Memories from London 2010... part 2

Today I am trying to be a big girl and not complain... I'm fine really!... Wait I'll say that again as I think only the dogs could hear me... I am fine really... As long as I don't try to bend my legs. Which kind of makes sitting, walking and well moving in general an interesting challenge. If you can imaging a penguin waddling (for want of a better term) around the place, bending at the waist and a whole host of other things that would make your local physiotherapist cringe and shudder... well thats was me today :-)

Why you may ask? Well because someone *cough*Eddy*cough* decided to do an honours project that allowed them an excuse to get their friends to jump up and down on a force plate with electrodes attached to their legs, then grab a bar weight equal to 1/3 their body weight and do squats to a metronome until they can squat no more... then they get to jump up and down again to see if anything has changed...

I think someone secretly has sociopathic tendencies *death glares*

Anywho, it wasn't so bad yesterday but waking up this morning was not so much fun :-( and so I am consoling myself by looking at more London photo's from last year, remembering a time when I was warm (because I'm not now), when I could feel my toes (because they are numb now), and when I took for granted my legs ability to bend and straighten without pain and agony (like they do now, although if I am honest with myself my feet did get a little achy from all that walking but the great thing about time is that you tend to forget these things)...

What I do remember is the fact that the city was going through a 'heat wave' and that Eddy and I were punished for making fun of the poor little heat sensitive Londoner's by getting sunburnt (I mean who gets burnt in LONDON of all places!). Which to me, now, seems kind of ironic as I sit here in my Sydney home complaining of this 'freezing' Sydney weather and our sudden 'cold snap'... sigh.

So I'll leave you with that for now...

I am going to go have a shower and see if I can't defrost my poor tootsies.

Much love

D.

Memories from London 2010...

Okay so for those of you who don't already know, I am now no longer a uni student, that is, pending a pass result in all of my final exams I will have completed my university degree and be venturing out into the big bad world (whatever that means... I'm still figuring all of that out).

Please excuse me though, I am getting distracted... I was did you know that it was exactly a year ago (well maybe not to the date but you get my drift) that Eddy and I ventured off on our European extravaganza? You thats right! Over 365 days later and I still haven't got myself around to editing all of the photo's we took and printing them on some medium.

And so, in memory of this occasion and with the knowledge that my finances will not allow me to repeat the trip anytime in the near future no matter how desperate I am to escape this frigid Sydney winter (and to force me to finish editing) I have decided to relive the trip in blog form.

Today we are in London and I'll refrain from saying too much (except OMG what I wouldn't give to be back there right now!).

Much love
D.

Umm... So this isn't kings cross

Just thought I'd let you all know that whilst driving to kings cross (from burwood) to take our American friend R clubbing we managed to get there. Then get lost looking for parking and then somehow managed to make it over the harbour bridge all the way to kirribilli - ie on the other side of the harbour!!!!



So now we are trying to find our way back... I'll let you know how it goes but if no one hears from me in 48hours CALL THE POLICE!

Lol wish us luck.

Until next time.
D.

EDIT: (19th July @ 4:30pm) We survived, got back onto the right side of the harbour, found parking and even had some time left over for some dancing and a few drinks ;-)... as for Bell's comment - I was not navigating and therefore take no responsibility whatsoever! :-P

Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink

I would just like to let all the Sydney-siders out there know (and of course anyone else who is interested) that our dear ‘friend’ Eddy, by her own admission, is the one responsible for all the rain we have been getting in the last month.

If you want someone to blame don’t look to the weather man/woman, pressure systems, global warming or what-not… your scapegoat is right here – wait no, not me! Her, over there!… *points*

It is she, using her very superpowers that were first recorded here, who, due to her extreme jealousy towards all those members of the human race not completing their honours year, has been summoning the rain every Thursday and continuing the downpour through Sunday so that the rest of us have no choice but to stay inside, like her, and be miserable and bored!

(By the way… just a little bit of trivia for you… Which city – London or Sydney – would you think had the higher annual rainfall?)

But I have decided that enough is enough! I will not sit at home in my warm cosy bed scouring the Internet for ways to entertain myself! Oh no… something must be done! And if the rain wont stop, then I will just have to befriend the rain… but is it cool with you all if I attempt to do this whilst remaining relatively – scratch that – completely warm and dry… I will not let the rain stop me!

But is it okay with you if I start tomorrow?

(Answer: Sydney! With an average of 1213.4mm per annum compared to London’s 583.6mm – that’s more than double! – Statistics courtesy of Wikipedia… that’s right guys, we go all out here at thewarmthofsumligh.blogspot.com to bring you the very best information from only the most enlightened sources ;-))

Much love,

D.

The one with the cupcake tower (aka my 21st birthday party)

Cupcakes :D

I'm speechless! no really... I can't think of what to say... but I want to post some pix of my 21st and have been meaning to write about it for the last 2 weeks so I figure I should just stop all the procrastinating and write something.... anything! 

The problem is that I don't normally write about the events per say... more like I find an angle and tell the story through that angle... or at least thats what I think I do... have I lost you yet?

Anyway, thats just what I am going to do... write something, anything, and have a little bit of disjointed fun (and maybe introduce you all to a few of the blogs main characters who for some reason through no fault of their own *glares both suspiciously and accusingly at targeted individuals* have managed to avoid being officially documented)... we'll see how it goes... its more like a photo essay really...

I am truly sorry, I have no explanation or excuse... sugar maybe?

So we start the night with me, your dear narrator, having some not so small issues releasing control of Snappy...

Eddy: What are you doing? (said through gritted teeth as she begrudgingly posed for the photo below)

Darcy: Quiet and let me take this pic, I have to get the settings right so your not all blurry... don't worry I promise not to publish it... sorta...

Eddy: You realise YOU will have to be in some of the photo's tonight...

Darcy: Says who?! Its my party I can do what I want! And I want to take photo's.

Eddy: No *wrestles Snappy off Darcy in a none too lady-like manner* Now go stand over there and pose with people

Darcy: *Sulks* Fine! *Stomps away in a melodramatic manner* Just make sure you focus on me and not some random in the background would you.

Shit! Darcy is pointing a camera in my face... better smile

Which then results in things like...

And... this is Codie (also sometimes known as Cordie - like Cordelia from Buffy the Vampire Slayer... which happens to fit remarkably well with her character... but then I get physically abused for suggesting it. So we'll keep this between us shall we ;-) )

For the record Codie, dear, thank you for coming over the night before to paint my nails red :-D... even if I did manage to undo all of your hard work by smudging, chipping, and a whole host of other atrocities, the polish the second you walked out the front door... :-S... hey they're still good!... Just don't look to close okay... promise?... ta :-D

You can tell we are related right?

Then there was my homies!... ma cuzins... yeah thats right! *gangsta pose*... the brunette in the foreground even taught me the secret handshake (which for the record involves a chest bump), although, considering I think I am one of the last in the family to learn it... well the secret thing is up for debate... :-P

Thats the rest of the gang... we take this whole coming of age, birthday, ritual thing very seriously you know.

For the record, whenever I mention 'the girls' say "going out with the girls", "had dinner with the girls" etc... these beautiful creatures are more or less the people I am referring to...

Oh yeah, let the records show... I am all class.....

And THIS my dearies... is the pipsqueak who left me to dig myself a rather large metaphorical hole here, and didn't even care to throw down a hand or even a ladder to help me get back out... Grrrrr...

And what 21st party would truly be complete without a few lovingly embarrassing speeches courtesy of former 'best' friends... (admittedly though Eddy wanted to kill me the night before because she couldn't write it and "nothing was good enough"... I think she did pretty well)

Oh and did I tell you about how, when I turned up to the restaurant and was introduced to the hostess, she took one look at me and thought it must be a sweet sixteenth party?... Yup... true story that... you can see how impressed I was :-P

Suprise! Little sis (Ariel) who couldn't be there got a stand in (our, for want of a better word, surrogate sister) for her moment in the spotlight LOL... 

Cupcakes by candle light! :-D... Even better than carols ;-P

On the count of three I want you all to help me blow out the candles... One, Two... BLOW!

:-D

Can you tell we are related?

hehehe...

Naw, the little tyke!... Now, where is my bed?...


Skip a few hours, some opening of presents and a little event peviously recorded here and we find ourselves here... on the morning after... with Morpheus' world famous (or at least in my little group of friends) poached eggs... :D

The end.

D.