without technology i have surfed almost every day, out there in the pristine waters with waves so perfect and powerful i reverted back to my old self. jake arrived and immediately started to rearrange my kitchen, literally throwing out 3 large black garbage bags of stuff. it's kinda painful to watch him going at it as he was quite ruthless but i know it's for the best, a lot of stuff was out of date and now i have room to actually use my kitchen again. down at mission control space is limited, and i have accumulated a lot of junk over the years. 

jake seemed to have slotted in with the locals, now he swims with the rays and sharks at the point i guess you earn that 'honour local' title, my friends have embraced him which is nice and i think Jake likes hanging out at terrible as it's like avalon beach was 30 years ago. i took a well needed break from work so we could have some time, went back yesterday and it was a slight shock, i much rather surf all day however there is a lot to do at mission control, a lot, and at some point i need to arrange a council clean up to take away the junk. 

getting technology back is a blessing and a curse, however i do need it in the long run,  managed to salvage three novels in progress on from the old hard drives but i have yet to verify if they are useable. I also set up my sound system so now it's all 5.1 and I'm looking forwards to playing my the the blu ray from the albert hall comeback tour.