+ Friday afternoon at a minute to 5 (damn early for me) I hopped, skipped and jumped into my car and drove the 3 - 4 minutes to my dad's place with much excitement.
As soon as I walked through the door Aranka and Michal gave me the biggest hug ever and we were all a bit teary eyed... I know it has been 2 and a half years, it feels like the longest time since we had seen each other on the same token it felt like we picked up where we left off.
Dinner was local at a little Japanese place where we shared many dishes and drank a few bottles of wine. Tried Green Tea Tiramisu (because we couldn't comprehend the green tea aspect of a chocolaty, coffee dessert - it was surprisingly good) My cousin and her husband were so surprised that us Aussie's can BYO grog into restaurants - I'd never thought of it before.
Due to the 40 hours of travelling for my cousins and my 'almost 55 hours' of working week we made it an early one to get a great energetic start to the next day.
+ Saturday I put on much more makeup than usual, in a subtle way of course... Michal is a happy snappy tourist here - its great for the memories, but I hate my photo being taken! I feel that my smile looks fake and I hate the contortionists positions to avoid my tummy sticking out of its hiding place.
+ Saturday 'meet my mum' day, we went to my old 'hood Bronte Beach for lunch at Swell - as it was the perfect weather for it, grey clouds, pouring rain, gusty wind and 21 degrees in summer! Lunch went swimmingly (we didn't) mother was on her best behaviour, we had delicious food shared a bottle of Australian wine and we didn't share our dessert, mum wouldn't have it that way.
+ That night I was supposed to go take the gang to see 2 Days in Paris at North Sydney Oval, once again the weather impeded my plans. My boy, my cousins and 2 of my greatest friends had a backup plan, dinner at New Orleans Cafe, I thought it would be the best plans with a live band playing in the background. Nup, no band for the night. I picked up my boy on the way through, a huge tightest of tight hug...
Dinner went as expected with the group of people in attendance. 2 of my girlfriends that direct their attention to any man thats in the proximity and dismissing all the other girls (in other words, D & L were competing for the attention of my boy and my cousins husband even though L is married and they both know my affections toward RR).
The biggest announcement for the night was L. is pregnant!
+ After dinner and a few drinks at a near by hotel (the venue I met my lover boy) I spent the rest of the night in his arms, snuggled and content.... After 6 weeks of his absence the little spark is still there. I'm happy.
+ Sunday we went into Chinatown for the New Year celebrations, I thought the parade commenced at 1pm, I was wrong. It started at 11. We got in a little early (in anticipation for a 1pm kickoff) and caught the tail end of the celebrations.
We spent a couple hours in the Chinese Gardens and Darling Harbour, the first time I've ever been there. We took many photos, drank Chinese tea for hours and caught up on the 2 and a half years past... That night we had a great dinner cooked by my dad which provided for dinner the next 2 nights while my cousins were in Canberra
As soon as I walked through the door Aranka and Michal gave me the biggest hug ever and we were all a bit teary eyed... I know it has been 2 and a half years, it feels like the longest time since we had seen each other on the same token it felt like we picked up where we left off.
Dinner was local at a little Japanese place where we shared many dishes and drank a few bottles of wine. Tried Green Tea Tiramisu (because we couldn't comprehend the green tea aspect of a chocolaty, coffee dessert - it was surprisingly good) My cousin and her husband were so surprised that us Aussie's can BYO grog into restaurants - I'd never thought of it before.
Due to the 40 hours of travelling for my cousins and my 'almost 55 hours' of working week we made it an early one to get a great energetic start to the next day.
+ Saturday I put on much more makeup than usual, in a subtle way of course... Michal is a happy snappy tourist here - its great for the memories, but I hate my photo being taken! I feel that my smile looks fake and I hate the contortionists positions to avoid my tummy sticking out of its hiding place.
+ Saturday 'meet my mum' day, we went to my old 'hood Bronte Beach for lunch at Swell - as it was the perfect weather for it, grey clouds, pouring rain, gusty wind and 21 degrees in summer! Lunch went swimmingly (we didn't) mother was on her best behaviour, we had delicious food shared a bottle of Australian wine and we didn't share our dessert, mum wouldn't have it that way.
+ That night I was supposed to go take the gang to see 2 Days in Paris at North Sydney Oval, once again the weather impeded my plans. My boy, my cousins and 2 of my greatest friends had a backup plan, dinner at New Orleans Cafe, I thought it would be the best plans with a live band playing in the background. Nup, no band for the night. I picked up my boy on the way through, a huge tightest of tight hug...
Dinner went as expected with the group of people in attendance. 2 of my girlfriends that direct their attention to any man thats in the proximity and dismissing all the other girls (in other words, D & L were competing for the attention of my boy and my cousins husband even though L is married and they both know my affections toward RR).
The biggest announcement for the night was L. is pregnant!
+ After dinner and a few drinks at a near by hotel (the venue I met my lover boy) I spent the rest of the night in his arms, snuggled and content.... After 6 weeks of his absence the little spark is still there. I'm happy.
+ Sunday we went into Chinatown for the New Year celebrations, I thought the parade commenced at 1pm, I was wrong. It started at 11. We got in a little early (in anticipation for a 1pm kickoff) and caught the tail end of the celebrations.
We spent a couple hours in the Chinese Gardens and Darling Harbour, the first time I've ever been there. We took many photos, drank Chinese tea for hours and caught up on the 2 and a half years past... That night we had a great dinner cooked by my dad which provided for dinner the next 2 nights while my cousins were in Canberra
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Thanks so much for the invite, Nat...and the chinese gardens are beautiful, I go there often.
I love the chinese gardens. A few years ago I visited Syd with a couple of girlfriends - along the way we had a huge argument and didn't speak for a couple of days - though still did all the sightseeing together (very awkward). The Chinese gardens was really so lovely that we couldn't go without speaking during that!
does the private invite mean we get more intricate details on what is going on?
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