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Aaaaaanyways, here's what's been happening lately (as in, the past two or three months)
Sarah's Birthday.
First of all ..... HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SARAH!!!
Not that that really needs to be said because, in addition to it being very belated, it would seem to all onlookers that Sarah already had an awesome birthday, as evidenced by this one of many, many photos -
Seriously, how good a photo is that?? Of course, it feels a little like the end of A League of Their Own (with the random old woman saying "Let's all take a photo! The original Rockford Peaches!!"). (I should also mention that this photo has been culled from Ben's Facebook page).
Sarah's birthday was an awesome and awe-inspiring affair - a giant dinner party where Sarah, Cara, and AK (Cara's bff BF) put on an amazing spread of Indian underneath a blanket of fairy lights. Not even the bone-chilling cold was enough to dampen our enlivened spirits! Or something!
A really fantastic night, immortalized by a really awesome photo. Much like ....
My birthday!!
For the sake of easiness and comfort, I elected to have my birthday celebrations in Tonik, the bar across the street from home.
I had a really great night - even though I was anxiously trying to bounce from one group of people to another and make sure everyone was enjoying themselves. Thanks to everyone who came along and made it so memorable! (This is also another photo culled from Facebook ... I believe it's Sarah's profile that you'll find this one on!).
The morning after my birthday drinks, Simone and I packed up and headed for Apollo Bay. It was a long drive, but not an unenjoyable one, and when we arrived at the cottage we'd booked, this was the view that awaited us:
That view of the ocean spread from the far left to the far right, 180 degrees. The cabin itself was beautiful .... and made for an excellent place to have toast while watching the TV in the mornings ...
I impressed myself greatly by building a fire. In fact, it was such a strong, blazing fire that, when Simone tried to photograph it, the flames angrily denied their image to appear on camera!
But trust me, there's a fire in there!
Which leads me to fire of another sort ... namely, the fire on top of my birthday cake. Or, more accurately, birthday COOKIE.
Simone not only had the brilliant idea of getting me a birthday cookie, but also managed to pick it up and hide it in the car, all without me being any the wiser!
On the Sunday of our stay (we had taken the Monday off), Simone and I packed into the car to take in the sights of the Twelve Apostles. We ended up stopping off at the site of an historic lighthouse, which was both a blessing and a curse. The lighthouse and the view from the top of it was great, but the cold and the 3 hour drive to the Apostles took its toll.
(Simone and me on top of the lighthouse).
We made it to the Twelve Apostles in the end, however, and ... well ... I'll just let the pictures Simone took speak for themselves.
Pretty cool, huh?
We drove home the next day, and the first thing I did upon getting through the long drive was have some more birthday cookie.
Mmmmm .... that's good cookie!
In the weeks that followed that, work got insanely busy as I prepared for our half-yearly conference, the event that I'd been made responsible for. It all went well in the end, even though I got sick the day before it and had to miss the first two days (there are also photos of this event, which you can find through my profile on Facebook)
I'm currently in the middle of training for my new job as a sales rep. I get my car, phone and laptop on Friday, and I'm starting to think I might actually be able to do this job and not get fired, so that's a bonus.
In any case, this is already a large post after not blogging for so long, and I'm kind of over it. I hope you've enjoyed the pictures, as the anecdotes were a little on the poor side. All in all, I'd rate this post a B minus. High on content but low on information.
See ya next time.
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