Long time no see

Hi. How's things? It's been a while. Sorry about that.

I moved out of my home in Moe into a house in Morwell with Gregory. Therefore I have not had access to the internet because I had to get it disconnected and then eventually get it on here at the new place. That finally happened yesterday, so I thought maybe I should actually update some things. I hadn't even looked at my emails for over a week. The last time was a quick check once I'd finished work. When I finally did, I had 45 messages and most were from family. Whoops.

I'm here, now. If that helps any.

Since my last post, I have moved out of home, as I said and it was a pretty big job. I never realised that one girl could accumulate so much stuff. I shocked myself. I think I'm finally moved in.

I went to the Werribee Open Range Zoo with Katie, which was pretty cool. I still like the Melbourne Zoo better, though... Although Werribee was all open and you could walk amongst the animals, there just wasn't as much to see and we actually weren't there for long, whereas we spent almost all day at the Melbourne one. Still I got some really nice photos Here is a few...


The meerkats were really cool. Katie made me... okay, not actually MADE me.... take heaps of photos of them. At one point, a group of them actually ran up to where we were standing and were sitting in front of the glass, about twelve of them, and it was so cool. It was like they were posing for us.

In Werribee Zoo, just before the Hippo enclosure, there were all these fake hippos set into the ground, like a fake natural setting. It looked really cool. Water was spraying everywhere, too. It was unexpected. We got wet.

The Cheetas were beautiful. The first time we went to see them they were sleeping. When we came back after the Safari tour, they were prowling around and when we got there, they began to prowl near the glass; we got some great shots. Really close ones.

After the Zoo, we traveled into Werribee to see my Auntie Kerrie. She wasn't home when we got there so we decided to go see her boyfriend Colin who is a Police Officer. He was out in a car when we got there so we abandoned that and headed back to their house to see Kerrie was home yet. She wasn't. We went for a walk and she still wasn't back when we got back and I said to Katie in passing that it would be funny if Kerrie had gone out for tea with workmates or something, not knowing we were here.

Deciding to go for another walk, we left my car outside their place and walked up to the local shopping center. They live in an estate called Manor Lakes in Werribee and it has its own small shopping center. While we were in the newsagency, talking to the really cool people working there, Colin called me on my mobile. He'd seen my car there and wanted to know where we were. In the end, he came and picked us up from the shopping center, wearing full police uniform, to my and Katie's delight, and drove us home in his unmarked police car. He wouldn't let us touch anything, though.

We had the option of staying there at their place or going shopping at Werribee Plaza. Werribee Plaza is the size of Mid Valley and Traralgon Plaza combined... and extended. It goes on for ages. It is a very long plaza.

While we were there, Kerrie called us and we met her for coffee and cake. It was so great to meet up with her. I miss her a lot when we don't see each other. She reminds me so much of my nana.

The next day Katie and I went on a Warehouse shopping trip with her mum and one of her sisters. Some of those places were not cheap. UFO was very expensive, so was the Christmas shop we went to and the toy one as well. The toys were cheaper at Big W.

The next day I went to Cowarr Weir with my GFS group and church. It was fun. I got sunburned on my shoulders.

The NEXT day I left for my five day holiday in Lakes Entrance. That was Monday the 27th of November. We got back the 1st. I really needed that holiday. I got a really nice tan, too. Katie, my mum, my sister and me were the only ones to go. We packed that much into those 5 days it was great. Paddle boats, swimming (pool and beach), Buchan Caves, shopping, Mini Golf(4 rounds of it), BBQ's, a dolphin cruise (no dolphins in sight), coffee in one of the nice (but very expensive) restaurants, lunch at the Lakes Entertainment Center and the RSL, quite a few walks, we got stalked by a swan and its two signets, a couple of stops at the info center, a shell museum tour and that's all I can think of right now. We just relaxed. It was great.

Work hadn't been that great for me lately so it was very important that I go on that holiday. Now I'm back and refreshed. Work may just benefit from that.