th July, 2023

Went to Bradbury Park for the first time - to see Andy and Emma after what has been years. The boys were so big - Harley did some boxing practice on my hands as we lined up for ice cream from the van. 

Saturday 29th July, 2023

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Went for a run during the day - saw Dennis and Maya at the park playing on the way out, and the way back. He picked her up and chased me, and I carried on and ran away.  Took the boys to sushi - after realising Chop Chop Changs no longer took the voucher I had. 

Friday 28th July, 2023

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Drinks with the guys after work - took a spin in Geremy's new T-roc to maccas, where Craig got a big mac with double meat and two extra chicken patties.

Thursday 27th July, 2023

Met Nigel on site for the first time. Thought it was 7am but it was 7:30am - so I killed time by getting a coffee from the racket club. 

Wednesday 26th July, 2023

Finalised our approach to Sync for MVP - with the last sync meeting we'll do. 

Tuesday 25th July, 2023

Met Raph in the content team, and helped show him the previous work on the content roadmap. 

Monday 24th July, 2023

Big workshops to do Q1 planning on Content Gateway - it went for 2.5h, with a break in the middle. Lud joined for the first time, so we could start getting her across the work. 

Sunday 23rd July, 2023

Went to the Williamson's for a BBQ - their friends Vannan and Duncan were there. I riled the kids up - and drank a tiny bit too much beer, so Julie had to drive home. 

Saturday 22nd July, 2023

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Nath came over and we walked to Gia for a coffee. Kai insisted on wearing a helmet.  Checked out the rough in at the house - the bathroom switch wasn't in the right spot. At least the windows were in.  Drove around to but char kway teow ingredients - went to KG, didn't find anything so got a Bahn Mi and sat to eat. 

Friday 21st July, 2023

GenAI showcase - it went really well, with a bubbly Isabel wrapping it up. Sarah's farewell in the office before moving to Iceland - Joyce, Amanda, and V had all flown in

Thursday 20th July, 2023

Handover to Michelle and Susan on GenAI. Went for ages -  I ate dinner as we kicked off, sausages that Julie heated up for me after I called her and asked her to prepare it. 

Wednesday 19th July, 2023

Parent teacher interview with Miss Gibney, talked about AJ struggling to keep on task. 

Tuesday 18th July, 2023

Drove into the office in Julie's car - met Jed in person for the first time, and had an awkward half handshake half shoulder grab, which I mistook for a hug.

Monday 17th July, 2023

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Walked the city and briefly checked out the Japanese model that looked like a reflection at the gallery  - before checking out. Key didn't work, so rode the elevator with the TV of a man putting on make up for the millionth time. Rebooked our flights after the original flight was cancelled. Second flight had to be rebooked as well - the overweight islander lady at the counter was being pissy about it, while the sassy man next to her didn't do much better.  Played airport bingo while we waited for 6h before finally arriving home. 

Sunday July 16th, 2023

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Garden breakfast at Port fairy, then drove back to Melbourne from Port Fairy - drove past a big lump of a hill called Mount Elephant. Walked the city - shopped and bought clothes at Myer, before heading to Grill Americano for dinner where we had a scoop of tiramisu from the bowl.

Saturday 15th July, 2023

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Left Apollo Bay as it rained - drove down a logging trail for 30m worried about potholes, before coming to the red woods and the waterfall. Drove on to get a coffee at the chocolate factory - I lost my plastic to the wind. Walked the steps, pee'd under the ledge - then onto the twelve Apostles, bay of martyrs, bay of Islands, and onto port fairy for the night.  We walked the beach head, then came back and had dinner near a dim fire.

Friday 14th July, 2023

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Flight to Melbourne - picked up the BMW hire car, scrape on the front we took a picture of. Lunch at Torquay - then onto great Ocean Road.  Drove beautiful winding seaside mountain roads - before checking in at Apollo Bay and heading out for beer and dinner. 

Thursday 13th July, 2023

ISO corrective action plan with Kyle and Jon. Jon will talk to John L before we proceed. 

Wednesday 12th July, 2023

Workramp call - talked them through the new content hub. 

Tuesday 11th July, 2023

Margaret went through the integration version with everyone - I felt she didn't approach it the right way. 

Monday 10th July, 2023

Talked to Shaun for the first time in forever - he tried to get me onto a transformation project. 

Sunday 9th July, 2023

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Alex's for a coffee and a hang.  Dennis came over for VR, and we then played in the park.

Saturday 8th July, 2023

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Went to dads and fixed the missing bolt on his undertray. Then went to the house to see it wrapped - talking to dad as Kai slept into he car. Dad followed us home for mousaka.  I fell asleep snuggling into Julie in the afternoon. 

Friday 7th July, 2023

Late back - stressed syncing with ML, then dropped Aslam off, the grabbed beer with Prags. It was really nice seeing him - enjoyed the brown ale. 

Thursday 6th July, 2023

Drove into the new office for the first time to catch CE - but the meeting was cancelled. I set the alarm off when I was there late.  Sessions with Fred/Audric, and Michelle on FY24 planning.Helped guide Michelle on OKRs, and Fred on the narrative for the LXP

Wednesday 5th July, 2023

COD sprint review - disappointing to see that GenAI work wasn't completed. Talked to Duy in the afternoon to review the suggestion API 

Tuesday 4th July, 2023

Saw Jared didn't want FY24 plans but Q1 plans - I aligned with Jon on it, and we grabbed CE to clarify. 

Monday 3rd July, 2023

Spent all day on the FY24 planning work - didn't finish until 9pm at night. Very frustrated I had to do it at such short notice for Jared for EMT. 

Sunday 2nd July, 2023

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Helped dad change the oil on the Everest - we struggled to reattach one bolt on the bash plate. Exhausted, Julie and I slept a little - then I took the boys to Ballymore so she could rest. We played soccer and 'What's the time Mr Wolf' before heading to the exercise equipment and playground. 

Saturday 1st July, 2023

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Took the boys to the Harry Potter store at Samford. Kai pee'd himself twice so we had to come home. Scootered to the park to hang with Den and Maya - then went to their place for cake and tea. It was dark as we left, so we jogged as the boys scooted along. 

Friday 30th June, 2023

Called Bas to say farewell on his last day, thanking him for all that he'd done. Got the go ahead on planning from Jon and Jared. Tried to get comms out with help from Jared, but he wasn't aware of the challenge. 

Thursday 29th June, 2023

Workshop with ADP - managed to secure a commitment to a PO from their senior stakeholder. Thomas did a wonderful job. 

Wednesday 28th June, 2023

Went through the challenges of storing AI generated metadata in the gateway with the team. Oscar was away, and they decided a paper was needed.