July

Tuesday afternoon I received a call from mum .. she was in hospital (in, not working in (she's a nurse)) with heart palpitations. She is OK, felt OK at the time, has seen a specialist since then and he said nothing to worry about .. she’s just getting old!

Friday evening Dhillon was busy so I emailed Krisa at work to see if she wanted to go out. We were going to go to dinner and a movie however plans suddenly changed and we decided to go to … Caribbean Roller-Rama! Sov came along too. We all hired rollerblades and went round the rink again and again. Brought back fond memories of Nunawading Skate Ranch.

Saturday I was meant to go with Krisa and Dhillon to check out the netball team Krisa and I are joining. Dhillon decided he didn’t want to come and Krisa got stuck at the airport waiting for her mum’s friend to arrive. Turns our her mum had tricked her and Krisa’s boyfriend Matt arrived from Sydney for the weekend! After Dhillon and I went for coffee in Glen Waverly we met up with the happy couple for a late dinner at Hog’s Breath Cafe in Knox.

Today Dhillon and I headed over to Doncaster for some shopping. He drove because I really hate the parking there, it makes me so angry I get car-park-rage. We found a spot quite easily for once and headed inside. We had a food stop at Groove Train before strolling around for a few hours. Dhillon bought a new laptop charger as his is busted but I didn’t make any purchases myself.

On Wednesday I have a house inspection so Dhillon will be babysitting Ninja for the night/day. Gotta clean but just really don’t feel like it right now. I will do so on Tuesday .. last minute as usual :)

Snow Day!

After 3 weeks of counting down, planning and nagging, snow day had arrived. Friday Dhillon and I had dumplings for lunch, by about 2.30pm my tummy was in knots and I was trying to stay close to the loo. I soldiered on, with the help of some antacid and after finishing work at 3.30 I went to pick up Krisa. We stopped by her house as she forgot to pack her toothbrush and I was busting to pee. We headed to Rebel Sport in Ringwood to buy a beanie and Krisa hired some pants. We then scooted over to Eastland to grab some food, I managed to eat some chicken and veggies even though my tummy was still not happy. We jumped into bed at 9-ish and while Krisa fell asleep I was awake till around 12 with my tummy :(

Saturday morning we woke up at 4am, rubbed the sleep out of our eyes, turned on the heater and had a shower. My tummy was still feeling delicate but I had a bowl of porridge for energy. Dhillon, Raj and Manisha arrive not long after 5 and we drove off into the morning to meet up with Sid, Vishal and Monika and headed towards Mt Buller. We had a stopover at Lilydale Maccas (they have a fireplace in the restaurant, pretty cool) and another stop in Mansfield to get snow chains and petrol and arrived at the mountain just after 9.30.

We hired some snowboards near the car park, which unfortunately took forever and by the time we had caught the shuttle busses up the hill we were just late for the 11am class. But never mind, we played around on the flat snow for a while and popped into the nearby hotel for a loo stop before heading to the 12pm class.

Our teacher Jimmy (? I think it was Jimmy) taught us how to skate our board around the flats, to slide down a small hill and do a left turn. He then took us down the Bourke St run which took us about an hour and a half from top to bottom. Once I go the hang of controlling the board I did pretty good, but I couldn’t seem to get it to turn right .. and when I stacked I could not for the life of me stand up again! I face-planted once, fell hard on my ass a good 5 times and stopped myself with my arms and bum uncountable times! Trying to stand up with the death of me, I would get my bum off the ground but when I tried to stand up straight the board would slide out from under me then my ass would slide along after it! Great fun!

After our lesson we caught the lift up the hill again and then went back to the hotel for some food, rest and warmth. Dhillon and Raj went out again to do a couple more runs. They finished up about 4 so we caught the shuttles back to the car park and headed home. Krisa stayed over again last night. I tried to stay up with her to watch Beaches on TV but I was so exhausted I had to hit the sack.

Today we had brekkie at The Pancake Parlour before I drove Krisa home.

Hello Again

Time for my weekly drive by. Friday night after gym, Krisa and Linda came to pick me up and we went for dinner at Knox. We ate at Red Salmon, I have never been there before and was pleasantly surprised. We had garlic bread to start, I had carbonara for mains and we shared 3 desserts. We sat and chatted for a while, it was good to see Linda as we hadn’t caught up for a while. She randomly gave me an Oroton coin purse as a gift .. very beautiful and I have been using it every day since.

Saturday I skipped gym class and did laundry. Dhillon and I headed over to Jenny’s house in Southbank so I could try on her snow clothes. The fit well which will save me about $30 renting them. We headed over to Brunswick St for a quick lunch (late breakfast for Dhillon) before coming home. We stopped past Dhillon’s house to get some movies, and by Safeway to get some food before coming back to my house for a night in.

Sunday we stopped by my Nan’s house before having Maccas for lunch.

Jinx?

Is it a jinx to have picked out the song I want to dance my first dance to at my wedding. I’m not engaged or anything, I just love the song!

 

The Book of Love – Peter Gabriel (from the soundtrack to Shall we Dance)

The book of love is long and boring
No one can lift the damn thing
It's full of charts and facts and figures and instructions for dancing
But I
I love it when you read to me
And you
You can read me anything

The book of love has music in it
In fact that's where music comes from
Some of it is just transcendental
Some of it is just really dumb
But I
I love it when you sing to me
And you
You can sing me anything

The book of love is long and boring
And written very long ago
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes
And things we're all too young to know
But I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
And I
I love it when you give me things
And you
You ought to give me wedding rings
You ought to give me wedding rings

Amnesia?

I must be getting old cos it’s only Tuesday and I can’t bloody remember most of what I did this weekend. Friday I just hit the gym after work then came home and hung out with Ninja on the couch.

Saturday I went to the gym in the morning and Dhillon came over for a bit in the afternoon. He had to go to a dinner in the evening so I was on the couch again .. I watched Harry Potter 1 on TV hehe.

Sunday I drove out to Krisa’s house and we walked with her puppy Jasper to the Dingley market. We walked around to check out the market stalls, and to find Krisa’s friend Sheetal and her family. Her husband Trinity is someone I used to work with at Stellar so that was nice to see him. After chatting to them for a minute or two we stopped off for a sausage in a bun and a drink before wandering over to the stall we really came for. Krisa’s friend’s cupcake stall .. we bought 6 of different flavours and one baby cake. Surprisingly we managed to not eat any until we made it back to Krisa’s house (after Jasper walked me home). The cupcakes were awesome, best I’ve had!

In the afternoon we went to Southland to watch Ice Age 3 in 3D .. it was pretty cool and I think the 3D element made it even better.