is wondering if I have pneumonia. I wish I was joking.

I have been informed that when workmen are around, the lady of the house is meant to offer them tea and coffee. Sure, whatever.

ate abalone and shark fin and lobster and lots of other weird-but-tasty dishes last night… AND LIVED!

All dressed up for Steph and Eva’s wedding. What a beautiful day! Congratulations to both of them. 🙂

People always ask me what I miss from the U.S. You know what I miss? Jumbo bottles of pain reliever. You can go into any Wal-Mart in America and pay, like, $7 for 500 ibuprofen. Here the biggest package I can find is 24. (The Snook says it’s to keep people from using them to commit suicide.) It’s really annoying.

Tomorrow is Cupcake Day for the RSPCA, and I’m halfway through a mammoth frosting project. C IS FOR CUPCAKE!

I haven’t danced on a platform in fake smoke for like 9 years. Man, so fun. But what is this CRAP that passes for music nowadays?

I REFUSE to dance to Lady Gaga. REFUSE.

I’m home from Hens Night before Snook is home from Bucks Night. This means HE WINS.

Planning a trip to Adelaide, Alice Springs, and Uluru in October with Snook and Eileen. We’re going to be sleeping in swags in the Outback!

The mention of the high cost of US insurance premiums blew my mind. A family pays $13K a year?? I did a quick back-of-the-enveloped calculation and worked out that the Snook and I pay less than $5K a year for health insurance. (That includes the portion of our taxes that go to the state-sponsored insurance, plus the extra private insurance cover we have on top of that.)

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Ran the 14km City 2 Surf for the fourth time. Finished in about 110 minutes, which wasn’t a personal best but was pretty good considering this wasn’t my goal race. This was just training for my half-marathon in six weeks time…

My Race Report from the 2009 City 2 Surf… with lots of bad photos from the actual course!

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