Well, it's been well over a week since my holiday, and I'm a little disappointed in myself that I haven't yet made another post. But I've been wondering if I can even fit a week's worth of adventures into a blog post. I had an AMAZING time!! Even though I was sea sick for the first 2 days I managed to find tablets that worked and have a great time relaxing, joining in with some of the activities, and best of all, spend time on the islands.
We make 3 stops. Numea, New Caledonia. Lifou in the Loyalty Islands. And Vila, Vanuatu. We were only in Numea for 3 daylight hours, after which we decided it was a good idea to get back on the boat, the city got a bit ghetto.
Lifou was beautiful! We went swimming, had a massage, Jesse and Bron went snorkling, and I relaxed in the shade of the palm trees.
The day in Vila was the only day we had bad weather. It wasn't cold, but it rained. All day. Jesse, Bron and I did a little shopping in the markets my the port, then dropped our stuff back on the boat. Walking back into the quarantine area the air conditioning was freezing! I never thought I would hate airconditioning! After dropping our stuff off we went to our shore tour - we went snorkling. It was the first time I'd been snorkling, and it was such good fun!
For everything I did you should probably have at a look at my Facebook photo album, it's hard to try and put thoughts together.
The last two nights I've been inspired to write, and I've written (hand-written, mind you) about 6 pages towards my novel. I'm giving myself a 2 year deadling to try and finish it. (If you want a sneak peak/critique I can email you what I have so far.) Wish me luck!
Oh, and before I sign off for the night, shout out to Peter, who admitted to reading my blog. I'm glad I'm not just talking to myself!
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Thursday, August 12, 2010
Pre-holiday Blog
Well, seeing as it's been almost 2 weeks since I last posted I thought I should say something before I disappear to the soth-west Pacific this weekend!
Work last week was incredibly stressful for me. My workload fell behind, and obviously things were overlooked. And so my boss took away a couple of responsibilities from me. This week has been cruisy - am pretty much up to date with eveything, ready for my holiday.
Which brings me to last night. Jesse has had the most trying 2 weeks at work, and I am amazed at his ability to cope and deal with the stress. It was at 10.30 last night that we finally finished packing and got back to my place. After winding down it was after 11 when we fell asleep. His alarm went off at 4.20AM! He got up and had a shower, and I lay in bed, thinking I should probably get up...but it was cold! But I got myself up, pulled on something kind of acceptable to wear outside the house, and drove to the airport. I dropped him off in plenty of time (just after 5am) and drove home and went back to bed.
I then slept through my alarm (first time ever this has happened) but woke up when I heard Rosie get into the shower. Oh well. I got up, had breakfast, waited for the bathroom to be free, had a shower, dressed, brushed my teeth, vomited up breakfast, brushed my teeth, and went to work. I had the best run to work so I stopped by the cafe for coffee. And now I'm feeling a little better after keeping down my lunch, but I couldn't eat much of it.
On Saturday I get to do it all again - get up at 4.20am to get myself to the airport so I can fly to Brisbane and board the Pacific Dawn to the south Pacific islands. I can't wait!!!
Work last week was incredibly stressful for me. My workload fell behind, and obviously things were overlooked. And so my boss took away a couple of responsibilities from me. This week has been cruisy - am pretty much up to date with eveything, ready for my holiday.
Which brings me to last night. Jesse has had the most trying 2 weeks at work, and I am amazed at his ability to cope and deal with the stress. It was at 10.30 last night that we finally finished packing and got back to my place. After winding down it was after 11 when we fell asleep. His alarm went off at 4.20AM! He got up and had a shower, and I lay in bed, thinking I should probably get up...but it was cold! But I got myself up, pulled on something kind of acceptable to wear outside the house, and drove to the airport. I dropped him off in plenty of time (just after 5am) and drove home and went back to bed.
I then slept through my alarm (first time ever this has happened) but woke up when I heard Rosie get into the shower. Oh well. I got up, had breakfast, waited for the bathroom to be free, had a shower, dressed, brushed my teeth, vomited up breakfast, brushed my teeth, and went to work. I had the best run to work so I stopped by the cafe for coffee. And now I'm feeling a little better after keeping down my lunch, but I couldn't eat much of it.
On Saturday I get to do it all again - get up at 4.20am to get myself to the airport so I can fly to Brisbane and board the Pacific Dawn to the south Pacific islands. I can't wait!!!
Sunday, August 1, 2010
Disconnected
I did have a thought about this, but it's now slipped my mind. Work has been stressful the last week, and yes, I did get rid of my original ulcer, but now I have another one...and it is waaay more painful (on the side of my tongue).
Went out to dinner last night for the Hills 18+ event...it was average. The reputation of the Stirling Hotel is overrated, and bad service + bad weather + power outage = average night. I won't be going back, that's for sure.
I feel like I haven't spent much time with Jesse lately. He was on call this weekend, and had a job booked on Saturday. So from 11am until just after 5pm we didn't see each other. Then that night we went out to dinner, which as I mentioned above, was average. Jesse was already in an anti-social mood, and so the whole experience didn't really improve the situation. We managed to survive the drive home, during which we encountered lightning, wind, lots of rain, and plenty of aquaplanes. Thank God Jesse was driving and not me.
Today Jesse and I had a brief look at a house in Bridgewater - not really suitable for us, and then he went with Joel to the Caravan and Camping show. And so in the last 2 days I don't feel like I've spent more than about 4 hours with Jesse. I may just be venting now, but one thing in the last 2 days that has been frustrating me is whenever I message Jesse asking a question, he doesn't respond. It takes a phone call to him to confirm with him that yes, he did get the message, and get an answer from him. Just a little annoying.
BUT! Enough venting. Two more weeks and I'll be on a cruise ship drinking cocktails and relaxing and enjoying myself with friends, I'm getting excited!
Went out to dinner last night for the Hills 18+ event...it was average. The reputation of the Stirling Hotel is overrated, and bad service + bad weather + power outage = average night. I won't be going back, that's for sure.
I feel like I haven't spent much time with Jesse lately. He was on call this weekend, and had a job booked on Saturday. So from 11am until just after 5pm we didn't see each other. Then that night we went out to dinner, which as I mentioned above, was average. Jesse was already in an anti-social mood, and so the whole experience didn't really improve the situation. We managed to survive the drive home, during which we encountered lightning, wind, lots of rain, and plenty of aquaplanes. Thank God Jesse was driving and not me.
Today Jesse and I had a brief look at a house in Bridgewater - not really suitable for us, and then he went with Joel to the Caravan and Camping show. And so in the last 2 days I don't feel like I've spent more than about 4 hours with Jesse. I may just be venting now, but one thing in the last 2 days that has been frustrating me is whenever I message Jesse asking a question, he doesn't respond. It takes a phone call to him to confirm with him that yes, he did get the message, and get an answer from him. Just a little annoying.
BUT! Enough venting. Two more weeks and I'll be on a cruise ship drinking cocktails and relaxing and enjoying myself with friends, I'm getting excited!
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