Monkey Business

Apparently summer is approaching in Australia but you'd never know from the weather we've been having as of late. Today it was rainy, cold and dark. Much like PEI at this time of year.

Life in Sydney post -mountain revealations has been busy and confusing and exhausting. Work is getting busier by the day - I can't complain it makes the days fly by and it's good experience, but I'm not going to hold out for much longer. Come January I am OUTTA HERE!!

Basically my plan is simple -see Australia on the cheap by becoming a Helpxer (oh how i hate my sllooow laptop it' is giving me grief). I'll be leaving behind the citylife and all its sinful tempations (ie shopping, drinking, eating and Woolworths) in favor of the country bumpkin life. Basically I'll be doing manual labour (laugh now ) in exchange for room & board. I am looking forward to it. It will be different than a basic hostel and hurried holiday. Two months of that, then off to Melbourne to make some money pre-return to North America. So yah..just in case you were wondering..not tha you would be, but I guess I am in a sharing mood..

Hmm..so things here in Sydney are normal and weird. NOrmal things include work, friends, flat.NOt normal things include my state of mind, which would explain this crap post. I am soo distracted. Mostly I am distracted by my health and never-ending battle to lose some of the kilos I've put on. Bloody hell, it's frustrating to go to the gym 8 times a week, eat decently and forgo the liquor only to find you've not lost even a gram and, in fact, have gained a kilo. I gave up while in the Blue Mountains and have since been convinced I should see a doctor for reasons I am not going to share on my blog- but which may explain some things. But yah, I am frustrated to the max. I'm also losing interest in bootcamp - it is exhausting me to the point that I don't enjoy it. What I do enjoy thoroughly is kickboxing - oh what a lovely release for frustration and stress. I get to punch and kick a bunch of very fit guys.

My other distraction is a good one, but not something I care to expand on at the moment.

This week marks the biggest sporting event in all of Austrlia - apparently it stops the nation. It's the Melbourne Cup. Horse racing at its finest and most glamourous. My workplace is giving us tickets for a buffet and free liquor while we watch the race in a venue down in Darling Harbour. I guess it's a good thing I'm off the wagon of drinking and eating in moderation...

On Friday we are having a bakeoff at owkr - first up is our team against the Finance team. I will be making a carrot cake and maybe some peanut butter fudge..if Mom sends me the recipe (hint hint).

OK, I don't know if it's my computer or this website, but man it is going slow. Making it difficult ot write this blog post, so I will stop.

First, however, I have to extend birthday wishes to a few friends from around the world : Happy Belated Birthday to Miss Emily of the Burgh of Pitts. Happy Birthdady to Anee of Rocky Mountain House - not quite Green Gables, but close! And last, but certainly not least, Happy Birthday to my ever-aging, always bubbly bud Beth!