Back to work

The weather has finally started being warm, warm and warmer and I am back behind my desk with the freezing aircon. But I can't complain too much. Four weeks is plenty long enough to forget about work and really relax. I spent the last 5 days of my time off in Canberra and had a great time. I didn't go and see any of the sights like I did last time, this trip was just for relaxing and catching up with my mates. We were going to see an exhibition at the art gallery but the tickets were $20 and none of us could justify that.

On the Thursday and Friday my friend was working so I hung out at her place. I went for a swim, did some tidying up and generally wasted time. On the Friday I spent quite a while in the kitchen making a chocolate peppermint mousse cake and pavlova for the party that evening. Yummo. It was Mexican food and plenty of tequila for us! Felt surprisingly perky the next day though. I must be incorporating some moderation into my drinking in my old age... My friend made The Best vegetarian sauce for the tacos and tortillas. I will try to replicate it myself at home sometime. Satisfaction.

Saturday kicked off with a quick game of tennis. Well, less of a game and more of smacking the ball around with no skill what-so-ever. I have never played tennis and it showed. I could chase the ball down fine, I just couldn't get it to go where I wanted it to, when I wanted it to! I small rest and then off to 'Civic' for some window shopping and a bit of late lunch at a great cafe - cheap and tasty. Then we decided to head to the Lake and hire a paddle boat. It was a really lovely warm day and everyone else had the same idea. We ended up waiting for about 20 minutes for one to come back it, but it was worth it. We discovered that no matter how fast you peddle the boat aways goes the same speed! If you start trying to speed it up, the paddles just skip over the water and your basically just churning it up rather than pushing through it. That was a little frustrating since we wanted to careen around for a bit. Oh well. While we were chilling out under the bridge a body fell off it right in front of us! Some guy had decided it was fun to jump off the bridge and climb onto his mate's canoe. Clever.

I wouldn't put my head under in that lake for all the world!

So now I am back at work - same as ever. I am trying to find things to keep me busy but it is difficult. I have already exhausted my "List of things to look up on the internet" for my holiday planning. Only an hour and a half til lunch...