Happy New Year.

back to work tomorrow booo and back to 6am starts BOOOO so thought id update this now as it might be a while before im back on.

so Sunday 30th: Gav picked me up and then we left for brisbane, leaving the dog with Eric. took ages to get there and at every town we were looking for a chemist as i had somehow become deaf in my left ear and the pain was unbearable. finally managed to find a 24 hour one open on sundays and chemist said i had an ear infection yuk so got some ear drops.

managed to find Carrie's appartment no problemo thanks to my marvelous map reading skills and no thanks to gav. he is so clueless about driving in cities it made me laugh. he'll bomb about like he does here and then expect me to read the road signs and street names, find out where we are on the map and tell him which way at high speed, - its just not gunna happen. and then he gets so angry and impatient at traffic lights, when he should just chill there isnt anything you can do to change them. His pulling away from traffic lights at speed, due to being in the wrong lane in order to get to the right lane before any one else pulls away - is poor and could be done much better by the expert at that .... me! - he wouldnt let me drive though!! grrr

Anyway got to carrie's appartment which was a converted old wool mill building was really pretty inside very spacious and modern and she has loads of malaysian and oriental thingys everywhere off her travels. ordered a pizza and watched tv for the rest of the night.

Since telling you ive been having spider and ant dreams a few blogs ago and discovering the air con was to blame nothing further has happened and the dreams have stopped. but tonight dream became reality and i woke up in the night after a slight tickle over first my right arm then up my left ( urgh this is giving me the shivers just writing about it) with a shiny black cockroach on me. dont even ask how i saw it in the dark... actually it wasnt dark ... i kindof need a night light here i get scared of what i cant see, doesnt make sense i know, cos if you cant see it you wont know its there but its pitch black when the lights go out and you cant tell whether your eyes are open or shut and i dont like it. so anyway yeah there was a cockroach on my arm and i just brushed it off in sheer panic/fright and then i jumped off switched the light on to see it crawl into the sheets brrrrrghhh ....so off the sheets came! saw it scurry under the bed 15 mins into searching for it - god knows why i was, what was i gunna do when i found it??

Monday 31st - had two apples for breakfast, cos it was either that or candyfloss, and then we went for a walk to find groceries. wasnt feeling well when we were out, thought it was just the humidity which was pretty high and i was sweating loads and feeling dizzy. were paying for the food shopping and i was begining to cough, something i always seem to do before puking so i was like aaargh should get out of the shop. managed to get back to the appartment without puking but the second we got back it started. and went on and on till about 9 oclock at night. managed to shower and get out at 11 to watch the fireworks on south bank which took us 45 mins to walk to in my delicate state but they were good and the atmosphere was amazing. got back and crashed till the 12 the next day

Jan 1st 2008 - got up at 12 made bacon and eggs and set the fire alarm off. because it was flats and that many people lived in such a small area the fire brigade was called instantly so we had firemen in the flat and had 900 dollars (450 pound) to pay for the call out. ooooops. could have stayed in a posh hotel over new year and not had to have coooked our bacon and eggs for that price but gav paid it all so i was pretty glad i didnt have to pay i offered half just to be nice even though he was the one cooking but he refused and i was secretly glad haha. then we pretty much just watched dvds all day since it was pouring down. again had an arguement with gavin about something stupid - so stupid i cant remember and went to bed grumpy.

Jan 2nd - went to Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast today again it was raining, and theres been crazy stroms and a cyclone over new year there, it was like being in a sandstorm, was so painfull and there were huge waves. I really really liked it there though so should definately go again with becky. got back made some tea and watched some tv.

jan 3rd - packed our bags and tidied the flat then went into brisbane for a bit shopping got some shorts and a new top then left for home. i was trying to give gav directions out of brisbane and he just snapped and said i know where im going so shut up. so i did. and i let him go 14 junctions too far on the motorway in the wrong direction before i got so frustrated and said something. he ignored me carried on another two junctions and then finally turned off and turned round. grrrrr. dunno whats up with him recently but everything i say or do seems to be wrong and he thinks ive changed. seem to have an argument everyday now too i hate it but im not letting him think hes won or hes right. anyway planned to go back via the Bunya mountains but it was pouring down and really foggy and we wouldnt have seen the views so overall not a great new year to be honest. not the amazing one i thought id have here, but never mind didnt spend much money at all so have more to spend on other things i guess. stopped off for a mcdonalds on the way back and then gav did his food shopping got back about 9. wanted to go to bed so had yet another arguement, on the subject of how pathetic i was and am needing so much sleep. so to prove a point sat in a huff and stayed up watched a dvd with my back turned on him haha. then about half an hour before the end i turned round and hes fast asleep. grrrr hes doing my head in at the minute and has made me cry most days. he thinks i do it for sympathy when ive ran out of stuff to say but really im thinking what am i doing here or something along those lines.


jan 4th - got back from gav's and got all rachels new years gossip and told her about my new year then we made tea and watched tv. oh and one of the neighbours died today he was on a crop sprayer and the extendable arms touched a power line and he hadnt realised then got out to open a gate stepped onto the steps down and died. its pretty sad really to die like that and so suddenly. apparently electrocution is one of the major causes of death around here - scary!

jan5th - first gav free and arguement free day and it felt good whooop. thought we should do some work today so we mopeed swept and tidyed the house for the return of debbie and rowell then we burnt the rubbish in the incinerator, which was mega gross cos there was all the food scraps from xmas and the worst smell of all was the 2 week old egg nog urrgggggh was a worse smell than rotten eggs. grrr Bernie has chewed one work boot and hidden my other somewhere and im angry. god knows where its at. watched some more tv and went to bed.

jan6th - got up early as we thought debbie and rowell were coming back today and we had loads to do. so did it all in a mad rush and then got a phone call saying they'll be back tomorrow. grr but at least the jobs are done. omg and we havent been checking the pools ph level and adding chlorine and acid cos we had totally forgot so we checked it today and aaaaagh its green. rang debbie back hoping not to get told off and she was fine about it phew so we've fixed it now, well added what we had to just got to wait and see if it works.

ooh oooh oooh found my boot today in a flower bed, teeth marks all over it and bit wet so happy again but hes so naughty

thats it for now probs forgotten loads but im bored of typing

ciao for now

xxxxxx