Health
Woke up on Saturday with a bit of a sniffly nose. Ignored it for the day. Woke up on Sunday with a more sniffly nose. I figured I wouldn't let a sniffly nose tell me what to do, so I cycled 25-30km and then hauled myself up some walls. Interestingly enough this got rid of the sniffles for a while. Woke up this morning and the sniffly nose was back, and it's currently being kept at bay with a mixture of codeine and other chemicals, which have also dropped my sensory perception significantly.

Houses and stuff
Things seem to be going okay. I'm awaiting a few phone-calls from the banks to say that they like me enough, and then I'll be making an offer on the property. I'm feeling a lot better about the whole thing now. Even if we don't buy the house I feel a lot better off for the experience, knowing how everything works.

I'm sorry to hear that ajv is having problems getting a home-loan. If it's any help, the banks seemed to be much happier when I mentioned that I was poached by my current employer.

Rockclimbing
Jacinta managed to climb the "training wall", which is the first of the big walls out at Nunawading. This is excellent, and I'm very proud of Jacinta's efforts. She was rewarded with a free mexican meal.

Fish
Dan Golembo was telling me about fish in Russia that are harvested for "black caviar". Apparently one of these fish can contain as much as 100kg of caviar -- which makes it one HUGE fish. Unfortunately it seems that the fish are being hunted to the brink of extinction, as the black caviar is such a sought-after commodity, and their natural habitat is becoming polluted.

Remind me not to wrestle any Russian fish in the future.