A busy weekend

Dropped the boys off at the bus station Saturday afternoon, but it was no occasion to go home and relax. Instead I went to the circus! Cirque Du Soleil is in Brisbane with their Dralion show. It was spectacular, as could be expected, and makes me wish I was an Olympic trampoline artist. Very impressive...
Saturday morning I went to the 1st ever Brisbane International tennis competition. We sat front row on the baseline and it was awesome! Watching tennis live is great because you get to witness all of the player's reactions and can hear them arguing the umpires and each other way better than on TV. Plus the action is great, you really gain an appreciation for their consistency and power.

This was Fernando Verdasco in the Semi's, he went on to the final:

This is Radek Stepanek in the Semi's, he was the eventual champion as he beat Verdasco in the finals. He was very entertaining to watch, very animated and played a lot of mind games with his opponents. He lost the first set of the last 3 matches (quarters, semis, final) but managed to out wit and out last each opponent. He was 23rd in the world rankings before the tournament...

Saturday night my friend's Emma and Peter had a going away gig for themselves... They're off to Canada, the States, and Europe for 6 months together. FYI they'll be in Banff until April, so for all my Canadian friends I may give your phone numbers to them. They're awesome and fun and I'd expect you to show them a great time! For their going away party we did some barefoot lawn bowling, then a great dinner at a crab & steak house, and then some local Redcliffe pub and party hopping.

Sunday there was no rest as I had round of golf with a couple guys from my hockey team. Shot like crap (I'm going to the range tonight). After hockey we had our first game of the 2nd half of Summer Hockey... it was tough after being off for 3 weeks but we pulled out a narrow victory.

And then it was back to work . Last night (Monday) I spent the whole night cleaning the apartment as I hadn't had a chance to restore order after hosting an 18 and a 20 year old for 2.5 weeks and a NYE afterparty... My house is also devoid of all foodstuffs and alcohol. Eventually I'll make it back to the stores to restock the shelves.

Peace.