wow

So I was thinking about what our plans are for the next few weeks and i realized how fast this is flying by!

Squi, Jeff, and Michelle are flying in this Saturday. We leave for Cairns Monday night after i get home from work, return late the next Monday. Send off Dave and Lu (roommates), Kent and I go back to work Tuesday, but spend the evenings showing Syndey to Squi, Jeff and Michelle. They leave the 2nd, Kent and I work for a short week. APEC is happening so Sydney is pretty much shutting down. We are going up to Newcastle with friends from Randwick that Friday, taking a long weekend. When we get back from that, we only have three more weeks of work and then we go backpacking! CRAZY!!!!!!!! I can't stop saying that it seems like we JUST GOT HERE! I'm sorry everyone, but i haven't even had time to really miss anyone! Maybe when we are backpacking and i am sleeping in a tent at a croc infested campground i will long for home. It also helps that facebook and e-mail exists, i can check up on whats happening while i work (shhh, dont tell my boss). I think the only person i don't talk to is Lindsey (Parkin) and thats cause she NEVER RETURNS E-MAILS OR FACEBOOK MESSAGES! hint hint!

So whats been happening here in Sydney. I made stuffed shells again, they turned out much better this time. I broke down and bought a glass casserole dish so i could make them properly. It was our turn for Monday dinner and Australian movie night. Lu and Dave brought their two friends, and the regular crowd (david, aoife and sarah) turned up, so the total in our apartment was 10. We had plenty of food (but not forks or couch space) and it was a blast.

Saturday we went to the Clovelly Bowling Club (lawn bowling). That also was great. The club was right on the ocean with spectacular views, the beer was super cheap, and we all brought something for a big BBQ. I made crack pasta (its a hit here too mommy!), and we had sausages, roo-kabobs, chicken, salad, loads of awesome cheese and crackers, and then lots of other things like olives (they LOVE their olives here), these AMAZING peppers stuffed with cheese, breads, etc. I have pictures of this as well. I think you are all getting used to not seeing them, so I won't promise anything this time. Jennifer was much better at posting pictures than I am, sorry. Both the Mortons and my family have CDs with almost all of them, inlcuding 30 pictures of gravestones and about 50 of sailboats, so if you REALLY wanted to, go bother them :-D

umm, i think thats about it for now.