June

Mid week post … oh my god! Teehee. So anyway I have some good news. The light at the end of the tunnel is fast becoming the sunshine at the end of my rainy day. Mmm yes I just blended two metaphors together, but whatever. Anyway, we have hired a new employee at work and a new Agresso billing team has been formed! Why is this so exciting? It means my late nights and weekend work will soon end! In approximately 6 – 8 weeks I will be moving back to my beloved payroll team, never to bill again! Well, that’s a fib … I will be back up to the billing team, but you know what I mean. I’ll have about 2 and a half weeks of lieu time to use by then so I am trying to convince Dhillon we need to go on a holiday.

Well, apart from the wonderful news, here are the pics I promised in my last post. In order top to bottom: BCCS ladies dinner @ Fed Square, KD & Moo @ Retro, Moo & Suzanna (work buddy), Moo & Stacey (work buddy), KD & Cass & Suze & Moo, 3 musketeers, Bec & Moo & KD & Cass (netball girls)

 

June

Hi hi! Friday night after work I cruised to Dingley to pick up Krisa on our way to the city for BCCS dinner. We had planned to watch SATC with Trang, Mai, Sheryl and Lynh but as most of the girls have seen it already and I was pretty tired from work (yup, it’s all about me) we decided to have a ladies dinner instead. Lynh called in sick to the dinner but we ate at Feddish Restaurant in Federation Square. For starters we had a herb and garlic pizza which was served with sour cream and sweet chilli sauce. I was a bit apprehensive of how that flavour combination would work but it turned out to be delicious. For mains I had chicken pesto pasta and Krisa and I shared possibly the best sticky date pudding I have tasted in a long time. After dinner we sat in the square while the girls took photos with the big orange ball.

Saturday I spent the day watching Big Bang Theory season 2, I love that show, it’s hilarious. We played netball in the afternoon, win number 8. We’re still on that winning streak. Only a couple more games till finals time. In the evening Krisa came and picked me up and we went into the city to have a night of dancing at Retro for Cassie’s birthday. I will post some pics up later, it was a great night, so fun and sweaty! We left just after midnight as Krisa had to be up early in the morning so once she dropped me home I watched the end of the soccer match then hit the hay.

Sunday the BCCS ladies were off to the Woodend Childrens Market. I stayed behind as I hadn’t had any Dhillon time all weekend … and well, I needed some :) We went for a late lunch at Mocha Joes in Glen Waverley. I had a Thai Beef Salad which was delicious, no dessert this time. On the way home we dropped past Mum’s house and I stole a box of Mac & Cheese to make for dinner cos I was too lazy to go to the shops hehe.

June

Last week the billing side of the system went down so I spent Thursday and Friday watching a few slooooow reports run and my inbox fill up with adjustment requests. I hit a total of 130 action items, definitely a new record. Also I have to tell you, when Dhillon stays over he always manages to mess up the bed cos he is a wiggly sleeper. It annoys me so much I tuck the sheets in really tight to minimise the mess and his doona hogging: it keeps the mess to a minimum and I don’t get cold toes throughout the night. When he leaves the next day he never makes up the bed.

Well on Friday night I stayed at work until about 6 then came home and veged out in from of the TV. Saturday morning as I was putting my last bite of toast in my mouth my mobile rang with the bosses asking questions about the weeks issues. I took that as a hint I should log in and get to work, completing 45 changes throughout the day. In the evening Dhillon came and picked me up and we went to Lindo’s in Ringwood for dinner with Robyn and Marty. We had not given either of them a gift for their recent birthdays so it was our shout. I had a calzone pizza filled with feta cheese, sundried tomatoes, olives and spinach which was delicious. Everyone else's food looked great too and I shall head back there again one day soon. Dhillon dropped me home before going over to his friend Bob’s house to watch the soccer match and I curled up in bed.

Sunday I got up at 10 and was about to make a cup of tea when Dhillon turned up on my doorstep. He had a shower and hopped into bed while I did some more work. I actioned 43 requests on Sunday before Dhillon woke up and went home. He came back with some food later in the evening and we watched Underbelly and CSI. I went to bed at 11 while he stayed up to watch the soccer again. He came to bed at 5am.

Today I got up at normal work time even though it is a public holiday. I left Dhillon sleeping and went to pick up Krisa before heading in to Docklands for breakfast. We were meeting up with Mai and Trang (who were running late mind you) at Coffee Club but found out they didn’t open till 10. As it was 9am we didn’t really want to wait around so had a bite to eat at Liquid Bar instead. Once we had face stuffed we all made our way to The Melbourne Zoo for a day of animal fun. The first creatures we came across were the lions who greeted us with a chorus of super load roaring. We wandered around the Zoo for around 3 hours, my favourite stops being the cute monkeys, the lemurs, the meerkats and, of course, Mali the baby elephant. After I dropped Krisa home in the afternoon I came home, ready to reunite myself with the couch. When I opened to door to my bedroom, to my surprise the bed was perfectly made up, pillows and all. I love my huny-o <3

June

Thursday I went in to work but wasn’t feeling too well. I made it to 9am but just couldn’t see myself lasting the day, so I packed up the laptop and headed back home to do my work from the couch (and close to the toilet for emergency runs … pardon the pun).

Friday I spent the evening at home snuggled up on the couch with Ninja watching TV. Saturday morning I was due to go into work to do some testing but it was delayed to the afternoon. We played netball and beat the top team. They were previously undefeated this season and although the win won’t put us on top of the ladder, it was still a nice feeling to kick their asses 27 – 16. Needless to say the other team were none too happy and (as it seems usual these past few games) started acting childish and rather un-sportsman like.

After I cam home and showered, I picked up Dhillon and made him come into work with me. We were there for about 2 hours then I dropped him off on the way home. Kelly came to my house at about 7.30pm and we cooked up some tacos for dinner. Between us we ate 5 tacos each and were way too full for the dessert Kelly had brought along. After a quick change we made our way into the city to go to Cookie Bar for Jenny’s farewell drinks. Krisa came along later in the evening and we stayed there for about 3 hours until Jenny and her friends toddled off to go clubbing at Seven. Kelly, Krisa and I made our respective ways home to bed.

Today I was going to go to the Dingley Market with Krisa, Trang and Lynh but decided that a sleep in would be much nicer (and needed as stress relief). Krisa and I had planned to have lunch at Dumpling King with our personal trainer Shaun and had invited the girls and their other halves along. Turns out Shaun had to cancel so we enjoyed a crap-load of Yum Cha without him! Krisa was also kind enough to bring me some Cupcake Central cupcake-y goodness which I have since devoured! After lunch Dhillon and I used my Hoyts La Premier vouchers to go and see Prince of Persia. I think I might like La Premier better than Village Gold Class. You are in the normal cinema, but up the back in a different section and you have access to unlimited popcorn, softdrinks, tea and coffee and the seats are a bit like a couch so you can snuggle up while you enjoy the movie.

Dhillon and I were talking about his parents today and whether they would ever want to come and live in Australia, especially if his sister decides to stay here after she graduates from Uni. We were talking about cooking (as you do) and I said that his Mum would probably taste my cooking and never want me to cook for her after the first try. His reply to that was that she would probably teach me how to cook anyway. This might sound a little silly but the idea of that made me quite happy. Although meeting his parents for the first time will be scary and intimidating, I look forward to the day, and the days, where we are all one big family (Mum and Robyn and Marty too). I don’t have a large family and in Melbourne there is only my Dad’s parents. I have an older cousin around too but she is married with her own kids and live quite far in Langwarrin. I see people with lots of family and cousins, and although they can annoy the crap out of you at times, they are your family and will (almost) always be there in times of need. I am looking forward to having more family, and to Dhillon and I starting our own.