who knew looking at photos could hurt so much?

ouch. i miss you.

rocking yoga

bikram yoga is my closest friend in phoenix. i love her. I see her every day or every second day. she never lets me down. and always makes me feel good.

i'm very grateful.

ps have you heard Kate Nash - "the nicest thing"

beautiful.

la la la love music

i'm starting a band.

I sing.

My flattie plays drums.

I went to a dinner party last night and met a keyboard player.

Just need bass and guitarist now.

La la laaaa.

have MERCy!

This is the car I think I'll get.

stand me up

have you ever been waiting for some one that you didn't know?

arrive at a restaurant/ cafe.. tell the waiter you need a table for two..

you text the person, "just arrived. sitting inside"

20 mins later.

you order your food.

on your own.

then leave.

well, that happened to me today.

first time for everything. character building.

i understand that at 31 yrs of age, in Bondi, I wasn't really interviewing for friends. I had enough. More than enough. But now I've got my fingers crossed that there are some fun, educated, moral humans out here in the desert. That are interviewing for a 31 yr old fun, educated, moral Aussie chicola....

Valley of the Sun

So. I've moved to the Desert. And I climbed a massive mountain in the desert this weekend. It was like running the City to Surf. But Heartbreak Hill looked like a walk in the park compared to the steep rocky mountain I had to pull myself up (with a steel pole to assist built into the ascent of the mountain!) Four Fire Brigade trucks arrived as we'd finished the climb to come rescue people.

All I can say is lucky I was at the bottom, finished, by that stage. It was HARD.

The big mountain at the back of the above pic is it. Shezus. One big camel's back it is. My aim is to climb him every Saturday. I burnt 1500 calories in one hour. (Considering you burn an average of 200 in a one hour walk, that A LOT. Don't you think?)

And every where I look I can see a cactus taller than me.

Reinvention

The beauty of being in a new country with new job, new home, new car, new friends.. i could go on, is choice. Choice as a 31 yr old woman of what I want in my life.

Here's to new beginnings and sunshine.

Week 3.

Ok. Here's a list of things i've done since moving from Australia to USA.
1. started work as Director
2. moved in with a fellow aussie.
3. met lots of people.
4. travelled to san diego
5. nearly got car jacked.
6. been home sick and cried
7. got blackberry and skype and reduced homesickness
8. found out that the word 'spool' means spa and pool
9. found out the word 'staycation' means vacation in your own state
10. learnt how to 'beep beep' swipe and pay for my own groceries
11. learnt to reintroduce RRRR's to my vocabulary after a 31 year hiatus so americans can understand if i want to get in my caR, go over the haRbouR, buy a beeR and such as and so forth.
12. discovered shopping joy with recycled designer kit for under $100 at my sister's closet
13. spent shit loads of $$$ on setting my new life up.
14. revisited my lost love for hot / bikram yoga.
15. relighting my want to start a band - i have singer and drummer so far

AND much more to come...