Who'd a thunk it

I am a member of a cycling club -blink-

My Nana is also sick and it could be the bad kind of sick...

Very refreshing

I am currently watching Denton and he is interviewing Georgie Parker and she is an absolute cack!! She seems to be overly hyperactive and has a massive amount of energy and just snorted on TV!! She really does seem to be the free spirit as she was described as at the intro to the interview! She seems to be very passionate about life in general and has a no holds barred about her life including her age, her domestic responsibilities and her scoliosis.

Don't hide your lack of knowledge behind your words

Last night saw Cadel Evan's finish second in Le Tour de France!!! A bloody sensational effort and the best effort and performance by an Australian ever in the history of the ride!! The last two years, the only times he has ridden Le Tour, he has finished 8th and 5th and now 2nd. Next year, if he has the right team and the planets all align properly, he has a fantastic chance at winning!!
Cadel's efforts this year is just phenomenal and it is such an inspiration, its fantastic stuff - he is a proper tough guy!!

Saturday was the BBC brekky ride and I actually rode in from home! It meant getting up at 6am -gasp- and riding down to the BBC for the 7:30 roll off to Black Rock and return before having brekky. All up I rode 60 km's in the morning and while that is an OK hit out, it really isn't enough km's - I need to be doing more km's or that amount in consecutive days.
The brekky ride had a massive turn out with quite a few of the cogs girls and really enjoyed the ride down to Black Rock and back to St Kilda with Sonja, Pat and her hubby David - was really nice, thanks guys! :) (they probably don't read this though)
The brekky as always was great and there was a few cases of softitus -cough-Dale, commi-cough- but I was happy to prove some of the riders on the Eastern 'Burbs traing wrong by not only turning up for the ride but riding there and back :)

I am in the process of reviewing a few documents at work for a specific project and I know the system backwards and the process involved and I keep making comments on the document reviews for them to only be ignored by the BA (Business Analyst) writing the doco's. I was worried at one point that it was just my email's and reviews that seemed to be ignored, but it isn't just me. The PM (Project Manager) is also getting quite frustrated by the BA, he either ignores doco reviews or just simply doesn't reply to explain why he doesn't want to include the information. He is one of these people that if you suggest that word X gets put into a sentence, then he has to add word Y instead. I really dislike people who hide behind words... you know the kind, people who talk and talk and yet don't answer the question... My boss is also on my side about these things which is very very good and helpful. It involves me spending about 10 minutes explaining the systems and the situation to my boss, but once she understands the situation she has agreed with me on each of the points that I have made which makes feel re-assured about my stance. Today I ended up having to write a paragraph that needs to be added to the BRS document which I then sent to the PM and he is going to ask the BA to put that paragraph into the document. It really pisses me off that I have to do someone elses job and that they wont even pay attention to my comments or give me enough respect to even pay attention to what I have to say! It particular irks me that I can't just tell this person to listen to what the hell I am saying - it also annoys my boss too!! Actually, my boss and I are very similar on what we agree and disagree on, I really do have a great relationship with my boss which is very handy seeing as she is in Sydney, but I think that is part of the reason why we work so well together.

Drugs!

I went to see my Doctor tonight to get some antibiotics for my sinuses. With the nose spray and ocassional sudafed tablet I would have expected to see it improve and not get slightly worse, so proper drugs were the order of the day! While I was there I decided to get my $55 worth and I got him to look at the little bumps I have on my left foot and as I feared they are warts :( I have never had them before the last year or so grrrr My Doctor got some dry ice and froze all 4 of them. He warned me that it would hurt a fair bit and when I said it wasn't really hurting much he was very suprised, they do hurt a bit now though when I put pressure on them ie walk. Due to the locations of them I can't even really walk without one of them connecting with the ground. If I look down at my left foot I have one on the right side of the ball of my foot, one on the left hand side of my foot down towards the sole of my foot in line with my arch and two on my heel.

In more TdF news, Moreni from the Cofidis team has tested positive for testosterone and as a result Moreni and Cofidis are out of The Tour :( While this is another terrible thing to happen it is also great that these people are being picked up in the testing being conducted. What makes this even stranger is that Moreni and his Cofidis team and another team staged a protest at the start of last nights stage against doping in cycling -rolls eyes-

Rasmussen, the yellow jersey wearer, the leader of The Tour, has been kicked out of his Rabobank team and as a result is no longer in The Tour due to the lies that he has been telling his team! I think that this is fantastic, it shows that the teams don't want to be mixed up with this kind of crap and don't want to be tainted with the controversy of the situation when they have done nothing wrong. He has lied to everyone about his true whereabouts during training and as a result has missed 4 out of competition random drug tests as he hasn't been where he said he would be and I am sorry, but NO pro cyclist with nothing to hide would let this happen. He said that during June he was going to be in Mexico training but was spotted by other riders training in Italy. He has gotten what he deserves.
I really don't understand how he could lie to his team! I mean these are the guys that are sacrificing themselves for him to be able to win, putting themselves through hell and supporting everything he does to get him over the line first. It really is disrespectful what he has done and good on the Rabobank boys for making this decision.

As a result of Rasmussen being kicked out, Cadel Evans has moved from 3rd palce and over 5 minutes behind to now being in second place and less than 2 minutes behind which if he keeps with Contador over the next few stages he should be able to make up in the time trial!! GO CADEL!!

The Good and The Bad

I passed my ISTQB Foundation in Software Testing Certification exam!!! I now have a shiny certificate to show for it :) I am thinking I should get my bit of paper from my degree framed and get this one done too.

I was introduced to Google Reader tonight by the facebook pimp and I think I like it! I have an ever increasing number of blogs that I have bookmarked and this just makes it so much easier, although now it wont take me as long to read them so I wont be able to waste as much time at work ;) I think google is now owning my arse, or at least knows everything I do online with all their stuff that I use.

Unfortunately it was announced last night a rider in Le Tour de France has tested positive for homologous blood transfusion after Saturday's time trial. Due to Aexandre Vinokourov testing positive for blood doping, his entire Astana team was also asked to leave the tour which meant that his team mate Andreas Klöden, who was coming 5th in GC, has also had to leave the tour.
Vino won the time trial on Saturday night and Aussie Cadel Evans came second. Most likely he will be awarded the stage win, but its really dissapointing that he didn't get to stand on the podium and enjoy it.

The sh1t fight at work over my allocation to projects got worse yesterday and today but I think it has noa finally been sorted and I don't have to stress about it anymore which is a big relief. I have really been enjoying the work I have been doing this week, it is nice and refreshing to be working on and reviewing documents of systems that I know really well.

I don't understand

Over the years I have noticed a pattern amongst my male friends. Whenever they get a new gf I can tell because they seem to drop off the face of the earth. They dissapear from online and they don't respond to sms's. I get that they have someone new in their life and all that, but why does this have to result in them now ignoring me?? It really dissapoints me and makes me a sad panda

No, I can't be getting sick again!

I am all sinusy and headachey eurgh! When I sneeze it hurts due to the build up of blerghiness in my sinuses. I have had a slight headache all day and while the panadeine has helped with that I have had to wait till I just got home to use my nose spray to try and get rid of all the blerghiness and boy is it working! 15 minutes after using the nasal spray I have slightly less pain when I touch my sinus area and I have gone through about 10 tissues and I am still going!
Looks like it is time to start taking ventolin again and doubling the intake of my asthma preventative medication again to try to stop it hitting my lungs.

TdF

I have watched the majority of the AU coverage of the Tdf and at the start of week three it is still amazing how easy they make it look, it really is sensational and I am loving watching it every day. One thing that I will love though when it is over is going back to my normal sleep pattern/cycle... I normally go to bed by 10-10:30pm on school nights an its now 12:16am and I am still awake watching the cycling but it is so worth it when I can manage to keep the eyes open and when I can't, well that's what the PVR is good for :D

Weekend ramble

Something I noticed in my ride yesterday was that while I am slow on any incline, but I am improving, I can sprint for short bursts! Christine got away from me on an incline on the return leg and after I had made it to the crest I decided to change up a few gears and just hammer it to catch her and I did and I went past Sacha and Richard. I think that this is another sign that I should join BCC and start doing some track stuff.

Last night at the SKCC and Total Rush trivia/TdF night my team of Jason, Anna and Richard won the comp and as a result I now have a free entry to next years Holden High Country Cycle Challenge! I really hadn't planned on attempting to climb Mt Buller again next year but maybe this is a sign that I should... dear god help me!

Today I had the challenge of babysitting my niece for the afternoon and it all went well! I have seen her chuck some sensational tanty's and yet today she didn't have one! I took her for a walk up to the new local shopping centre and she happily sat in the pusher the whole way there and while I bought some stuff - all up about 45-50 mins. I bought her a cake at the bakery and we went outside and she ate some of it with her chocolate milk where I let her get out of the pusher to walk around a bit so she could stretch her legs a bit and then sit on a bench seat to eat. She was so funny at the bakery, she wanted a 'happy face' cake thingy and as soon as the lady at the bakery handed it to me she yelled out at the top of her voice in an extremely excited manner 'HAPPY FACE!!!' She was really that excited about it!
After about 10 mins we then left the shops to go to the park where she could play on the equipment and feed the ducks which she loves doing. The whole time she was so happy to be out and about and did pretty much everything I asked and didn't even have to bribe her with food - even when leaving the park!
She was so well behaved all day and it was really easy looking after her, although her saying to me that she had a poo'ey nappy wasn't all that great, neither was changing it, but c'est la vie!
Talking to my sister and bros in law it seems that she is really only chucks tanty's and is whingey when my sister (her mum) is around because with everyone else she is pretty good, which is great for me and her grandparents and other Aunty who also look after her.

i haven't seen my housemate now for around about two weeks I think it is - best housemate ever (at the moment). I know she was here for the night last Saturday but I didn't see her cos she left before I got up and she was here today as well cos her mail was gone, the fish tank had water and she left me a note. The note said that she has a job for a few weeks in Hawthorn so she is staying at her mum's cos its easier to get to the job from there and also cos she has been depressed... I don't really care why as long as she pays rent and the bills. In fact, what more could you want from a housemate than to pay bills and rent and not be in the house?!?!

This week at work should be good because I am changing projects. I have been on the One Office project which deals with productising a service between TCNZ and us for our Trans Tasman customers. Until the past 3 months it has been the most important product for the company. This was until TCNZ purchased another corporate ISP in AU and we are merging out product suite with theirs which is now the top priority. We need to utilise our own networks where possible to reduce costs and as such we need to make major changes to our provisioning systems. They are introducing quick fixes for these and then implementing the 'real solution'. I know it kinda sounds silly, but it means getting some quick wins on the board and helps us to keep more money in house rather than filling Telstra's pockets. I worked on the first quick fix implementation and it all went rather well and I got to use my skills and knowledge a lot more than I have been able to on the One Office project.
Now due to all the work coming in to alter the provisioning system combined with the One Office project they need to either duplicate me or hire a contracter to do some of the work. I was asked to list all the work that is needing my assistance and at the end of the list I recommended that they take me off the One Office project. If they are going to hire someone to do some of the work then they should do the OO stuff as the systems really aren't all that familiar for me in the first place and if they did the PWTL stuff for provisioning then I would have to spend a LOT of my time explaining stuff to them so it makes sense that I do the PWTL stuff and a contracter do the OO stuff. My boss and her boss also agrees.

Unfortunately this means that I will now no longer be going to NZ for work AND that the OO project people will get really annoyed but c'est la vie really. The PWTL project has a greater importance and my skillset and company knowledge is better suited to it. Still, it wont be fun when the OO project team hear about it...

It can be frustrating

Why are some of the nicest and most interesting guys that I meet married?? I spose it really is self explanatory

RR: St Kilda <-> Carrum

This is my RR as put on The Forum and then some more rambling at the end...

Well I had a great ride this morning with CLR, Sacha and RichardS! The four of us stuck together at our own nice conversationally social pace. We got to Mordi and saw the signs for 3 mobile having some tent there and decided we would continue on to Carrum and then stop on the return leg to check it out.
Almost to Carrum my phone starts ringing, but I don't answer my phone while riding so I checked it when we got to Carrum - it was Fraggle. Give him a call and he is like 'where are you guys are you OK??' Umm yeah, we just stopped in Carrum! They were still at Mordi and had been waiting for us to catch up

From mordi it sounds like some of them headed straight back to St Kilda and the others headed to Franganastan. We saw Snuffy his bros and RDK pass us btn Carrum and Mordi and I yelled out G'Day to them and they turned around to ride back with us. Not far from getting back onto the Nepean we saw Commi, Kenny and Percrime on the side of the road with a puncture. They looked like they had it under control so we kept on riding. A quick pit stop at Mordi for a nature break where the puncture trio caught up with us and then we headed back to St Kilda. Oh and the 3 mobile tent thingy had heaters, massages and fruit or something.

Got back to Racer where everyone else was (except jmcleod) and enjoyed a couple of nice hot chocolates and cheese on toast - cheers 53-11

Now what I need to point out is that CLR, Sacha, Richard and I were never going to head to Franganastan - it was always either Mordi or Carrum and we ended up riding the furthest our of the bunch!! (except for jmcleod who lost us). For everyone else (except Oz who rode all the way in and Heather who had something to get home for) YOU ARE ALL SOFT!!! which I openly proclaimed as I saw them all in Racer - sorry Stu hehehe I don't care if you rode in - you were planning to ride to Franganastan!!
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From the ride today my knees are quite sore! I don't know if its cos of how cold this morning was or due to poor cadence but they hurt a bit. I tried to keep a close eye on my cadence because I know that in the cold I find it hard to keep it up above 80-90 or so but I did see it down to 60something at some points on the return leg. I think (hope) that it is really just as simple to it being 4 degrees this morning.

Tomorrow I am babysitting my 2.5yr old niece for the first time. My sister has been saying she would get me to for ages but never has and now she has actually followed through - should be fun, I hope!

How do you appear?

Something that I read tonight in a friends blog made me wonder how I come across to people online. Do I come across as educated or not, confident or not, happy or not, a cycling freak or not, adult or not, anything else or not or just as me?

Away from work, I often feel like people treat me like a child, but that could just be the way that I interpret it because that's how my family made me feel for years.
Online I am who I am, I don't try to be anyone that I am not and what you see is what you get, but that isn't just online that is me in general I don't divulge everything about me and what I do but I am quite open about my life which I have sometimes been criticised for but hey! I am a child of the internet (sort of) and this is just how I am, my life involves online communities.

Yes, I care what people think of me but only to a degree and in certain ways.

EDIT: I think it also depends on what context or what environment when dealing with online areas. Some of the hardc0re cyclists I 'know' are held in high regard on The Forum, but on non cycling ones they might not be

One of the semi regulars on The Forum has been diagnosed with diagnosed with Stage IV Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma :( He has been through his first round of chemo and has a few more to go. It really goes to show that no matter how fit you are you aren't immune and it reminds me that I realy should organise the first of my every three year checks for bowel cancer. It is weird to think that it has been just over three years since the pre-cancerous lump was found and removed from my bowel and ditto again for my appendix removal!

Osteo goodness

My back is feeling much better now thanks to the magical hands of my Osteo :D She told me, and I could feel, that it was quite tight and that it was all stemming from my glutes and probably also from my pelvis/hips not being level (which I already knew). She said that the tightness was releasing quite well so it was good to come in when I did. When she cracked my back it was cracking while she was getting me into the position to actually crack it! Soon I should go heat up my heat bag and put it on my back/bum area.

On Saturday night one of my friends had their birthday do and I wasn't invited and I don't know if I should be offended or not cos they ended up calling me during the evening. I probably wouldn't be worrying about it if I hadn't seen photo's of other people than the 'core group' being there. I wont take it too much to heart and get pissed off about it all but I am a bit miffed about it.

Tonight for dinner I cooked something that I haven't had in ages - pan fried chicken fillets which you then put champignons on and topped with grated tasty and parmasan cheese and then baked for about 10 minutes to melt the cheese - YUMMO!! This was one of those meals I remember fondly from my childhood and is still just as tasty as I remember it to be. Of course I also had some vegies to go with it and was just the perfect meal for me tonight :D I also cooked an extra serve to have again this week :D

When I did my food shopping this week I bought a heap of WW deserts including custards, puddings, cookies and cakes. I am thinking of making one of the chocolate puddings soon to have for desert :D My eating is falling down with me snacking so I made sure this week to buy lots of different things to snack on to stop me eating the bad stuff I have been indulging in.

Today was the coldest day in Melbourne in 9 years and it was 10degrees at 7:30am but 6 degrees at midday! They say the over night low is going to be 4degrees in the city which means it will be almost 0degrees in the burbs and its already 4.7degrees outside at the moment! The heater is working over time.

Back Issues

For a few months now my lower back muscles have been getting tighter and tighter and last week in the training course it got even worse. The chairs in the room just had no support at all for my lower back and at some points I had to lie on the floor. It wasn't too bad on the weekend, except for Saturday night I ended up having to stand instead of sitting as it started to get even tighter and then today at work it got worse again. I got some anti inflam drugs from the chemist and took them but I don't think that they have really done anything. I also had a 30min soak in a hot bath with some radox and again it doesn't feel like its done much.

I really am looking forward to my osteo appointment tomorrow cos this is really annoying.

Lazy weekend

My new phone tells me how long it is until the alarm goes off... I really don't need to know that there is now 8hrs left till my alarm goes off, especially when I will probably be awake for an hour or two more while watching The Tour.

Last night a bunch of us went to Barney Allens to watch The Tour highlights at 6pm and then have some food, some drinks and a good time before the live telecast at 10pm. It was a great night out and we had a fantastic entree supplied by Dale who wasn't even there - was awesome, cheers bud! :D

As the bar shut at 1am and ther ride would be finishing after that, we were deciding where else to go when Stu rocked up after a bit of a pub crawl from his place in Prahan to St Kilda and as his place was a) bigger and b) had a bigger tv we invaded his place to watch the last 20km's or so :D

I have done no exercise at all this weekend and infact I have done nothing since Monday night - ARGH!!! I have however done about 40 mins of walking on wednesday and thursday and about 30 mins on Friday with catching PT into the city for the training so I have done _something_ just not a lot.

Yesterday I did a big shopping expedition at the supermarket and bought a lot of snacks and just stuff to eat to improve what I have been eating cos it has been really bad lately :(

br0ken?

A week or two ago I did a budget and I set up all my bills to be paid automagically from my bank account. I just logged into my netbanking and it doesn't compute in my head! I have too much money in there and I think I have had too much wine to work out why... maybe tomorrow I can but for now it is a mystery!

TGIF!

Training was painful and informative and I hope I passed the exam. The WW training was annoying and didn't finish until 9pm tonight so after 3 days of training for work with an exam and then another 3 hrs for WW I wasn't in the mood to wait around to catch a train so I went to IGA on Flinders St and got a bottle of wine and then caught a taxi home :D By the time I got home my head was pounding so after some panadeine, a shower, some food and a glass of wine things were much better :D

I had an interesting conversation on MSN before with a cycling friend and I just have to post it on here cos I am amazed that I could interpret most of what they typed! I have removed their name so that they can stay anonymous ;)

XXX says: (11:42:18 PM)
Are you going to bnsmtny allensZ?
Lisa says: (11:42:26 PM)
yeah, i will be there tomorrow
Lisa says: (11:42:30 PM)
u?
XXX says: (11:42:33 PM)
I arranged a few thi9kngs
Lisa says: (11:42:41 PM)
ooooooooh like??
XXX says: (11:42:54 PM)
some fmrage
Lisa says: (11:43:03 PM)
noice!!
XXX says: (11:43:13 PM)
ffor th e forumers
Lisa says: (11:43:24 PM)
did you reserve the table for us??
XXX says: (11:43:41 PM)
ntotl quitey
XXX says: (11:44:40 PM)
can you tyell chriss that I HABorghanisded f=for some things? I cant do it
Lisa says: (11:44:52 PM)
LOL
Lisa says: (11:44:54 PM)
chrisg?
XXX says: (11:45:13 PM)
clr
XXX says: (11:45:17 PM)
CLR
Lisa says: (11:45:22 PM)
ahh ok yeah I can
XXX says: (11:45:23 PM)
Crhis
Lisa says: (11:46:01 PM)
wont you be there?
XXX says: (11:46:24 PM)
I have a pppriolkxdn commikntment
Lisa says: (11:46:30 PM)
bugger
XXX says: (11:46:37 PM)
*prior
Lisa says: (11:46:42 PM)
I got it :)
XXX says: (11:47:08 PM)
might porp down whn djm\\en i siober up
Lisa says: (11:47:21 PM)
LOL
XXX says: (11:48:14 PM)
been thereeeeee tonighnt - Shjrere will be looking afyter you and she owes me aa hgrfew favours
Lisa says: (11:48:22 PM)
no worries :D
XXX says: (11:48:27 PM)
col
XXX says: (11:48:33 PM)
co0l
Lisa says: (11:48:35 PM)
im wondering if i should take my aussie flag to support DA BOYZ!
Lisa says: (11:48:40 PM)
;)
XXX says: (11:48:56 PM)
go for it
XXX says: (11:49:23 PM)
\possum will be supporting qaanytingitaln
XXX says: (11:49:32 PM)
IK;m bgiogn
Lisa says: (11:49:38 PM)
boonan?
XXX says: (11:49:41 PM)
I'm boin gt
XXX says: (11:49:47 PM)
to sleep;\
Lisa says: (11:49:52 PM)
good idea!
XXX says: (11:50:06 PM)
I;. m gboing to ssslerp;
XXX says: (11:50:22 PM)
I;n m fucked
Lisa says: (11:50:26 PM)
I can tell!
XXX says: (11:50:29 PM)
goltta gol
Lisa says: (11:50:31 PM)
cya
XXX says: (11:50:44 PM)
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XXX says: (11:50:58 PM)
byww u and IK
Lisa says: (11:51:03 PM)
cya
XXX says: (11:51:16 PM)
nobofddy needs to knhnovwe
Lisa says: (11:51:23 PM)
lol, no one will ;)

Training

Today, tomorrow and Friday I am doing a training course and then exam for the ISTQB Founding Level Qualification which is an internationally recognised testing qualification. Today we covered a fair few things and tonight I am meant to be reviewing what we went over but I am really too tired to make it productive. Providing I pass the exam I have to sit at 3:30pm on Friday afternoon I will have another qualification to add to my degree which is kinda nice, especially cos work is paying for me to do this. I also have a bit of indirect pressure to pass the test as my bosses boss is on the Australian New Zealand Testing Board.

The reason I am tired? Le Tour of course! Well that and the mental tiredness from all day training! I have set my PVR to tape all of tonights coverage as during this training course I really should get a few good nights sleep so that I have a chance of passing the exam

It has started!

I have started my three weeks of sleep deprivation, aka watching The Tour de France!! It started on Saturday night with the prologue in London (Londres). I must say it was great fun watching the time trial on Saturday night, its just a real shame that it is on so late at night. Most of the stages will finish after 1am and I am normally in bed asleep around 10 - 10:30pm so it will definately be interesting to see how I go. The last two nights I have stayed up till around midnight or so and last night I recorded the rest of the stage on my shiny new PVR.

Yes, I have been shopping, again. I bought a new twin tuner STB PVR with a 160GB HDD to upgrade my single tuner 80GB STB PVR. I have moved the older one into my bedroom which now means I get crystal clear images on the tv in there YaY!! I set up all my weekly recordings on the new one, but I have left them all still on the older one just in case. One thing I don't like about the new one is that that old one I could assign a name to what I was recording, so each week I have it setup to tape lost and I call the file 'lost' with this new one it just has a number associated to it...

I also bought a new phone, well the phone didn't actually cost anything, but I have ported my number away from Vodafone and to Optus, which means I now have a regular phone bill to pay again each month, but that's ok, especially if it means that I get better service at home. I have had many ocassions where my phone wont ring at home but I will get the SMS to tell me I have voicemail. My sister once tried to call my ohone 3 times in the one hour and each time it didn't ring as if the phone was off and she ended up calling me on the landline.
I really like the new phone, it has built in GPS too which is great and I got a bluetooth headset free as well. I am also on a cap plan so now I don't have to even really think about calling people cos I will be paying a set minimum amount no matter what - noice!

On Sunday I went up to Lancefield to take some photo's of the ATTA Time Trial being run up there. It was good getting out and taking more photo's and I am improving a lot with panning of the cyclists while taking the photo. I have had several requests for photo's so I am starting to think that while I currently don't mind providing them free to people, maybe I should investigate a way to sell the high res images for sometimes in the future.

Make up your bloody mind!

Over the past 6-8 weeks or so my housemate has told me several times that things in her life (car accidents and her (lack of)employment) are 'none of my business' even though she also often says to me 'you could at least pretend to care'. Since Thursday two weeks ago we have maybe spent 2 or 3 minutes in very stilted conversation cos she cracked the shits about me being told by a friend that she got fired. Now I don't really care if I don't talk to her, it really just doesn't bother me. Tonight she got home and started talking to me like things were fine - well im sorry, you don't accuse me of saying things I didn't say and saying they were bitchy and just expect that I will get over it cos you are now in a good mood. Now the fact that she wasn't talking to me actually suited me fine because then I didn't have to pretend to care cos I honestly don't really care about her inane babble. In reply to something she was babbling about my reply was 'I don't really care why you were in Williamstown because "It's none of my business" '. She didn't like that and got all shitty with me about it and had the attitude of 'well be like that' and got all snooty at me!! What gives?? How am I meant to know what mood she is going to be in when she gets home and why should I have to accomodate her fricking moods all the time. It is just easier for me to just show that I actually don't care and cos she hates confrontation she will just run off to her room or her mothers.

In other news due to being sick still I worked from home today and did actually do some work and will probably be home again tomorrow so I may have to head to the doctors if that is the case :(

Sick

I have my first cold for the season :( I woke up this morning with a bit of a sore throat and a runny and yet also stuffy, nose. As the day progressed it has progressively gotten worse. In a bid to try and contain this so it doesn't turn into severe Asthma I went and saw my friendly phamarcist George, and I now have some lozenges for my throat and a nose spray and panadeine :D I also told my boss that I will work from home tomorrow but I warned her I may take it as a sick day - I must try to keep warm.

I am glad that today was a day off from exercising and I hope that tomorrow I don't feel much worse so that I can try to get to a spin class tomorrow night.

I also bought the ingredients to make a nice big pot of beef vegie soup and a nice pasta bake but making both may be overkill and while I should make the soup today I think the pasta bake will as it requires less effort, if I even bother to cook. I may make the soup tomorrow...

What a night!

A massive night last night to celebrate the end of Ange's civillian life with far too much walking and I have very sore feet today!
In summary:

• I ran into this chick that looked really familiar at the bar we were at. We both did a double take at the exact same time and just looked at each other. We started chatting and trying to figure out where we both thought we knew each other from but couldn't figure it out.
  
• I had a great time chatting with Trarse and Nick
  
• I ran into a guy I went to high school with that I haven't seen for 11 years!! Mmmm he is still cute ;) (but taken) and I have his business card so I will email him this week to catch up
  
• At a second bar I was talking to this chick in the bathroom and I can't recall what was said but the next thing I know she had pushed me against the bathroom wall and was kissing me -blink-
  
• Tried many many times throughout the night to get a taxi but it was worse than bloody Christmas time, no one would stop!
  
• After Ange and James decided to walk back to his place, I ended up going off with Stefan, who was wearing a kilt and everytime someone asked him what he had on undernearth it he was quite happy to flash them to prove that he wasn't wearing anything, and we got a souvo and then went to the Gin Palace for even more drinks - ARGH!
  
• At about 4am, we finally teamed up with these other two who were heading the same way as us to get a taxi - two of us on each side of the road and after about 15 minutes we finally got a taxi!
  
• Got a few hours sleep -cough- at Stefan's place before getting a taxi home at 8am, while he was still sleeping -oops- and showered and into my own bed, mmm I love my snuggly winter sheets, for some more sleep before waking up at 12:30pm!
  

I am pretty tired today and I had to go and get brunch around 1:30pm because I just needed food! I had eaten dinner around 5pm Saturday night/arvo, and apart from about 3 bites of a souvo I hadn't eaten anything else for about 20 hrs, except beer and I think maybe some red wine hehe