"Join the circus. See the world!"

They told me, "Join the circus. See the world!"

It didn't feel all that glamourous during the couple of hours I spent today mopping the wooden floor in my tent so that it was ready for the carpet to be laid. Oh well, at least something is getting laid : )

I'm not so sure they really explained the whole Tear Down/Set Up thing. The last two days we've been in full-on Set Up mode, and imagine all of this in reverse. Yup, I've been in "Earl" mode again, with hard hat, fluoro vest, and steel-toes. It's hard work, but our tent will look great when it's all over.

I met my new team on Thursday at our orientation day. We've got all women this city, and I'm sure they're all going to be brilliant. Next week they'll get a full day of Merchandising training before joining me for my newly-rejigged job-specific training. I love developing and delivering training programs, so I'm really looking forward to it. But, jaysus!! There's a hell of a lot more work to do before then!

Adelaide is nice so far. Weather? Gorgeous. Architecture? Pretty cool. I still love the look of all the beautiful sandstone buildings that litter all Australian cities. If I can stay awake, I'm gonna try and go out tonight for a beverage or two. Then again, I'm pretty darn tired, so it may just be a quiet night in my teeny, tiny, windowless, unventilated torture chamber room.