For anyone who didn’t know, I’d been putting in some pretty long hours at work for most of July. So, when there was talk of a gathing of Sydney Twitter Peeps on the 25th of July, well - that was as good an excuse as I needed to take some time off work, head down to Sydney, and completely get away from all mention of anything related to work.

The “Tweetup” was great - I got to meet a bunch of people I hadn’t known, everyone was friendly and easy to get along with. All up, a great night, and well worth repeating some time. Thanks to Cathy and John for organising the meet. Oh, and thanks to Nick Hodge for the lift (nice red Mini), and listening to me rant a littlelot about some work issues.

I also caught up with Brett for Yum-Cha and went to see The Simpsons Movie too. (Spider pig, spider pig… heh). Spent some time wandering around Sydney Harbour and The Botanic Gardens, caught some random band playing (”innerlight” or “enlight” or something like that) in the park outside Central Station and other things. Got myself a new backpack - this one from Crumpler, and designed to carry both the camera (with lens attached) and laptop.

Spent some time catching up with Mitch (one of my Uncles) - he cooked a really great Roast Pork dinner on Saturday night- complete with crackling and all the rest. Oh, and a Lemon Syrup Cake w/ Lemon Cream Cheese Icing. Yuuuummmm. I should’ve taken photos.

Monday (July 30th) I was back at work as normal, catching up on the things I’d missed, and on Tuesday I woke up with a sore throat. During the day that evolved, and by the time I got home that night I had a full-blown case of something-bad-eritis, complete with coughing, sneezing, shivering and a killer headache. So, I went to bed and basicly didn’t get up until Thursday afternoon. Talk about a knockout bug.

Monday I’m back at work again for a day, before heading off to Tech.Ed on the Gold Coast on Tuesday. The people in the office where I sit must wonder what the heck is going on, because I’ve been away more than present over the last 3-4 months - Google Developer Day, ReMIX, a bunch of remote-working, and now Tech.Ed.

Memorable quote of the day: “Damn you sydney busses, it’s not an alien attack, it’s just rain.” - Warlach