Well the first week of 2013 has been and gone, and now it's back to reality for most of us. If the January Blues are lurking on your horizon, I suggest filling your time with as much activity possible, distraction is key to surviving the inevitable post-holiday downer. I've made an effort to overcome my usual sofa-hugging evening routine and embrace some additional activity to help the days fly by this past week. On New Years Day a trip to Hoyts Cinema in Moore Park Entertainment Quarter to see the much anticipated (by some of our group!) movie The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey with friends proved a great afternoon's entertainment. We were accompanied by Kieth and Sue, friends who had been visiting us over Christmas from Wellington. They were super enthusiastic about seeing a movie that had been filmed mostly in their city, and which acted as an awesome advertisement for the stunning natural beauty New Zealand is renowned for. Having had little interest in The Lord of the Rings trilogy, I imagined this three hour epic would offer a convenient afternoon nap opportunity. Contrary to my expectations however, I was swept away on the wave of enthusiasm generated by my companions, and fueled by a giant popcorn, Malteser and Coke combo, I unexpectedly I found myself wide awake and quite enjoying what Bilbo's adventure. I guess that's one of the benefits of combining low expectations and too much sugar....
Wednesday January 3rd was a bit of a low as we had to say goodbye to our Kiwi guests, and for Brian, return to the daily grind in the City. It's safe to say that when he turned up to his office in his suit and tie (much resented after a week of board-shorts and flip-flops) he was less that thrilled to find that the rest of the office had embraced a casual dress code for the remainder of the week. Work for me was less of a shock, having been back in the office three days between Stephen's Day and New Years. Still, traipsing off to Leichhardt at 7am on Wednesday morning, I was already counting the hours to the weekend!
On Thursday night we had to say a second round of good-byes when we met our friends Emmet and Niamh who, along with Keith and Sue and another friend, Kevin, we had spent Christmas with in Callala Beach. Emmet and Niamh were jetting out of Sydney to continue their round-the-world-adventure in South America the next morning (Emmet and Niamh's travel blog). We met up with them in our local, The Trinity Bar, on Crown St in Surry Hills for a few drinks and to wish them all the best as they ventured off to visit some of our old haunts in Chile, Argentina and Peru. It was sad saying goodbye, but almost as potent was our jealousy at their awesome itinerary! Good luck guys!
Friday was FRIIIIIIIDAAAAY!!!! Thank the good Lord! And it couldn't have come soon enough, never had a three day working week felt so long. Bizarrely, after getting home from work reasonably early, and finding myself home alone for at least an hour before Brian's return, I thought it would be a perfect time to ease myself back into some sort of fitness routine. So before I had a chance to talk myself out of this bright idea, I was pulling on my (too small post-Christmas) running gear and lacing up my trainers and set off for my favourite Centennial Park Run. One hour and 7kms later, delirium had set in and I was a shaking, sweaty mess on the sofa when Brian got home. Between my lack of fitness and the 25 degree heat, I was left suitably wrecked not to venture into the world of exercise again until Monday. Photographic evidence below, smile indicative of aforementioned delirium.
Brian had to work on Saturday, so I enjoyed a lazy morning reading on our roof-top before heading into the city to pick up some end-of-year sale bargains. We dropped by The Queen Victoria Building and the Victoria Galleries, I came away with what I thought was a fab set of Royal Doulton coffee cups to use with my new coffee machine, only to find I'd left one of them in the shop when I got home. Oh well. It's too hot for coffee now anyway!
Sunday was a lazy morning of sunbathing and housework at home, before filling up the cooler bag with a picnic lunch and making our way to Centennial Park for some more relaxing by the lakes. Brian was hiding under the shade of a tree reading Bill Bryson's A Walk in the Woods while I lay out in the sun a few feet away reading Snow Falling on Cedars. When we couldn't take the heat anymore it was back home for a BBQ on the roof before the pre-Monday fear set in as usual.
And that was only the highlights, imagine all the thrilling details I've left out :P
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Sarah
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