Last Taste of Summer

Mmm Calippo! I only ever ate the Lemon flavour as a child, but this all-fruit Berry flavour from the newsagent went down well this afternoon – good for my sore, dry throat!

Summer Dinners

Summer dinners for me involved something small and cooked, surrounded with a huge amount of salad!

Saturday Dinner.

Of course, it’s even better to get Rish out on the BBQ :) That’s where salmon, steaks and sausages come in!

Enjoyed a few glasses of wine… retoxing a little after my week away ;) The wine’s a sparkling sav blanc, and the strawberries tasted awesome after soaking in it ;) Picked those up for less than $2 a punnet at Aldi.

Last night I made the cherry tomato and feta tarts from the Golden Door cookbook :) Once I figured out defrosting the pastry they were nice and simple. Next step will be finding a place to buy frozen egg white here in Canberra so Rish doesn’t have to get through so many yolks!

Post-gym smoothie. :) Frozen berries, Ladybird Soy Protein, So Good, Jalna Greek yoghurt and ice.

All But Summer

Went for some sprints this morning on the oval near work. Does it not surprise you by looking at the picture above at how dead the grass is, that the ground was hard as rock, and we moved to the soft soft bitumen of the road instead?

Summer’s Creeping Up

I do believe my arms are slightly pinker than usual, and my spots (freckly spots!) are coming out, so summer must be here!

Look at the freckles! (ignore the look on my face, and the shiny head. But the freckles! No idea how freckly I’ll be by the time summer is actually here!)

Summer means wearing summer frocks, drinking lots of water so I don’t fall down, and sunshine :)

It also means getting back into gear and running again, yes I’ve been slack this winter… did my first loop of the lake (5km) in a *ahem* slow 35:03… this included a few walking spots, including one because I think I lost my right foot on the Commonwealth Ave bridge. It just went numb, and wasn’t there anymore. Found it and ran to the end… *dies*

I want to get that time back under 32 minutes by the end of the month – really that just means finishing without stopping. I’ve been promised a dinner out if I can do under 32 twice in a rom (since I’ll be away at the very end of the month, I’ll let myself the weekend at the start of Dec to get there…)

Almost beach time! (Oh I love Beach Therapy… fixes all the woes of the world)

Japanese. Burlesque.

Just got word that there’s going to be a “Continuing” Japanese course running next semester (Feb onwards) at the ANU CCE. *dances* Now to (a) remember to enroll; (b) buy the text and (c) brush up my reading at least over summer.

THere’s also going to be a beginners burlesque dance course running through the sports union over summer break. Question on that is whether I can get in early enough to enroll before it’s filled :p Otherwise I may take on poll dancing. We shall see. *grins* (I need something to do, it looks like I’ll not be taking more leave than Christmas Shutdown at this stage)

On that note? A corsetry link (yeah, not all safe for work) that Rish sent me this morning in order to slow my getting ready for work. Damn him! *drools*

Oh, Newcastle

Rish and I made the treck to Newcastle for the weekend. To see family, to see friends. To wonder why it’s cold and raining up there. To wonder why we get kicked out of Customs House before 2am when the lockout is 1.30 and the close apparently 3am.

To want to come back in a month or so, fuel costs be damned, and to swim at the beach, to enjoy when summer really hits.

Or to want to make the drive over the Clyde to Bateman’s… and feel like a true Canberran. Either way… I can still just remember summer in Greece (more than a month ago!) and can’t wait for ours. Because it’s free. There’s less smoke.

But until then… I’m starting to feel alive again. Woke up dreadful after Saturday night at Customs. Not from a hangover.. but the dehydration from the alcohol and the way too late night (despite being booted at 2am, we spent another hour playing poker with philby)… my tonsils and ears were just crap by morning. I felts off this morning too, but gradually warmed into the day. I’m not currently a morning person, and it’s not just because I’m lazy. It’s because I’d be fun for an ENT in training.

*grins*