Free Fallin

Tuesday Night (8/3/11) - The all you can eat mussels were absolutely amazing. I probably ate well over a dozen mussels of different flavours. I really enjoyed the creamy white wine with pineapple and lemongrass. Mel and I shared Sangria on a perfectly warm Tuesday night. We came back and caught up on Holly’s World.

Wednesday and Thursday-Pretty boring nights, as Mel and I primarily stayed home. Thursday night however we went to my favourite restaurant again (I swear we go every week), Kazbah, and dined on the patio. It so happened that we saw the same cute guy, which we waved to last week. It was too funny, and it was a nice laugh/smile to have.

Friday- I was so happy to see Friday, as I really just wanted the weekend to come. Pretty smooth sailing day, and got home pretty early. I relaxed a little bit, and the got in the shower to get ready for Friday night’s festivities. All the girls came up to take pictures, and then we headed out to Shark Hotel, which ended up being a total waste of time. We walked to Establishment, and stayed there for most of the time. Cute, older-guys but lacked a pair of balls. It really is a shame that Australian men lack confidence, especially to approach a woman that clearly has initiated a liking. Frustrating. We got tired of that scene, and then headed to Bar 333, which was also lacking. Walked to PJ O’Brian’s and that sucked too. There was hardly anyone out….waste of an outfit. Jenn and I were starving from night eating, so we wanted to try PieFace, and the one time we want it…its closed! Double Womp. We walked all over to find something but almost everything closes ridiculously early. We got back to the flat, at our 7 eleven food and passed out.

Saturday- We got up extremely early to make our 7am bus departure for Hunter Valley (wine country).The trip was amazing, and it was such a great time with the girls. We went to 5 wineries, and a chocolate factory. Absolutely delicious wines

. It was funny to see a lot of the girls “feeling it” by the end of the tour…I know I was! This is when the private bus came in handy. We also had a great time with two women that we chatted and enjoyed wine tasting with. The day honestly couldn’t have been better. After the tour was over we came back to the flat, and literally PASSED out. I slept the whole night away.

Sunday- Another extremely early morning to head to the Blue Mountains. This was a Global Experience trip, which was fun to be with all the girls, and see some amazing sights. We had a great day of picture-taking and being up in the mountains. We saw a lot and it was great to have Mel on the trip too. After we got back, we made dinner and went to bed.

Monday & Tuesday-Nothing really great happened. The work days have been productive, but long. I can’t believe time is running out. I really want to put a hold on everything because I am certainly not ready to come home. Not excited about that. BUT extremely excited for my Bali/Fiji trip with Jenn, and quite possibly MelJ. Well it’s the end of the day in the office, and I’m waiting for Mel to come into Manly so we can see Blue Valentine in the Cinema….

Final Month

I didn’t really keep track of what I was doing this past week like I have done in the past. SO, I will try to update you on as much as I can remember….which isn’t a lot;-).

I’ve been starting to work out a lot again. I know my Ma and Dad would be proud to hear that their kid is no longer a couch potato (ha). I ran at night on the Harbour Bridge down at Darling and did quite a few circuits on the benches, as well as the steps. It felt good, but probably not the best decision to do it right after dinner. Monday and Tuesday were pretty boring and went by pretty fast. Although on Monday, I did dinner with Billy and Mel at the Harbour to eat Oysters. The Oysters were amazing, but our pin drop of our caviar was split into less than millimeters to share. We definitely took note that Oysters are definitely not a fulfilling meal if you are starving, or haven’t eaten all day. So, despite eating well the only other quick fix for my starving tummy was to stop at Pizza Hut for a pizza. Once we were waiting on our food, Mel’s stalker from earlier in the day was waiting outside the take-away door of Pizza Hut. Hanging out for a while, and meeting construction workers to help us….we left and got home safely.

 Wednesday, Mel and I did dinner down at my favourite restaurant, Kazbah, and shared out typical mezze plate. As always it was so yummy. Had quite an abrupt night thanks to Billy, Rebecca and Billy’s English friends that were visiting at 3AM!!!! I wasn’t too happy, but it is understandable because I’m sure I really pissed off people in college when I used to do that. Thursday, I had work and stayed pretty late to do some things. Thursday night was a Global Experience night, where our host mum took us to dinner for pizza. Given the new kick to eating healthier and working out, I decide to skip out to work-out and eat something healthier besides pizza. BUT I found out later that they switched the restaurants….grr. After the meet up and me finishing my work-out I met up with Mel to eat at WaggaMama’s where the weirdest group of friends joined. I never want to be around that crowd again, especially their conversations.

Friday- Worked out and then met-up with Mel to get a drink down at the Harbour. It was nice to have a chill-out night. We came back and just hung out and goofed off a bit with Max and bitchass on Skype. It was good to see them, and chat. I also got to talk to Mom & Dad briefly, which was nice. I saw my Roxy (booji) and I miss her sooooooo much.

Saturday- Got up and was feeling a little hung-over. I literally stayed in bed and did some things on the computer. Mel called to catch up for the Mardi Gras Gay & Lesbian Parade on Oxford St., so I headed out to meet up with her. The streets were packed with so much color and love. As I headed over to the bar where Mel and her friends were at….there was a swell of people walking in opposite directions that got to be too many people. It started a mosh pit where people were pushing a suffocating one another. I was stuck in the middle of it, where a girl was almost crushed and I helped her up, as many other people were falling and getting trampled on. I tried to get out of it in a hotel lobby, but they wouldn’t allow people in because of the amount of people. It was crazy, and I was shocked that police were letting something like this happen. Thank god I got out okay, but for a while I thought this could get really bad. I walked it off until I got close to where Mel was; I found out she was on the opposite side of the street. There was no way I could cross because all the roads were barricaded off for the parade. So I found a spot (not a good one) and started to watch it by myself with these three cute gay guys. As I reached into my purse I noticed something was missing. At the time of the mosh pit scene my purse got pushed to the back of me with all the pushing, that once I reached for my purse I noticed it was open. I looked in and my HD Flipcam was gone. Sorry Dad, but I was robbed;-(. I was on the street crying because my flip was stolen, I was by myself for the parade, and I couldn’t see for shit. I tried leaving the spot I was at to find somewhere else, but everything was packed with people. I got so fed up and pissed, that I just walked home and sulked. I missed the floats going by in the parade, but got a glimpse at some of them given their heights. I wish I could have enjoyed it more, but everything was falling short. Once I got home I took a shower, because I definitely needed a night out to feel better. Went out with Mel to the Cross to find it completely trashed. Mel and I didn’t have a set plan of where to go, so we picked a place that would be random, and somewhere we could just sit out. We went to the strip club. Yes, you heard it correctly. Had a beverage and envied the woman who did all the pole work.

*Chelsea, we need to create our own business because I really want to do classes again.

Anyways, after the strip club we grabbed a bite, because we both didn’t have much to eat during the day. We got home and hung out/ chilled for a while.

Sunday- Got up miserable and headed to breakfast with the girls. After breakfast, Jenn and I window shopped and found some deals. I got all my sisters gifts that I thought were really cool. Hopefully they like them. After shopping we met back up with Rebecca to go to the movies to see ‘No Strings Attached.’ It was good, but I didn’t like the ending. I came back to the flat, and watched American Idol with Mel until the wee morning.

Monday- Got up at 5:30am to get into work to finish a log that was due at 5 for JMU. Got it done and had some time to kill, to which I got to Skype with my brother-in-love Eric; Domo; and Anthony & Mama Page. It was a great start to my morning, in which I tried to do the same this morning (Tuesday), but it didn’t work.

Tuesday- Work has been pretty crazy trying to get everything done for the MFOS. I’ve been working on online registration forms for the Festival, but I wish it could be as simple as how we want it in our heads. If anyone has any recommendations for online registration forms for big Festivals…let me know! About to head home and meet-up with Mel for all you can eat Mussels down the streetJ. Hopefully we can get in.

More and exciting things coming up....stay tuned!

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