Lunzo in Sydney
Day 7865
Sorry that this travelogue posting is over a behind when the events described occurred. I've been really busy with normal length work days and the usual social and leisure activities.
My morning began at the ungodly hour of 6:25 AM to the distinctive beep of the alarm clock. The beep quickly ceased and all was peaceful again for the next ten minutes. The snooze button gets pressed at least once on any workday and sometimes up to three times before I get up, depending on how tired and how de-motivated I am at the time.
After getting up and dressed I went to the kitchen to make the coffees for myself and Mrs Lunzo. I was shockingly informed that there was only enough regular bread for one sandwich and would have to fend for myself at lunch time. There was also only just enough milk for the coffees and we'd have to have raisin toast for breakfast instead of cereal. Actually, there's nothing wrong with raisin toast, but it was more the shock of multiple provisions running low that startled me.
Breakfast was accompanied by the sounds of Rainbow Lorikeets in the tree outside our window. This too was unusual, however I put it down some combination of daylight savings, the warm weather returning or the fact that flowers are starting to bud on the Jacaranda tree.
After breakfast we hustled off to the station to catch the 7:33 train to the city. The train trip was passed chatting and staring out the window at the familiar suburban backyards going past. A quick kiss goodbye at townhall station and I changed trains to continue the commute to work.
It was a beautiful morning by this stage so I got off a stop early and walked. I do this occasionally, but usually without a camera and via a more direct route up the hill to the office. I walked past Luna Park and around most of Lavender Bay before climbing the ridiculous number of stairs up the hill to North Sydney. I say ridiculous, because I'd descended to a much lower altitude than the station to get to the waterfront for my walk.
After a brief stop to pick up a coffee so I could keep my caffeine levels up I arrived at work. The first thing was to read emails and get the latest version of the code from Source Safe. Apart from reading emails and drinking coffee, I also have time to read half a dozen news articles in the time it takes Source Safe to download the latest version to my computer. It's a real dog of a version control system, and I can't wait until work finally switches to something better.
The rest of the morning is spent fixing minor bugs and testing the fixes to make sure they work, before sending the issue back to QA. The variety is what helps stop the bug fixes from being tedious. I worked on problems ranging from javascript to .NET server-side code to database queries designed to work-around problems with a particular brand of database we support.
At lunch time I did the usual thing, which was to go for a walk around the streets surrounding the office. After about fifteen to twenty minutes of walk I usually end up in a nearby park and eat my lunch there. Today I shortened the walk slightly because I'd ended up a few minutes late taking the long route to the office. But the long scenic route was taken with good reason - photos for this post you are reading now!
I saw Mrs. Lunzo on the train when I changed trains at Town Hall Station. I somehow managed to claim the seat next to her, which is a minor miracle in peak hour. We chatted for a bit and read our respective books.
Instead of alighting at our usual stop we hopped off a couple of stops early to pick up some spick specks for myself. I am slightly short-sighted, which incidentally provides an advantage when using a computer, but also a disadvantage when looking at things in the distance. These glasses make everything more than a couple of metres away look a whole lot sharper and clearer for me. The improvement is most noticeable when driving at night - instead of having to strain my eyes, everything is lovely and clear all the way to the horizon. For those who are worried about past evening journeys with Lunzo at the wheel, I am still licensed to drive without glasses.
Later that evening I had to do some grocery shopping. We had just about emptied the cupboards and fridge of everything edible over the course of the previous week. The store I went to was amazing! It had food from all over the world. Mexican foods were only an aisle away from Indian. Australian meat was in the fridge next to the European sausages. It's truly staggering what variety can be found under one roof!
I stocked up on fresh and non-perishable produce from this superlative marketplace. The Lunzos would eat for another week. Sydney had not conquered us yet with her fickle ways.
Note to Grubs: the photos are meant to link to larger versions, however I keep finding Konrad's guitar instead of uploading my pictures.
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Lunzo's Travelogue
Syfro: Lunzo, you need more outrageous exaggeration and unlikely comparisons! Have you learned nothing?! 
Lunzo: My post was also about half the length of a sample Grub post I compared it to. Still I think you get the gist of it.
GrubLord: Hahaha - oh, you are such a champ. 
RJorb: Bwahaha.
Ranneko: Very nicely done Lunzo!
