It's My Anniversary!

So today is July 23rd, which means that it is my one month anniversary here in the Sydney office. Wow - I have been working here for an entire month! And I only have two months left, as September 23 is my last day here!
Okay, I will throw it out there since so many of you have asked: In some ways, yes, it is hard to believe that it has already been a month. There are a lot of things that I have done, and a lot more that I want to do. In other ways, it has been a long time since I have seen all of you and been in Charlotte, that I can honestly say that there is a small part of me that would like to be back home right now. But I know that I will be back soon enough, so I am going to continue to do everything I can while I am here and try to have as much fun as I can.
Things are trudging along here. I am supposed to start on an audit next week. Charlotte office: You guys can appreciate this next comment. The client is not ready and is pushing the audit back a week. So clients are the same everywhere - we start by running behind up front, and then have to struggle to get everything done at the end. But it's fine, as there was some cushion padded into the schedule. So hopefully we'll get done without too much trouble!
Since I was supposed to be out of town for two weeks, I finally decided it was time that I go and get a local mobile phone here. What a freaking ordeal just to figure out who would sell a phone without a contract! But I found a place near the office, and managed to go there at lunch today. The girl who helped me was really nice, and got me exactly what I needed to get by for the next two months. So now I have yet another mobile phone to add to my collection. Although it does have a camera phone... I just wish I had known about the camera phone in the mall during lunch. I could have gotten some photos of all the WYD people with their goofy little backpacks on. (Yes, I figured out that all of the remaining pilgrims in Sydney hang out at the mall during the day, lying in wait until rush hour, when they pop out in the midst of mass transit.) But with this new toy, it looks as though I might be able to get into some trouble...
Speaking of trouble, I have pretty much decided that I am going to go to the rugby match on Saturday night. I asked a couple of friends in the office, and they are already going. This match is pretty huge, and it is my one shot to go to see live rugby. I am trying to see if I can round up someone who wants to go with me, but most people I am friends with in the office are already going. But even if I go by myself, I have been invited to meet up before the match for dinner and drinks, so I think it will be a fun night. So I'm kind of excited about the Saturday night adventure!
Well, I don't have a whole lot to share with you guys tonight. The weather is no longer "fine" here (yes, "fine" really is the technical term used by the meteorologists here). It has gotten kind of cold, and it rained some today. Actually, it was colder when I went out at lunch than when I was headed home tonight. But it is not terrible here. You can just tell that it really is winter (at least for here). Well, it is either getting colder or I really am becoming more and more like the locals here. How scary is that?
The only real story I have to share with you is from my trip to the grocery store tonight. I needed milk, and while I was at the store, I went ahead and picked up a box of cereal for the weekend. As I walked down the cereal aisle, I had to laugh. The names on the boxes of cereal were killing me! First, I saw "Rice Bubbles," then "Frosties," and finally, "Sultana Bran." To translate: Rice Krispies, Frosted Flakes, and Raisin Bran. (No, I don't know what a sultana is, but I ate some before, and they tasted just like raisins.) And since you are probably wondering, no, it has nothing to do with branding. The Snap, Crackle, Pop, Tony the Tiger, and the happy little sunshine holding the two scoops of raisins, sorry - sultanas, were sitting on the front of the boxes. Same products, different names. And yet, they couldn't find anything more creative than Corn Flakes and Fruit Loops. Go figure...
Okay, it is getting close to my bed time, and I have to get up early in the morning and take the hire car (sorry, rental car) back. So to wrap up, I have today's mX update...
"Did any one else reckon the voice-over guy on the 7.47am Monday Cronulla train sounded like Arnold Schwarzenegger? Seriously." - Kailei, Cronulla [I am just impressed that this person could even understand the voice-over enough to determine that there was an accent. Usually it just sounds like the adults from Charlie Brown.]
"Am I the only one who walks on the left-hand side? I'm sick of people worming over to the right." - Kevin, Campbelltown [The sad part is that I was thinking the exact same thing as I walked to the train station tonight. Crap. I am becoming a local!]
And, finally, the story of the day:
A guy who plays rugby for one of the teams here was kicked off of the team last night. Why was he booted? Because he is being investigated for allegedly urinating on a patron at a pub in Canberra. [I am totally going to find that pub while I am down there!] Of course, he had been in trouble earlier for "mid-range drunk driving." (Not sure how the ranges work here.) One of his teammates was dropped for allegedly bashing another man while waiting for a taxi. Somehow, I think I would rather be kicked off as the second guy, not the first. But the best part of the story is that the paper goes on to compare the guy in the "wee" bit of trouble to a former star who got kicked out of the league in 1995 for urinating on a casino worker. And what was his prior indiscretion that got him booted off the team for peeing? Apparently he had been previously censured for defecating in a teammate's shoe. Where am I???