I won!

Everyone was so tired so night. We were told to stay up as late as possible, all the way to 9:00 if possible.

What do you do when you want to stay up late? You watch TV. And tv in Australia is great on Monday night, channel 7.

First we watched "Border Patrol Australia: First Line of Defense." That told the gripping story of the intrepid Australian Customs officers who keep the land safe from drug smugglers and those who would bring in undeclared fruits and vegetables.

The four stories we watched last night were the charter cargo ship with a lot of possible hiding spaces; the transit traveller with undeclared traditional medicine; the Vietnamese man with no money and conflicting stories and the Iraqi who thought he had been poisoned. Each story followed a custom official as they explained what was going on, what they were doing and just how tough it was to keep this land safe.

The Iraqi had food poisoning-not a busted internal package of coke; the Vietnamese may did have an internal package of coke; the man with traditional medicines had to pay a fine and the charter cargo ship was not a hotbed of smuggling.

This was followed by "The Force: Behind the Line," the story of Australia's police. (Are you seeing a trend here?) This told four stories, a woman accused of identity theft, a convenience store robber, a fool hardy man who tried to clever with the cops at a traffic stop and a guy whose car was falling apart, literally bits were falling off.

This got us to 9pm. But Joann had fallen out before then, closely followed Rachel. It was fun watching them all fall asleep then wake themselves up. Joann tried to sit in this crazy uncomfortable position but it didn't work. Kris and Sis held on for a little longer but then Sis fell asleep with her face on the armrest of the chair. Kris just stood up and said she was going to bed. I woke Sis and she went off and I managed to stay awake long enough to brush my teeth.


I win!