2012 wrap up and My Summer Holidays

I had 3 weeks off this summer. It's nice when you have something to start up on again. But I will be unemployed, ahem, I mean, "between projects" again in a few weeks.

Sydney Trapeze School

2012 was a pretty busy year mostly working on back to back shows and it was gone before I knew it. I learnt to stand up for myself and noticed more confidence in work me. Social me got out too - the people I drink and party with now are about 10-15 years younger than me?! and I hold my own, so there! Romance...pfft! So I tried internet dating - thats beyond a blog, its going to become an episode of a series I want to write. I visited friends in Perth, went to Alice Springs and Uluru and saw my name on the big screen. I made new friends and said goodbye to friends who have left Sydney.

So what did I get up to on my Summer Holidays?
Well I finished up with some spectacular stunts and car smashes on Saturday 22nd, I always love my Stuntie days! We had to finish on time so we could all get to our own Christmas party at one of my fav restaurants in town - Cafe Paifico. This might have something to do with it being notorious for having the largest variety of Tequillas in Sydney. Hmmm... maybe. So despite the  tequila, I needed to behave that night. So I left at midnight sending the rest of the party off in taxis to the next venue.

Scallops at Dedes

The next day I  had my Mother's Birthday lunch at Dede's in Abbotsford. A lovely seafood restaurant and I am impressed I managed to scrub up ok and get there on time - though I think I taught my nephews something about hangovers that day.

What next? A trapeze class with my niece at Sydney Trapeze Schools outdoor rig in Centennial Park. AWESOME! It's been well over a year since I first tried this and apparently you don't forget and I am pretty good at it (if I don't say so myself).  A late lunch in Kingsford then home to spend Christmas Eve baking Christmas cookies.


Christmas lunch as always at my parents place. Just a simple meal of prawns, oysters, smoked salmon, ham and lobster (again! I had lobster at Dedes too!) And then PRESENTS!!! You know you did well when the kids play with their toys immediately. It rained all day Christmas this year. We would normally go swimming, and I got the boys water related presents. No pool so they went for the bathroom sink! It was kinda like skating on the tiles after we managed to pull the plug and extract them from the water world they had created. Oh - I had to go coz I had a few people over that night. I have no idea what we did that night but I had 2 houseguests and we all got burnt the next morning lazing by the swimming pool. I was just trying to even out the horrible t-shit and singlet tan I got from months of working outdoors! All i did that day was burn my cleavage - ouch! It peeled and everything but all looks good now, in case you were wondering.

Coogee Sparkles

No rest for the wicked! So as much as I love entertaining, maybe I needed some time to myself. Well that was going to have to wait. I had a surprise visit from a friend. I won't go into too much detail but it involved flights to/from Columbia, Melbourne and Perth and early lifts to the airport. You know who you are - I love you but you did leave me with a migraine. You see a mutual friend was also in town so I had not only 1 house guest but 2. Luckily the new couch got delivered just before Christmas and I haven't yet gotten rid of the old couch - so enough comfy places for everyone to sleep. Unfortunately , it felt like I spent a lot of my 'down time' washing bedding.

I think that pretty much takes me up to New Years Eve. Everyone seemed really non-committal this year. I stayed local and watched the 9pm family fireworks on the beach and then drank at a local establishment and welcomed in the new year with a random bunch of people we met.

And the January weeks have raced by in a blur involving beaches, movies, showing up at the gym that takes my money every month, a night out at the Sydney Festival Spiegeltent watching Frank Woodley in INSIDE and an amazing vege lasagne dinner party.

So back at work now and a forced day off helped by a beautifully sunny day and the use of my Christmas massage voucher by the sea.