It's been a LOOONG time since my last post.
Admittedly it became too much of an effort to fight May for the laptop every night. Also because I had to take on a bit more responsibility at work so no longer had the time to update my blog :o)
Cel has been stationed in Melb for her Trainer role so we've been hanging out and having little adventures on the weekend. Today we drove to Apollo Bay which is just under 3 hours from Melbourne. We went there to have lunch.
Nothing fancy nor any special ocassion. Just an ordinary lunch where I had a steak sandwich, Angie had a beef stew, Cel had a vegetarian foccacia and her friends Rupa had a lentil pattie while Jamie and Ant had a big breakfast.
The weather wasn't particularly nice but there were moments when the sun came out.
The drive was great but I was disappointed I didn't get to show Ant the 12 Apostles. We decided we didn't want to go further than Lorne. (12 Apostles is in Port Campbell). So close and yet so far!
On the way there and the way back, we made pit stops so that Genki could go have a run. She loved it!
Ant drove me and Genki, though it took a lot of convincing because he didn't want to drive all that way just for lunch.
Angie went with Cel and her friends and based on the laughter when we all met up for lunch, they had a great time on the drive.
Two weekends I went go-karting with Cel, Angie and John. It was great, although terrifying. I completed the least number of laps and the lovely worker there called me a 'safe driver'. We also went to a winery for an amazing lunch then dinner in the city. Ant stayed home because he said the car 'would be too full' but joined us for dinner in the city. I bet he regretted sitting it out!
Then there's the weekend that we all went to Mt Hotham for two nights at Alpine Chalet. We went after work on Friday night and were all exhausted after the 3.5 hour drive. Despite this, almost everyone stayed up talking until late. I immediately went to sleep because I can't function without 8hrs of sleep.
Skiiing is hard, and incredibly expensive. We plan to go back with Fiona, Marlene and Genki at the end of this month and I will not be forking out for equipment hire or a lift pass since I only used my ski for 2 hrs and was too terrified to go up the ski lift. Rather, I was terrified of how I could come down once I went up. Poor Angie went up and had to walk all the way down.
It'll be incredibly exciting for Genki to see snow. I was meant to buy her some snow gear but have been very lax about looking it up on ebay. They're all from International sellers so there's no way any order will arrive in the post by the end of this month!
Looks like it's time to sign off and get searching or my next post will be about how Genki lost a toe to frost bite....
