Sun Rise Light Flies

As a few more weeks pass me by, I've struggled to find time, for perhaps the first time since I began writing this stuff to write this stuff. With work taking up 50+hours per week and then some, I've had to carefully crow-bar in some activities to keep from going nuts.

Some weeks ago, we hosted our first social function at our new home. A poker night for the boys. It was a great success - espically for Aaron who walked with the majority of prize money! For the losers it was an exit to the houses newly formed games room.

Anzac day followed immediately on - a welcome public holiday Wednesday off of work, reserved for the right to remember Australian war heroes of past and present. Of course the serious stuff is generally over with in the morning and by the afternoon, most Aussies seem to be down the pub playing a traditional once a year only game of 'Two-up'... regular readers may recall me chatting about this last year when I'd arrived in Sydney. So on that note I will use Anzac day more as the rememberance of the time I first settled in the land of New South Wales. Needless to say the evening ended up with a little fun of the liquid variety.

Rock Climbing has started to become a regular activity, my 2nd session a few weeks back being the highlight of a quiet weekend. My body was a little more ready for it and didn't display any of the painful traits it did in the first outting... although I did manage to get myself tangled in the ropes - then find myself having to bail off an overhang giving me a nice big rope burn across my ribcage.

Another week of work careered by, so Friday night it was time to party - or party as much as my tired legs could handle. A trip to the Annandale hotel... a pub gig venue worthy of some such greats as Wolfmother, The Vines and Eskimo Joe - in their earlier days of course. We were there to watch a band from Melbourne called 'The Dukes of Windsor' - who I actually knew before hand, as one of their recent songs has been remixed and played at just about any place that plays remixed songs lately.

Last Saturday, was time to celebrate Mayday. Not in the traditional way that some hanky bearing weird English guys might, or even neo-nazi's through Europe might, but with a costume party with the Mayday them - Aeronautical style! Aaron and myself donned personalised workmens vests, ear mufflers, dodgy baseball caps and ping pong paddles and jumped in the car with Jarrad and Em to join the other partygoing stewardesses, terrorists and security wrapped baggage...