Umm...::sigh::

Everyone who knows me well knows that I have a very VERY bad habit of starting sentences and then...

Exactly!! I make a noise, start a word, or giggle, and then I never quite give follow thru. The point is everyone who knows me well knows I do this. Apparently Mike JUST figured out I do this (?!?!??), and its driving him up the wall!! I could have sworn I have been doing this since birth. I don't know where he's been, cause this is not a new development. He even threatened that if I don't stop, he doesn't know if he could spend the next 60 years with me doing that. I think its hilarious. I can be a very extroverted (?right word?) person when I'm comfortable, meaning I talk out loud even if I'm not talking to anyone imparticular. You know who else hates that I do this?? Ashley. She HATES it, and she gets sooo impatient when I do it, haha. Can't wait til she reads this, cause she's going to howl with delight that someone else shares in her annoyance. 

Hmm...I just...........hm, nevermind.

:o)

Sydney

So, I've been here in Sydney for a little over 2 months, but it feels more like 6 to me. I'm not quite sure why. Anyway, I am thoroughly enjoying my time here. When I first got here it was the middle of winter. Don't be fooled by "winter," its more like a California type winter where it rains a fair bit, but mainly a lot of crisp overcast days. I love winter so I wasn't complaining. Hats, cozy coats and sweaters...love it. Well, now the weather is definitely heating up, and I'm so excited to experience my first northern beaches summer!! Everyone is looking forward to it. I'm really only 3 blocks from the beach, about a 10-15 minute walk. I used to be 5 minutes but we moved. Dee Why is the suburb I live in on the northern beaches of Sydney. There are lots of interestingly named cities around here. For instance, Wollongong, Curl Curl, Manly, Warringah, Balgowlah...these are just some of the surrounding cities. When I first got here I obviously didn't have a job and I did pretty much nothing all day but walk aimlessly about the apartment and city. Very boring. But now, lucky me, I have a full-time job at the Fitness First. Fitness First is the 24 Hour Fitness of Australia. I'm a membership consultant. You would think it would be a pretty easy job. No. Its pretty much the hardest job I've ever had, but its very rewarding when you sit in front of those people and you give them the opportunity to live to their full potential. (That was so salesman like and boring of me haha) I have to admit I've become quite boring. I work all day, quite literally 12 hour days, and I don't go out much. But I do love being here in spite of my quiet living. Mike and I are happy together. Though I do very much miss home and all the people there that I love. 

Rusty

So, I haven't really done a lot of singing since I've been here in Oz. There is a serious lack of theatre, which they should really get on fixing. I don't sing much at home either, being as I life in an apartment, in close quarters with other people. Anyway, yah, haven't been singing a ton, except for the hymns at church. Well, when people ask me what I used to do in the states I usually tell them I made my living singing and that I'm a singer. Last night was the church talent show and lucky for me someone at church had signed me up to sing. So, me being the procrastinator that I happily am waited til 3 hours before the show to pick a sing and get music for it. I sang "Love Song" by Sara Bareilles (I never know how to spell her last name). I chose that song cause I know it and my mom always liked when I would sing that song in the car. Well, I sang it. And it was ruuuuuuuusty as, haha. I can still hold it down ok, but I realized just how much I've slipped in my skills. I'm gonna make it more of a priority to vocalize everyday to get my voice back where it was. Even though that means disturbing my neighbors. They're just gonna have to deal with it. And when I'm famous they'll think back and say "Wait, I know that girl from somewhere?!"

p.s. I did win 2nd place to some teen hula dancers in the talent show :o)

1 Year Anniversary

Yesterday, 04 September 2008, Mike and I celebrated our 1 year anniversary. Wow! I can't believe its been a whole year. It doesn't really feel like it. At dinner Mike said its more like 2 months, because thats how long I've been here in Australia. We had a lovely dinner out in Manly followed by massages by candlelight. But, I am an awful girlfriend because I didn't get him a gift...YET. Its coming...I just want to wait until I have enough time and money to get him something really special. He of course, being the incredibly sweet and romantic boyfriend he is, bought me a beautiful pendant and earrings. Gorgeous. But that was after the first necklace he bought me that he took back after discovering I didn't wear heart shapes :o( It was beautiful, but just not for me. I know, I'm an awful demanding woman. Why has he spent a whole year with me? I have no idea. Its probably because I make really good pasta, haha.