A funny thing happened to me on the way to the hotel....

Went down to Sydney (Manyly Beach, specifically) for a neuropsychology conference with my friend Annette. It was a series of misadventures. First, the entertainment program on the plane was broken. Then, our shuttle cancelled on us, leaving us stranded in the airport. We paid for another shuttle, but this one was driven by an incompetent driver who kept going in circles. We abandoned the shuttle in the middle of Sydney and hailed a cab to drive us to Manly. When we finally arrived at the hotel, they had lost my reservation, and I had to sleep on a fold-out bed in Annette's room, which she kindly agreed to share with me. Unfortunately, she fell ill in the night and had to vomit - very unfortunate, as it turned out, as the water for the whole of the waterfront in Manly had been turned off, and she could not flush. Things could only get better....