Birthday!

Not mine, my aunties. However it was just as much fun. I had to work on Sunday which is completely out of character for me and it has thrown my whole week out of whack but I'm determined to soldier on.

Anywho... Presents:
Candles....Candles....MORE CANDLES. She likes candles.
Also, wait for it.....

iPad! I played wordfind on it for almost a whole hour trying to beat the sisters boys score but I still failed :(

... And of course there was also....

Pavlova and a strawberry, cream and chocolate cheesecake!

Friday Feast.

Nom, so the boy and I went on a 'real' date, and it is only these nights that I am allowed to take photos however this time he stipulated that any that include him, are not allowed on the internet. So, that means you only get the one photo of my food which was Moroccan Lamb. Yummy chunky tomato sauce which was very subtly spicy. Not the OH MY GOD ALL I CAN TASTE IS BURNING kind of spicy but more or a slight tang, which was great because I seemed to forget that I don't actually like spicy food when I ordered this. It also came with a side of sweet potato which I was surprised at everywhere else usually gives me stinking boring normal po-tae-toe, and salad too which I shoveled down my throat despite the fact I had a strange broccoli craving.

The boy had fettuccine carbonara- which is pretty much the only food he orders of a restaurant menu or ever cooks me. Except that one time he made brownies.

Toe!

Today, I was walking along minding my own business headed to my bathroom to put away some towels and BAM smashed foot into the side of a DVD player. Suddenly, there was an awful lot of blood and swelling, oh I almost forgot to mention the amount of pain I was in- not that it will be forgotten quickly. On further inspection I realised that my toe nail was no longer actually attached my toe and it was just hanging off at some strange angle!

I cried for about half an hour.

Then my foot turned purple, I think it's broken.

I won't post any photos because I might make you vomit.

Bloggy has been word heavy recently, apologies. X

Naughty food.

I was a fatty, and had gnocchi with carbonara sauce and parmesan cheese for dinner. Unfortunately I couldn't be bothered to go down to the shops so it was very plain and simple. No spring onion, no bacon and no mushrooms :(

Ibiza.

I finally booked it! Having booked the rest of my trip back in November it feels like I've been waiting forever to do it, but it finally happened.

I fly out of London headed to Ibiza on the 24th of July 2011 and then I come back so that I can fly home on the 27th, which honestly is pretty tragic. I would have stayed a whole week would it not have cost around 3K. I'm only staying 3 nights and its costing $1300. I'm staying as Los Molinos which is apparently a 4-star hotel and is situated directly on the beach. That being said, do European star ratings coincide with Australian ones? Regardless, it has an epic pool as well as a sauna and breakfast everyday. It's also a 5 minute walk away from everywhere I will want to be of a night time which makes me very happy.

Ready or not here I come.

Burger and Potato.

I had dinner at The Burger Lounge tonight. So cheap and so good. It's just opened in Eltham and turns out it has the same owner as Bolton St chicken which hands down has the best potato bake. Would definitely consider working there just to find out their secrets. Okay maybe I wouldn't- too much chicken.

Fact: I am afraid of feathers, even when they're not attached to something living. Yes, this means no dream catchers, quills and I also do not eat bird. 

Anyway, I had a Classic with Cheese. Swiss cheese to be precise. Also filled with 100% prime organic beef, tomato, lettuce, red onion, tomato relish, herb aioli and Swiss cheese. The friend had a Veggie Delight which was roasted pumpkin, char grilled red capsicum, eggplant, zucchini, cucumber, feta, watercress, sweet onion jam and aioli. Both were delish but there aren't any photos because we both went straight from work and gulped it down. Well, most of it. I got just over half way through and decided that I would only ever finish if they ever start serving regular sized portions.

I almost forgot the best part. These burgers were $10 each. No joke. 

 

What happens when plans don't eventuate.

 

Squashed in the car on the way to breakfast before heading to Mansfield. 

 

Cool stained glass next to our booth.

Healthy on a plate.

So, I never made it to Mansfield. Instead, I traipsed all over Melbourne look a stupid xbox game the boy couldn't remember where he'd left. Watched a group of boys play DJ Hero for about 3 hours. Almost broke my shopping ban for "Bridey, the Mary-Jane inspired sky high pump". The boy literally grabbed my arms and walked me out the store. Now, I'm blogging while he plays his stupid game and I can hear guns being fired in the next room. 

At least I know where I'll be on February 1st.

Dreams.

Last night I had two creepy as dreams.

The first, I got married, to a faceless man at an unidentifiable venue. Anyway, everything was all going fine and dandy until all of a sudden my Cinderella style coach (horses included- no pumpkin though) suddenly stopped and we all got out and we were all standing in a marsh (think L.O.T.R) shooting at each other! My god it was weird, everyone was there including family members of mine who are no longer alive and people I haven't worked with in a decent 6 months.

Second, I got a $3000 phone bill. This wasn't eventful in the slightest but I did wake up very agitated wondering how the hell it had happened. Turns our, as the dream went on I kept going on facebook while I was in South America (note: I have never been to South America) and the internet made my bill ginormous.

I guess that's what happens when you work a 13.5 hour shift and you start to go slightly loopy toward the end.

First deposit!

This morning, my pay cleared and I actually started my house saving. That being said the account (I think, will only have $50 in it, I can buy a house made of marshmallows- at least it will taste nice even if it does get taken over my an army of ants), actually transferring this bank account is getting rather complicated. I transferred the money fine which apparently you have to do to activate these accounts, but now it's not yet linked to my CBA account and I was assuming because it said it would take 2 days to clear and all this will happen after then?

Also, apparently I entered either the wrong access code or the wrong PIN and now I am locked out of the website. HA, fail.

Feeling productive.

When I got home from work today I not only cleaned my house, but I finalised my passport documents, opened an ING account to start caving for my home (yes, I was deadly serious), and then I finally finished the application for my credit card which I started about 4 months ago now. The theory is, I will just use it in emergencies when I am overseas and hopefully this won't involve wardrobe crises.

House!

I've decided I want to start (slowly) saving to buy a house. I know I won't be able to do this for a few years yet because I'm planning on going to school which I'm still ever so excited about and the suspense of waiting to apply let alone find out if I get in it KILLING me. However, life goes on.

So this evening, I opened my very first ING savings account. Currently, it has $50 in it- have to start somewhere. Plus, I'm going to Europe in 5 months so I need the majority of my pennies for other things currently. My AWESOME parents said that if I worked my savings butt off they would pay for half of my house- provided I somehow save 50K. Currently this is a bit daunting but I WILL do it. I have faith.

Saturday smiles :)

 

Sunset from over my back fence.

Friends el cheapo bracelet, I thought it was rather cute and assumed it was something around the $25 mark from SG or the like but it turns out it was $5 from Rubi.

Apple crumble- not home made because I was feeling laaaazzyyy (and lacking in time). Just cause I could.

Beach!

Today I went to the beach... eventually. I nagged everyone to go alllll day yesterday- to no avail, but today was the day! That being said, I was awake, ready and excited at about 10AM, with the boy still snoozing in my bed. If I thought getting him up was a challenge, his friend came alone too. The many phone calls didn't do the job at waking him up so obviously the solution was to just turn up at his house and literally drag him out of bed. We didn't actually get there until about 3 and all 3 of us were starving so we had toasted focaccias and mars bar cake.

We met up with some friends and I sat and played in the sand with the Eliza while all the guys went and swam. Being all comfy and lying down on our stomachs we were wondering what all the fuss was about when this horse sized dog started losing the plot after being all cool, calm and collected the entire time we'd been there. Then all of a sudden this muscly middle sized pup slammed straight into the side of Eliza's head en route to attack/play with said horse (aka dog).

There aren't any photos because I didn't want to leave my brand new shiny camera I just got for my birthday a few months ago on the beach unattended if I did go paddle.

Anyway, this is an awesome photo one of my friends took of her significant other at the beach a couple of weeks ago. Personally, I think it's adorable.

Dreams.

Last night I had the most messed up dream!

I was walking along the very edge of a waterfall, and below was this amazing beach (think privately owned luxury island escape kind of amazing) and all of a sudden I noticed there were sharks swimming below, when I leaned over to look at them the boy just pushed me off while he leaped off at the same time! Anyway the whole time we were plummeting toward this gigantic shark that I was convinced was going to tear me to shreds once I landed in the ocean I realised that I was swimming above all of the sea creatures and they were all in this tank underneath (yeah, weird I know). I ended up getting out and going to lie on the beach and all of a sudden I think everyone I've ever met was there just hanging out. Seriously I'm talking people I have neither seen nor heard from in over a year!

Definitely woke up a little flustered.

Favorites :)

Feeling lucky.

Today at work I was feeling particularly miserable. Partly because I finished at 9PM last night and had to be back at 8AM and partly because it was Friday and I just wanted the day to be over as it was my first full week back after the festive season and I was left feeling utterly exhausted and sore all over. However, I got through the day by reminding myself how lucky I am just to be tired. That is, as opposed to tired, homeless, parentless and a wide variety of other nasties I'd honestly rather not think about let alone write about.

That being said, while Queensland is flooding my family have gone down the Great Ocean Road to Lorne for the week and I was intending to visit them tomorrow, but turns out landslides have closed the Great Ocean Road and I'm not 100% sure how to get there another way. Also, two caravan parks were evacuated in Lorne as well as some places around Wye river with 10 people needing police help to do so safely.

So, it's safe to say I'm feeling  very lucky to be in my cozy home with power and water exactly where it's supposed to be :)

University!

The other day I decided that I finally want to go to uni. This is my third year out of high school  now and I'm beginning to get over the whole Monday to Friday cafe thing. It's not that I don't like it, strangely enough, I don't actually mind it. Climbing the corporate ladder isn't for me, but I've always been vaguely interested in studying something to do with children, helping them in some way perhaps. I first considered social work, but then decided that I am not capable of keeping my emotions and job separate. I thought that even thought we would be trained in how to deal with this, I didn't really want to not react the way I think I would react, it doesn't seem right. I want to be sad when I see cases such as what a social worker would be dealing with, it feels wrong not to. So, I settled on teaching. I had to call the uni I want to apply to because I cannot start in February due to my overseas trip in the middle of the year, I would have been in Europe around exam time and there was not enough information on the website regarding mid year intake. Turns out, they're not sure if the course I want to do will actually be running beginning mid year so I have to wait until early May. Usually this would be fine and dandy except that I am leaving the country for 6 weeks on June 16th. This leaves me 5 weeks so fill out all my applications- which because my ENTER score is no longer valid quite a long process as I have a lot of extra requirements. Also, if I get in I will need to organise my books and enrolement, while working full-time and organising all those last minute things before I leave. I'm anticipating quite a stressful 5 weeks. I might even finish work a week or so before I leave just to have some extra time other wise my brain might just explode with lack of sleep and elevated stress!

I'm a tad excited to go back to school I'll throw it out there :)

Resolutions.

1. No cigarettes. Ever.
2. Must. Not. Shop. Every second month is okay. My theory is, if I avoid impulse purchases, then by the time it's the next month and the shopping ban is lifted, I will have an accumulation of things I need not just want and the thought of buying both will (hopefully) seem like too high a cost and I will avoid it.
3. Find a few more people worth my time.
4. Start working to live, instead of living to work. 

Current perks in life:
Europe is booked, just need a few more spending pennies.
I'm sussing out if it's possible for me to attend uni to study secondary teaching with mid year entry. Pretty sure I was supposed to apply a while ago but I took the morning off work tomorrow so spend some time on the phone working out of it is actually possible to successfully apply at this point in time.

Stir Fry.

I know this doesn't make me winner of Masterchef, but considering I got home from work at 6.30, showered, went to the shops, got back and created this all before 7.10 I think I did pretty good.

Hello :)

So, I am me, and this is my blog.

I have a puppy.

A boy.








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