"the world sucks, everyone's out to get me"

most of you know that i'm a pretty positive person, in fact the other day, in the pub, someone described me as aggressively positive! i just can't stand it when people spend all the bloody time moaning about how much life sucks and that they can't possibly have a good time doing anything...ever. so many people out here (not naming any names) have a very hard done by attitude to life. it's depressing and there have been times when i've found it just a tad too hard to bear. i mean i love a good moan as much as the next man but 24/7 whining kills the mood slightly. especially if those people then complain when for once i might mention that i'm not entirely happy about something...grrr!!!

but enough of that...

i reckon it's about damn time for another update of the holiday variety, so here goes it:

happy new year

so after a christmas with milly, i headed off to the mountains with thommo (one of the teachers i've become good friends with). his parents live in lithgow which is in the blue mountains, so we trundled off to see them. then after a few days of blustery winds and lovely home cooked meals we headed off on a long journey to nelson bay to meet his partner ann-margaret. we stayed with her dad and were no more than 15 mins from the beach. pretty cool i think you'll agree. on the way up thommo and i stopped for some lunch and at the time i was, well desperate (an understatement) for the loo. on aussie freeways there are very few garages and therefore the potential for a regular toilet break is limited. thommo had been making all sorts of comments about water, toilets and that sort of thing, so i mearly suggested in passing that if i could just let loose on his sheepskin seat covers in the jag! that shut him up for a while, you have no idea how long he spends with that car...so finally we reach a roundabout and what do i see before me but none other than about 20 portaloos all lined up where they're offering free tea! as i look longingly out of the window at them, thommo says 'no, we're not stopping'!!!! i nearly cried! but little did i know that there was in fact a servo around the corner where we stopped to get lunch. we pulled in and found a parking place and he hadn't even switched off the engine and i was out of the car and running, nae, sprinting across to the toilets. relief at last!

the rest of the holiday was uneventful...nah, only kidding!

for thommo's birthday we went over to a lovely little pub and drank lots of wine and on the way back i saw my second lot of dolphins. new years eve...the three of us drank 3 bottles of strawberry champagne between us, then we went to the pub...it was an awesome night with LOTS to remember! so here goes...

we went to the beach to sit and watch the fireworks at 9 and drank said champers. we then decided to move off to the pub, of course...this was the start of the 'events', let's call them. as you may or may not know, or may not even want to know, i've never had a boyf on new years eve, so have never had a proper new years eve kiss. as this is a year of new things, i decided to try to remedy this! we got to the pub and drank vodka, lime and lemonades. thommo nipped off to the loo, but that's not all he did...when he came back some minutes later, grinning to himself, i thought the queue must have been long or something, but no, oh gosh no. about ten mins later i felt hands on my waist and a rather hot guy swung round and tried to kiss me! thommo and ann-margaret were pissing themselves laughing at i wasn't entirely sure what the hell was going on! i had some chewing gum in my mouth and nearly choked on it and pushed said hot guy away. he was so mortified that he left and when i went to talk to him (well, apologise would be more accurate) he was pretty much the colour of beetroot! i felt so sorry for him, he must have had some real balls to come and talk to me. anyway, we continued to dance to an awesome band that were playing in the pub and at about a quarter to 12 we walked back to the beach and watched the fireworks. it was an amazing night. i don't remember exactly what time we went home, but it wasn't until the wee hours of the morning...

so there you go, nearly up to date...ish! more to come, see you all in 3 months!