Back door

I had an "awkward" moment today on my way to the gym.  The route I generally take while I'm working in Pipitea is via parliament grounds, down this passage way pass the rose gardens, pass the MSD statues and the up the Terrace.  And just for completion, I generally come back the other side of parliament.  Don't ask me why, I guess its a minor variation to the route.  Although sometimes I stop in parliament grounds on the way back and eat my lunch - not that I really have time to do this - I just prefer not to eat my lunch at my desk - which is not to say I don't eat at my desk, becasue I do - fruit and stuff, for completion.

Anyhow, there is this backdoor at the back of parliament - often I see fellow policy wonks or peope I know or have worked with appear out of the door circa lunchtime.  However, today, just as I was passing the "door" there appeared Lockwood in his suit and gym bag.  I'm not sure why it was awkward.  I've seen him in his tennis whites, and he's seen me in my lycra.  I think it was awkward becasue a)we really couldn't avoid acknowledging that we were heading the same place and b) we were fully dressed!  I know, its a strange gym thing, when you you see gym people in a different context.
Anyway, we made brief conversation, so have broken our code of silence which has been in existence several years!!

Very good workout with the young American.  It makes me smile that she plays tracks like "We will rock you" by Queen and "What is love".  I guess its that whole thing songs repeat in different decades - thats what the remix revist thing is all about.

Aiming for excellence tomorrow - a 10/10. Although actually, the first aim will be to get to work early and plow through some work, and then actually get to the gym :/

So, high expectations for tomorrow.  It's all about lifting the bar - moving forward, getting better.
Anything less than nothing left to give at the end of the session tomorrow wont make the excellence grade!