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We had a bit of a fight in the house the other day.. – I came home and found the bottom garage open, the alarm off, and the back door unlocked – and noone home.. It’s a bit of a security problem, plus because things were left unlocked, it means our insurance doesn’t cover it if stuff gets stolen.. So I sent an email to my housemates asking them to be more security concious, and also asked if they could try and keep the house a little more clean.. As whenever I bring clients over, I have to clean the lounge and kitchen first.. That turned into a huge fracas, which has now just turned into a quiet unconfortableness..
Sigh, I can see that living with friends, plus running a business from home isn’t going to gel very well 🙁

It’s been a hell of a week.
Friday I was in Sydney for Boky’s memorial.. The Funeral was up in Warwick, QLD on the 6th of Jan, which I couldn’t make due to work commitments. WHile I was there, I FINALLY got to meet Cat, who I’ve spoken to on IRC pretty much forever. She’s only 5 foot tall, but she’s the bubbliest happy person I’ve ever met.
Sunday, I rode up to Sydney for a bit of a get-together bbq at Tim and J5’s place.. Monday morning we were up with the sun to assemble at Road warriors Cafe on the Old Pacific Highway for an hour and a bit ride to the Crematorium where Maddy’s Funeral was to be held.. Maddy died in an accident on the way back from Boky’s funeral in Warwick. The wake back at Road Warriors turned out really good. South (Maddy’s Husband of 3 months) was smiling towards the end and looking close to his usual self, so being surrounded by friends and family was doing its job.
Now you remember me mentioning Cat above? I logged onto usenet Yesterday (Wenesday) morning, to find news that Cat was killed in a car accident in Tasmania on Tusday night.. Apparently a 75yo had a heart attack and somehow managed to come down the wrong way on the freeway and hit the car that she was driving. So she’s now dead 🙁
What the hell is going on?!

Got back from Melbourne this evening – very cold ride down, and a somewhat wet one coming back!
Was good to be down though – spend Saturday with mum and dad (it was dad’s birthday) – went to a train show, worked on mum and dad’s computers, and sync’d the carbies on the bike..
Sunday headed down to Hastings and caught up with Gav & Simone. Little Ethan is crawling around and trying to stand up and stuff now – he’s suuuuuch a little cutey 🙂
Glasses worked well – think they’re a keeper!

Almost dropped the bike last night! Heading home from seeing The Day After Tomorrow with Kel, Sim, and Josh – Coming around the fold-back from Monaro Hwy onto Lanyon Drive, turned out the road was iced over (couldn’t see it!), so as I get into the point where I normally lean the bike over and open the throttle around the apex of the turn, both wheels start sliding!
OH CRAP thinks I, and shoves my foot down to catch the bike. Only a) I’m doing 30k/h, and b) the road’s iced over, so I can’t get any purchase, and instead i’m bearing the weight of the bike, without being able to actually get a grip on the road to throw it back upgright… Then finally my foot caught on the road and threw the bike back upright. ‘Woohoo’ thinks I. Then the pain hit.. eeeeek. Actually didn’t turn out as bad as I thought – this morning it’s rather stiff and aching, but doesn’t actually hurt (though granted getting on/off the bike isn’t fun as I’m having trouble putting all of my weight on the one leg.)
Ahh well, at least I didn’t actually bin it! Hmm, gonna be a *censored* of a winter 🙁

Well, went back to OPSM, and apparently there’s actually some big differences between my current glasses and the new ones.. So they’ve sent off for MORE new lenses which will be closer to what I have now..
Fingers Crossed…