Australian Open 2008 - Day 14

Set the alarm to get up an hour early again.  Yes, I went for a jog.  I am getting almost used to the track and I managed to jog almost the entire time from the hotel.  Pedestrian traffic and signals makes that a bit tough (I am not pretentious enough to jog in place at a stop light) but I was at a full jog by the time I hit the Botanic Gardens track and jogged the whole way and back onto Swanston Street.  I still walk for the cool down back to the hotel.  I am usually dead on my feet by then anyway.

Today was a day shift.  That means I got to go out for a decent dinner again instead of eating at the venue.  First and foremost, today was the day to pick up our tuxedos.  We have to go through a last verification of everything we have ordered.  It turned out to be a good trip because the shoes were WAY too big.  I never know how to convert sizes.  I have on a pair of 10 Reeboks, but the 10 dress shoe swallowed my foot.  I suspect it really has to do with how tight I can tie them.  Anyway, the shopkeeper was kind enough to begrudgingly give me a size 9.  It will likely be tight, but they don't rent half sizes.  I guess better tight than looking like clown shoes.

I had a taste for Chinese.  That means going to Shark Fin Restaurant.  I will say that after three trips I can begin to understand why it has so much appeal.  I do recommend the honey glazed Filet Mignon.  I also recommend Tsingtao and I did have two at dinner.

Walking back to the room, I decided I wasn't really quite done for the evening.  To support that end, I made two stops.  The first was to a bottle shop for another $20 AUD six pack of beer.  Once I had put it in the fridge, I headed to Turf Bar for a couple of pints of Kilkenny and a chance to watch the tennis.  We don't really get to see much live tennis, other than over closed circuit TV, while in the venue, so as crazy as it sounds, sitting in a pub watching is a good thing.  Tsonga stunned the crowd and excused Nadal without even a question.

Back to the room and I was still not quite ready for bed.  I called Colleen and caught her getting ready.  I was excited.  Today is the day we'll find out the sex of the baby, and I wanted to talk to her before she left for the appointment.  I told her that I didn't mind if she couldn't wait, that I would understand her excitement and was only sorry I couldn't be there to see at the same time.  We're both very nervous, though neither of us has a very strong desire for one sex over the other.

I decided to rent a movie from the hotel on demand system.  I have been wanting to see Live Free or Die Hard (Die Hard 4.0 here) and I decided that even with the price of $13.95 AUD I'd go ahead and bite the bullet.  It was mostly worth it, though it lacked some of the production values and gritty texture of the first three in the series.

Went to bed after the movie knowing that play likely wouldn't be starting before 3PM.  That meant I'd have a good morning ahead of me and would likely be finding something to do again in the morning.  I can only hope that Colleen calls and wakes me up overnight to tell me what she learned at her appointment.

Cheers!