Last night my mum and sister were around at my fiancé's place meeting her family. It was quite pleasant and unremarkable really. We keep finding strange crossings of paths though:

• A and I were in the same class for an extension course when we were 10.
• One of our primary school teachers has taught both of us at different times.
• A visited my primary school when we were 12 as part of the school band.
• A's sister remembered my sister from giving her a haircut five years ago.
• A's dad used to live in the same town where my mum used to live. It's a very small town called Gnowangerup, so this is more of a coincidence than it might appear.

Performance Reviews

I was meant to have my performance review at work today, but I'm in Sydney so it's going to be on Monday instead. My tech lead has suggested that I should come up with examples in each of the categories that I'm rated on so that he can easily justify giving me a good mark.

There are some strange categories in the review. It ranges from things like "Quality of Work" and "Planning and Implementation" to "Business Acumen" and "Organisational Information". Even so, I'll probably have a quick look at it tonight and have a think about it. It's good that we've been given the opportunity to contribute positively to the review process.

Flight

I was flying with hand-luggage only today, which always makes things quicker. I checked in at economy class this morning, because the business class queue was longer. The check-in agent reminded me that I can check-in at business class if I want to. It was nice of him to point that out.

We were flying on a 737-800 today. I don't like them as much as the A320s, they feel less roomy. I was down the back in row 17. There was a small child in that row, which is usually not a good sign. But today the child was quiet and well behaved (and not vomiting like the last one). Amazing! There was a bit of turbulence coming into Sydney, but not too bad. We arrived on time, and I grabbed some lunch at Hungry Jack's, then went straight to work.

Weather

In Perth today it's 37 degrees. In Sydney it's 25. Being in Sydney is not all bad.