So, I live a small town about an hour out of Melbourne. I have lived there my entire life. This in turn has some positives and some negatives. Say when Dad died, we had a support of an entire community behind us. But on Tuesday this week.. I get a phone call from my Mum, telling me that a friend of mine was killed in a Car Accident. She was 20 years old. A gorgeous, smart, fully and caring young woman. Someone I have known for 20 years, played many sets of tennis with, had fun with.. is gone forever and she did not even reach her 21st Birthday. What a sad day. I will remember her as the girl who I saw last Saturday night.. dancing and smiling with her Boyfriend. RIP Kelly. You will be very sorely missed.
So this gets me back to my small town.. I have lost countless friends, team members and even a father over the years.. Is it worth living in a town where everyone knows everyone if your going to be subjected to this. I know too many people there, too many people that can be lost..
Thursday, January 15, 2009
Monday, January 12, 2009
Mondayitis
Ahhhh.. well is Monday. Don't we all love Mondays?? Not!
It's just so hard to get back into the swing of things.
Well I had a good weekend. I had a cocktail night, and then went out with the girls on Saturday night. We went to 2 clubs, had a good dance and drank waaay to much. Was lots of fun, I wish we did it more often. Annnd.. There is is this new club near where I live, and we tried to go there a few weeks ago, and the line was way too long. So we just went somewhere else. So we decided to try again on Saturday night, and we got there and the line was like 100m long, so we went to the end of the line too see if it would move quickly, and we lined up for like 1minute, and the bouncer came and got us and said we did not have to line up and we could go straight in. SCORE!! I did'nt feel so old and ugly after that hehe.
On Sunday I slept in, and then went to see a Band with some friends and my family. The lead singer was a guy that my Dad loved, and it was really good to do something that I know my Dad would of enjoyed. So we sat in the sun, and drank wine and ate biscuits and dip.. mmmm heaven.
And now its Monday again.. really have to hit the gym a bit more and lose some weight before Bali.. Does anyone have any surefire weight loss tips?? Really wanna be comfortable in my bikini!!
It's just so hard to get back into the swing of things.
Well I had a good weekend. I had a cocktail night, and then went out with the girls on Saturday night. We went to 2 clubs, had a good dance and drank waaay to much. Was lots of fun, I wish we did it more often. Annnd.. There is is this new club near where I live, and we tried to go there a few weeks ago, and the line was way too long. So we just went somewhere else. So we decided to try again on Saturday night, and we got there and the line was like 100m long, so we went to the end of the line too see if it would move quickly, and we lined up for like 1minute, and the bouncer came and got us and said we did not have to line up and we could go straight in. SCORE!! I did'nt feel so old and ugly after that hehe.
On Sunday I slept in, and then went to see a Band with some friends and my family. The lead singer was a guy that my Dad loved, and it was really good to do something that I know my Dad would of enjoyed. So we sat in the sun, and drank wine and ate biscuits and dip.. mmmm heaven.
And now its Monday again.. really have to hit the gym a bit more and lose some weight before Bali.. Does anyone have any surefire weight loss tips?? Really wanna be comfortable in my bikini!!
Friday, January 9, 2009
Hot and Sweaty
Just been to Gym.. I'm all hot and sweaty and in need of a long shower. My boyfriend thinks I am angry at him. But I just want some space.
Going to a friends house for Fish and Chips and then to the movies to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Should be fun.
Saturday I am have a quiet day and then having a girls night with cocktails, while our boyfriends go out.. I can't wait. And Sunday I'm going to see a band that my Dad loved with some friends.
Going to a friends house for Fish and Chips and then to the movies to see The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Should be fun.
Saturday I am have a quiet day and then having a girls night with cocktails, while our boyfriends go out.. I can't wait. And Sunday I'm going to see a band that my Dad loved with some friends.
Thursday, January 8, 2009
Welcome to my life
Well.. The past few months I've found myself lacking in duties at work.. and my favourite time consuming activity has been discovering other people blogs.. I never realised how interesting people's everyday, mundane (no offence) lives could be.
I suppose another reason for this blog is so I can talk about myself, the past few difficult years of my life.. (we will get to that later), without those that are close to me, my family, boyfriend and friends feeling like they need to give me advice. Sometimes its nice to just talk and say what your feeling, sometimes I don't need a response. And maybe the responses of those that don't know me will be different.
I have two rule for this blog
1) I am not going to portray myself as something as I am not. I have caught myself doing this in the past, not sure why. Maybe to make myself seem to carefree and interesting. But I'm not going to do that here. I want complete honesty from myself.
2) Noone in my life is to know about this blog. Sometimes my thoughts are for me, and for whoever may randomly come across them.
The title of my blog, my Zoo like life.. probably best refers to my "past life". I am the oldest of Four children - 2 boys and 2 girls. And there is 5 years age difference between us. So you can imagine that once you add various friends and relatives into the mix, my house always seemed to be like a zoo.. people coming and going, people crashing in our spare room.. on the couches every night of the week. My house was somewhat of a Hostel, welcoming, happy and warm. My parents were always much younger than my friends parent, my friends developed friendship with my parents. It is still like this to a degree, but things change.
My Dad died very suddenly July 21 last year, 3 days before his 47th Birthday. I find it very difficult to describe my Dad without sounding completely bias.. but he was a wonderful man. He was smart, educated, youthful and very supportive. He continues to be a driving force in my life and he always will be. I am sure I will speak about him a lot on this blog.. hopefully not to much.
My Mum, is in short an amazing, strong woman. Who misses my Dad, more than I could imagine. But she is continuing to live an amazing, fulfilling life, and is determind not to miss out on the things that he did.
I won't talk about my siblings just yet, I am not sure what I would say. But in short, they all have their positives, their negatives. And I love them all greatly.. maybe not specifically like them sometimes.
My Boyfriend is a wonderful person, I know how lucky I am to have him. We have had a wonderful 3 years. But sometimes I wonder....
Today I am at work, there is noone here for the next couple of days and I'm struggling to keep myself entertained. The tennis is on t.v in the background, I've cleaned pretty much every surface in the place and surfed the web as much as I can. I don't understand how people can search the web for hours on end.. I run outta things, I have a few specific sites that I like.. and that's about it. The news sites (I like to know whats going on in the world), facebook (I like to know whats going on in my life), Perezhilton.com (not sure why, I hate him, I hate the celebrity world.. but hey, it keeps me entertained)
I'm going to Bali in 10 weeks, with my Boyfriend and 6 other couple friends. Im excited and nervous. I totally need a holiday, cant wait to lie on the beach and just chill out and drink with friends. Nervous because of the obvious... but I can't let that rule my thoughts can I??
And then in July I am going to Europe with my Mum and My Sister for 4 weeks. France, Italy and Greece.. Pretty much all my money is going towards there 2 things. Working my ass off 40 hours a week and at the moment I am barely seeing a cent.. Oh well, guess it will be worth it when I am lying on a beach in Santorini in 40 degree heat.. Oh joy.
Anyway.. thats it for me today. I've touched on about a million subjects, delved into none. In time I suppose.
:)
I suppose another reason for this blog is so I can talk about myself, the past few difficult years of my life.. (we will get to that later), without those that are close to me, my family, boyfriend and friends feeling like they need to give me advice. Sometimes its nice to just talk and say what your feeling, sometimes I don't need a response. And maybe the responses of those that don't know me will be different.
I have two rule for this blog
1) I am not going to portray myself as something as I am not. I have caught myself doing this in the past, not sure why. Maybe to make myself seem to carefree and interesting. But I'm not going to do that here. I want complete honesty from myself.
2) Noone in my life is to know about this blog. Sometimes my thoughts are for me, and for whoever may randomly come across them.
The title of my blog, my Zoo like life.. probably best refers to my "past life". I am the oldest of Four children - 2 boys and 2 girls. And there is 5 years age difference between us. So you can imagine that once you add various friends and relatives into the mix, my house always seemed to be like a zoo.. people coming and going, people crashing in our spare room.. on the couches every night of the week. My house was somewhat of a Hostel, welcoming, happy and warm. My parents were always much younger than my friends parent, my friends developed friendship with my parents. It is still like this to a degree, but things change.
My Dad died very suddenly July 21 last year, 3 days before his 47th Birthday. I find it very difficult to describe my Dad without sounding completely bias.. but he was a wonderful man. He was smart, educated, youthful and very supportive. He continues to be a driving force in my life and he always will be. I am sure I will speak about him a lot on this blog.. hopefully not to much.
My Mum, is in short an amazing, strong woman. Who misses my Dad, more than I could imagine. But she is continuing to live an amazing, fulfilling life, and is determind not to miss out on the things that he did.
I won't talk about my siblings just yet, I am not sure what I would say. But in short, they all have their positives, their negatives. And I love them all greatly.. maybe not specifically like them sometimes.
My Boyfriend is a wonderful person, I know how lucky I am to have him. We have had a wonderful 3 years. But sometimes I wonder....
Today I am at work, there is noone here for the next couple of days and I'm struggling to keep myself entertained. The tennis is on t.v in the background, I've cleaned pretty much every surface in the place and surfed the web as much as I can. I don't understand how people can search the web for hours on end.. I run outta things, I have a few specific sites that I like.. and that's about it. The news sites (I like to know whats going on in the world), facebook (I like to know whats going on in my life), Perezhilton.com (not sure why, I hate him, I hate the celebrity world.. but hey, it keeps me entertained)
I'm going to Bali in 10 weeks, with my Boyfriend and 6 other couple friends. Im excited and nervous. I totally need a holiday, cant wait to lie on the beach and just chill out and drink with friends. Nervous because of the obvious... but I can't let that rule my thoughts can I??
And then in July I am going to Europe with my Mum and My Sister for 4 weeks. France, Italy and Greece.. Pretty much all my money is going towards there 2 things. Working my ass off 40 hours a week and at the moment I am barely seeing a cent.. Oh well, guess it will be worth it when I am lying on a beach in Santorini in 40 degree heat.. Oh joy.
Anyway.. thats it for me today. I've touched on about a million subjects, delved into none. In time I suppose.
:)
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