after the flatties went out, i must've been excited or something coz i couldn't get to sleep untill about 1am and then i kept waking up, i think i was scared i was guna sleep in! got about 2 and a half hours sleep because at 3.30am i couldn't get back to sleep... got up and started getting ready and the flatties came home from the city! very strange goin out for a run when they were coming home drunk to bed! haha
anyway once i finally got out the door i arrived at the showgrounds around 5.15am and got on the bus not long after. Took forever to get to the bridge though and didn't arrive till just after 6am. BridgetoBrisbane finally started about 6.50am (for me anyway. Different categories had staggered start times, eg: runners, walkers etc..) i decided to walk a km then run a km (they had markers) so ended up doin 10km in approx 1hr:20m (by my estimated calculations)
The official times will be in the paper on monday because we had timing chips attached to our shoelaces.
at the finish line we got free fruit, tshirt and a sunday paper (i think there was bbq breakfast available too but watermelon and bananas were much better)
So, i hobbled home and jumped in the shower and then hopped back in bed with my tea to relax until it's time to go into town to catch the bus to byron bay:)

Got woken up last night by a VERY drunk Tyler but once us girls were satisfied he wasn't goin to die in his sleep we went back to bed and this morn woke up late and then went to the Valley Markets:) so much cool stuff!! i bought a turtle necklace and old vintage pastel pink ring.. had to stop myself from buying anything else until i get a job!
speaking of which, i have an interview next week for an Aveda salon right in the middle of the city.. reeeally want this job!! (http://www.aveda.com.au/) check it out!

still sore from the last couple of days at the gym but possibly doing the bridge to brisbane fun run and walk tomorrow! (http://www.bridgetobrisbane.com.au/)
Kelly got a free entry because she works for the main sponsor or whatever, but she's goin out tonight and won't be able to get up early enough so i thought i could give it a go:) hopefully my muscles are recovered by then!

so, night in with trashy mags for company tonight :)

more gym time but today a tai chi/pilates/yoga comination called bodybalance. very enthusiastic, very gay instructor but it was good:) and then after coming home and having lunch i decided i'd walk 30 mins to a nearby town Newstead and find the salon that i'd been told stocked my skincare range... i got a wee bit lost, turns out they don't stock Environ anymore, i bought the one last moisturiser they had just to make my trip worthwhile, and TWOHOURS later arrived home.
i had dinner and watched tv, trying not to fall asleep on the couch and hobbled down the stairs into bed.. sore leg muscles ouchiee!!

18sleeps:)

26/08/2010 : my bed didn't collapse hooray! best nights sleep in awhile...
first pump class at GoodLife Health Club in the city- was a bit hard to walk down the stairs afterwards but hopefully won't be sore tomorrow so i can do another class - bikini weather is nearing and my bikini body has run and hid so time to find it:)

Finally received my Tax File Number and opened a superannuation bank account today so now all i need is a job:) another interview next week and hopefully find out about Ella Bache tomorrow- fingers still tightly crossed!

and most importantly down to 19 days till matt comes! i can't wait. time goes so very slowly when you are waiting.. Although, it is nearly September, the year is disappearing at quite a rate...

So i stayed at Kellys last night and had an amazing dinner with the Wright fam + Buddah, the second coolest dog in the world, then today we got up and went to a VIP make up store that Ryan's Aunty works at. It had Clinique, Estee Lauder, Bobby Brown, MAC and perfume galore with ridiculous "manager specials". 2x clinique foundations- $20 each and 2x estee lauder lipsticks for $17!! and it was like a secret society where you needed i.d to enter. heaven for me and Aimz:) poor Ryan...:p

then we ventured into the city and got lunch and decided we were too tired for anything else soo went home and hung out under blankets in front of the tv feasting on homemade delish choc brownie:)
and i have a BED yay! picked up from a nice little neighbourhood in Kenmore and after blood, sweat and tears (very nearly a reality) i think it's safe for a nights sleep.. at least until matt gets here and can make sure it's set up right:)

after all the bed fiasco, Alana made dinner of chippies and toasties. perfect.

22/08/10: i bought a bed off ebay!! yay.. and only $150:)

23/08/10: first job interview at Ella Bache in Paddington.. fingers crossed! and recieved my first package from home
( even if it was just a bundle of cv's, mum always makes her special little mark..thanks for the choccies!:) )

24/08/10: lazy start to the day but what an afternoon.. been checking out gyms, bought another sim card so i can call nz cheaper.. 4c a min!woo!
went grocery shopping for treats.. they don't have bulk bins. where's the pick'n'mix at man!? aaaand another job interview on the cards:)
Staying the night at Kelly and Akira's tonight with Aimz and Ryan (matt's fam) and pick up my bed tomorrow-can't wait, even if i have become accustomed to my little make-shift bed on the floor:p ...

oh and important day today.. excatly 3 weeks till matt arrives and 6 till my bday:) wouldn't be me if i wasn't counting down!:)

so far..

17/08/10 : My first day involved getting 4 hours sleep and getting up at 2.30am Nz time, i flew out at 6.30am Nz time and arrived in Brisbane at 10.30am NZ time. now 8.30am Au time. Alana and i carried my 2x 25kg suitcases and 7kg hand luggage on to the train and then onto the bus to my new home in Herston, about 30 mins from the aiport :) after an hour or so we went back down the hill to the bus station (to which i have become extrememly familiar) and headed into brisbane city, only about 10-15 mins away! i got my bank account sorted, a new sim card, a 'go' card for the buses, duvet, pillows and food for dinner... we got home about 5 or 6pm Au time so 7 or 8pm Nz time.. exhausted!! after hanging with the flatties and dinner i was in bed by 8pm Au time
(10pm Nz time).. LONG day!


18/08/10 : Wednesday i went into town on the bus by myself without getting lost (woohoo!) and met Alana and Kelly for lunch, did a few things in the city and then headed home to unpack...
Kel and Alana brought wine home which ended in a night out in West End at 'Uber' .. met lots of kiwis!

19/08/10 : Thursday me and Kel got up late and went into town, bought internet and went on the Citycat down the Brisbane river. b-e-a-utiful! amazing day-28 degrees!!

20/08/10 : Friday i stayed at home until Alana finished work, then went to the city to meet her for drinks at Cicada (they say sick-ah-da instead of sick-ay-da..weird!) bar with her workmates then we went to Bec's place for drinks and headed to the Valley around 10.30pm.
we went to X&Y bar, Birdies, The Bank, Cloudland (ridiculous bar worth millions of dollars) and got home around 4am and decided to ring matty but it was 6am Nz time!ooops :p

21/08/10 : slept in, went to town to sort out bond and rent, back home and straight back into bed!sleeeepy:) don't think i'll go out tonight!