Stand Back!

Currently listening to: "Stand Back" by Stevie Nicks :o)

I just got back from another wonderful gym session - Robert's step class .. My sista came along with me, was funny as she went to get a drink and came back and went to the wrong step :p I couldn't help but laugh at her :p

I love that class and whilst I probably should still be resting my knee, I just had to go :o/ Have been doing my stretches and my knee is okay - still not 100% but it's getting there .. though all this exercise probably isn't helping :o/

During stretches, Robert asked that we guess the singer of the song he was about to play .. I thought it'd be someone old (he often plays old music, like Carly Simon etc) but I guessed it! One of maybe 2 in the class who knew it :p It was Ryan Adams' version of Wonderwall .. Ryan Adams is probably one of my favourite artists (Gold is one kick455 album!!) so I've gained even more respect for my instructor .. he generally plays fab music! :D

Yesterday, I ate soo much food :o( Felt so sick last night .. Both my sistas and my bro-in-law all came over y'day for arvo tea .. We had leftover cake from JY's bday, some cherry tart my sista brought over and fruit --> yum but so unhealthy! Then, Lauz and I went to Carey's place and we all went to the park to walk the dog .. was fun, but I kinda jogged a bit on my knee which probably wasn't a bright idea .. though it was good to be able to run a little bit (it didn't really hurt so that was good!) ..

Afterwards, we went to the shops and returned home where Lauz cooked us dinner - lamb chops, cous cous and some morrocan pumpkin salad .. turned out quite well! Was rather chaotic in the kitchen whilst my sista was cooking!

I had to wait until she'd finished before I could work on dessert --> I quickly whipped up an apple cake, and also tried making some coconut custard tart .. the coconut custard tart was my first attempt at the recipe (i found it on the back of the coconut packet whilst we were at the shops, and decided to make it last minute) and it was okay, but a bit eggy .. I dont think i'll make it again though :p
So we had those 2 cakes + fruit + ice cream for dessert! felt really bloated last night :p yick!

Wasn't feeling that well after Friday night .. was going to go to the gym before JY's birthday dinner (Happy 25th Birthday for y'day JY!!!), as I didn't want to go to pre-dinner drinks (they were at Privilege, which I hate!!) .. I'd met up with Matty in the arvo, and one of my bodyguards had left a note for me to go meet him + a couple of other workmates at Moretons .. so I went there to see how long they'd hang around for, but in the end didn't return to the office until it was time to go to dinner :p My workmates are such a bad influence on me :p They all kept buying me drinks --> I had about 5-6 malibu + pineapples! I was reading a website last night, and it has 28% alcoholic content, which is stronger than tia maria (26.5%), kahlua (26%) and baileys (17%), which isn't as strong as a standard drink but still is a bit I guess? *shrugs* i dont know much about alcohol :p ... So I was a bit tipsy and giggly and red when I rocked up to JY's birthday dinner (I also rocked up a little bit late :p).

Dinner was at the Athenian - JY was really drunk by the time I got there :p hehe .. I ordered the lamb roast, and it came out but I wasn't at my seat when it happened so the waiter thought there was a mistake with the order and cancelled it in the end .. when I enquired about my meal, the waiter said he'd called out twice but no one claimed it so he cancelled it and there were no more roasts left .. He told me to order something else, but i looked at the menu and it looked cr4p (their roasts are really good from previous experiences!!) so I decided not to get anything and just ate bread .. was feeling sick from all the alcohomol!!

We had a lot of cake .. I had made a cake on Thurs night for JY - it was a last minute decision, as I was free that night and figured I'd do something nice for his bday .. it didn't turn out as well as I would have liked (if I'd had more time, it would have been better) --> it wasn't as moist as I would have liked, and I need to find a better icing recipe .. it was hard to get it smooth and started to crack when it was drying up :o/ I wrote JY's name with red gel, but it didn't really stand out either :o/ Here's a photo:


Anyhoos, after all my efforts to make it, JY didn't even realise I'd made it until Syl commented on it and JY had already started cutting it up! :p (I do wonder how much JY remembers from Friday night - he was pretty gone :p) I had given him the cake with candles in it for him to blow out and wanted him to take it and put it down so he could blow out the candles, but in the end he blew the candles out whilst I was holding it so I got hot wax on my arm :| hmm silly boy!! :p

But it was a fun night :o) Everyone seemed to be happy and enjoying themselves - JY and some of his mates were asked to quieten down at the restaurant :p hehe

Shout outs:

• I hope Ann did well in the half marathon today :D
• Happy Birthday Chelle for yday too :D
• Have a safe trip Xerx! (he's currently on a plane to India)

And on that note, I'm outta here!

Andi