Well, what Can I say, I've missed a whole month and been incredibly slack, I'm back on it now, so this could take a while!
All sorts of things have been happening, working hard, partying hard and generally trying to have a great time.
Had my first Aussie birthday, which was nice (but strange). Went out with friends (Me, Jac and Matt, Alex and Jono - The ultimate kangaroo hunting, yute riding Aussie couple, Zhaleh and Dave (The Derby Crew), Nat (The leicester crew!) and her lovely Aussie boyfriend Ashley, Sam, Laura (Notttingham girl through and through!) and Jasmine the Kiwi.) to a crazy little all you can eat, keep it coming, BYO Italian. Headed out for a 'few' drinks after. Tried to get into the most lovely but quite pretenious bar 'the Piano Bar' in Kings Cross. But just like home, half of us couldn't get in because the dress code and all that rubbish. Found a cheesy cheesy bar to hang out in instead, where we consumed far to many beers. Jac couldn't handle it and the poor love was unwell - bless her!
Got some lovely pressies, although most of which were late! Which made me quite sad on my actual birthday, but I got over it and then quite liked it as it stretched my birthday on for a whole week! Thanks to everyone who sent me something. I really appreciated it.
The Opera House Last weekend Jac and I went to see my fair lady at the Opera house, my birthday treat to Jac. It was cool. We did the touristy thing and had our pictures taken outside, all glammed up with Champagne. The show was great, even If i never end up going back again - at least I've done the Opera house thing! We left there and then went for some drinks, it all got pretty messy and we didn't end up getting home until about 8am the following morning! SOmehow we found a crazy 24 hour bar in Kings cross! The next thing I know, we're ordering a final round of drinks (one for the road!) at 7.15am! It was crazy, especially because it was light outside when we got the taxi home! We ended up completely bashing the plastic and spending a fortune, but it was fun! Both treat ed ourselves to new pashmina's inthe day, which we somehow lost (or had stolen!!) in a drunken haze!
Work Is incredibly busy, I didn't ever imagine working life ovefr here being so tough!! This week has been hardcore, I've beenin at 7.30am-8am and leaving in between 6 - 8pm. I've got so much to do, that I can't ever seem to catch up. Currently trying to restructure the department - which is hard, as it keeps getting really personal towards people, but if we had more and the right staff - the team would be so much more effective - which would help ease my workload completely.
Had my first free case of wine tho - which makes things slightly better! and I've found out that work have budgeted for me for another year, so I think we might start the sponsorship conversations soon!
Watch this space!
