Update

It's been an exciting July so far.
The most exciting part is that my brother and his wife had their first child - Lucinda Margaret. Normally, I look on newborns the same way I look on aliens - odd, not particularly attractive, and baffling beyond belief. But Lucy is just gorgeous. Uncle bias? Almost definitely!










I've had some great weekend trips to the city to catch up with friends new and old, in some cases reacquainting myself with people I haven't seen in a decade. And, of course, what would weekends in Sydney be without paddling on the Harbour? A waste, that's what! Unfortunately, they're also slightly hazardous to my health as KT and I have decided to do the Hawkesbury again. 110km of pain without the usual paddling base and three months of specific training? NO SWEAT! ...

However, it's not been smooth sailing the whole way. The MBA Center have decided, due to 'economic circumstances', to cancel my sponsorship. I only got the news about half an hour ago so I won't write anything more for fear of saying something I'll later regret. But I WILL say that my faith in this particular company has been crushed irrevocably, and that, after three months of waiting, I'm now back to Square One and don't feel particularly optimistic about my immediate future. C'est la vie, non?