OMG I am actually writing two posts in the space of a week!!! Yes folks two! I am totally going to get back into this regular post thing if it’s the last thing I do!!!! Gee that was a tad dramatic wasn’t it? But it did sound good!

So, as you are aware I joined the gym last week Sunday (I totally blame it on my evilly evil hangover). Anyway, the sad part of this story is this… I still haven’t actually been to the gym! *hangs head in shame* I have thought about it a lot (does that count?).

So, this is my plan!

This week I WILL go to the gym 3 times!!!! I am going to see how I manage an early morning workout, a lunch time workout and an after work workout and see what’s best for me. And no, I’m not going to do all 3 on the same day! That way at least I get to get over my bizarre fear of going to the gym at lunch time or after work. It’s not quite a fear… but it’s a mental block type thing. (I have many of those)

On Thursday night I got home quite late and was just entering my building when I heard a screech of tyres and the unmistakeable sound of metal hitting metal. It didn’t sound too bad and I knew there were a lot of people around to help and aside from the fact that I have no medical training anyway, I decided to carry on up to my apartment. (I also really needed a wee). So, I got up to my apartment and thought I’d better step onto the balcony to see what had actually happened. It was freaky!!! Firstly I couldn’t see any sign of an accident – at all - and secondly almost every single person in the building seemed to be looking out onto the street from their balconies!!!! I haven’t ever seen another person out there before. It was so surreal I couldn’t help laughing. I looked up and down and there were heads sticking out of almost all the balconies! I WISH I had taken some photos! I think it is probably one of those “you had to be there” scenarios but I had to share!!!

Phil leaves Melbourne today for Tazzy. It was strange waking up this morning and not having her around. (she was staying at my apartment for the last two weeks just in case you were wondering). It was one of the fastest two weeks ever! I know that she will have an amazing time overseas and I can’t wait to read about all her adventures. She left me with a really lovely photograph of Ails, Brooke, herself and myself, some amazing, kind words and a beautiful vase of flowers. Phil, we will miss you!

I have a Bollywood party to go to tonight and I have no idea what to wear!!!! My sister has some beautiful sari’s that I’d love to borrow but alas, Sydney is a leetle bit too far to get to. Maybe I can improvise and use a table cloth ;)

A new girl started at work this week. She is also from South Africa and arrived in the country on Monday. This is her first time ever in Australia.

It was really funny, she sits next to me in the office and I was chatting to her on her first day here. She is Afrikaans (English is her 2^nd language) and I was chatting away to her, asking where she used to work, live etc. (she comes from the same city as me) Next thing she started explaining to me how things work in South Africa and how different life is over there. I kind of cleared my throat and told her that yes, I know all this because I am from there too. She was totally shocked! She thought I was Australian!!! MWAHAHAHAHA I’ve been here 3 months and am sounding like an Aussie?? I don’t think so! But apparently my accent is pretty mild. How odd huh!

Anyway, I’d best do some work… eugh…

It's been quite a while since I last updated. I have been so busy and have had so much to blog about but unfortunately it all seems to pile up before I get a chance to blog and by the time I actually decide to write a post I get overwhelmed and end up not writing one.

But here I sit tonight determined to at least post SOMETHING :)

I actually considered taking a bit of a blogging break for a while but then I came to my senses :)

I have Phil staying with me at the moment. She leaves on her travels in less than a week. I can't believe how fast time is moving. It feels like yesterday that I arrived in Australia and met all the amazing Melbourne bloggers yet it is almost three months!!! I know that Phil is going to have a ball and I hope that she gets to feel as welcome in the countries that she visits as I have been made to feel here.

I got to meet a few more amazing bloggers this past week. Jac from Brisbane, Shona from New Zealand (who's blog address I don't have - please send it to me Shona) and Kate and Sassy from Melbourne. It was great meeting such lovely, warm, interesting people.

Things are going pretty well for me these days. Work has improved tremendously and I am even enjoying it there a lot of the time. I do have my off days but that's all part of being human. I think it would be boring if it was good all of the time.

I have been going out way too much and I am rather tired but hey, it could be the opposite :) I'll take the tiredness...

I don't think my liver likes me anymore though.. but something has to be sacrificed ;)

Oh and big news!! Thanks to Jadey, I am now the proud owner of a gym membership once again!!! I haven't actually started yet, but the paperwork is done so that's a step in the right direction if you ask me! teehee 

Just to let you know that I am currently operating on approximately two hours of sleep so please forgive me if this post is a tad disjointed. I just HAD to post!!! I was having withdrawal symptoms!

I hope all is well out there in the blogosphere. I've missed you guys!

Now the title to this post is actually quite humorous but unfortunately for most of you, you won't have a clue what the hell I am talking about :) You see, tomorrow night is the start of Passover.

Passover is a Jewish holiday that commemorates the exodus from Egypt - it was pretty much the story of Moses and other animals :) For a brief yet interesting description on Passover, click here....

This time of year is also very significant and meaningful to me as it happens to commemorate a very important time in my life too.

It was exactly 3 years ago, on the first night of Passover that I had my epiphany!!! To this day I am not entirely sure what brought on this change in me but my life hasn't been the same since. I wasn't feeling very well at all, I had some kind of strange stomach bug. I ended up not eating a thing at both passover dinners which was unheard of for me. I always ate, especially at passover which is one of my favorite holidays where I get to eat some of my favorite foods!!! But something that night changed in me and it marked the start of my weight loss journey.

I have come a long way since then and as I said before, I am a very different and far better person (in my opinion). I just wish I could repeat what happened to me that night (yes, even if it means getting a bug and not being able to eat).

As far as I've come in my weight loss journey, I seem to have hit a bit of a wall. It's not that I'm gaining the weight back, its just that i've lost the drive that brought me so far. I have become quite lazy lately and I can't even get off my ass to go 9 flights down in the lift and get onto the treadmill every day. It is such a simple and easy thing to do and yet I'd much rather sleep in that extra half hour or so.

I seem to go through spurts of exercising for a week or two and then nothing... I have also become very undisciplined when it comes to eating. There are so many tempting things to eat and drink over here and it is hard not to get sucked in and indulge.

I am going to try and use this passover as a launching pad to get me back into the mindset that I found myself in 3 years ago. I was so driven and positive and willing to do whatever it took to get where I wanted. Most importantly I am going to get rid of this evil spare tyre that has made itself so very much at home on my waist.

On another completely different note. Remember in my last post I wrote about the strong gust of wind that blew the mat into my face? Well it seems that I have fractured my nose as a result of that. Isn't that a bizarre accident? I thought that all the dust from that day had caused my sinuses to flair up. I woke up on the Saturday morning with a terrible headache which felt like it was coming from my sinuses. I went off to work and took some pain killers which seemed to help for a while. I noticed however that when I tried to blow my nose it was incredibly painful. By Monday the pain in my "sinuses" hadn't gone away and had in fact gotten worse. So I went to a pharmacist and with his help discovered that I have indeed fractured my nose. There are no outward signs as it is the bone inside my nose, not the bridge of my nose...

How bloody bizarre is that!!!! - These things only happen to me ;)

So, to any Jewish readers out there I want to wish you Chag Sameach! And to anyone celebrating Easter out there, Happy Easter!