Mon 12 Sep 2005
Listening To: La Sexorcisto : White Zombie
Current Horn Factor :
OK gang it’s official … I’m finally free of the annoying, overweight Kiwi flatmate and her equally annoying, overweight cats. Yaaaaay ! I’d been ferrying small carloads back and forth all week since last weekends engagement dinner for IG and I @ St.George Leagues, and on Saturday the removalists came to shift the majority of my remaining stuff to Bondi. Thereafter I spent the remainder of the weekend loading up my car with the few left-over odds and ends, and cleaning up the areas of the old apartment ostensibly under my control. In the end I think my old bedroom and bathroom ended up looking better than they had when I’d moved in. Which is natural I suppose – I’m an excellent frikkin flatmate, let me tell you !
We also took some time out with IG to go see Wedding Crashers on Sunday, which was absolutely hilarious (hell … I might even post a review depending on how slow work is today !) , and to hang out at the beach on Saturday morning. Excellent timing on the move, if I do say so myself. Spring has just sprung, and I’m ready to work on my tan again … so methinks I’ll be hitting the beach a lot this year One realisation I’ve been carefully trying to avoid, but which hit me full-force on Saturday till I couldn’t ignore it anymore is that Bondi is seriously full of good looking people. It makes sense; my fiancé lives there after all – but it does mean I definitely need to get back on the DB Workout Plan and shed those winter kilos quicksmart !
It’s an indesputable fact that Lisa likes surfie boys (and mediterranian boys, corporate boys … lots of different types of good looking guys hehe), and Bondi is full of excellent specimens in peak physical condition. I can’t afford to get complacent just because we’re engaged and as of this weekend living together, and being in a suburb which boasts such a high percentage of good looking competition, I’ve got no option but to get back to being as buff (if not buffer) as I was when we first met. The first phase of the plan involves getting up an extra half hour early to do some morning jogging. Will try to start that tommorrow. It also involves starting to use my weights again … which may involve me sourcing a mirror of some sort. Perhaps I’ll ‘steal’ the one from the ‘spare’ bedroom in my parents house, since they haven’t got a tennant in yet.
The next phase of the plan involves buying myself a pushbike again, since the fittest I’ve ever been was in Sweden when I was riding everywhere on a regular basis. This relies on my ex-flatmate paying me back my bond ASAP. I’d like to get a new bike for a change instead of a second-hand one, but depending on how badly the Kiwi wench tries to stooge me on outstaning bills, I might have to resort to the Trading Post again. We’ll see … one things for sure … none of this is gonna be easy ! It’s going to be well worth it though, to be able to stroll the streets amongst all the Bondians hand-in-hand with my fiancé, head held high knowing I’ve faced the competion and I’ve prevailed. Bah … and my parents think I lack a competitive streak !
Bring it on I say … it’s gonna be a great summer !
September 12th, 2005 at 1:54 pm
Bike Plan Update: You gotta love ebay ! I just did a quick search, and I should be able to score a brand new 21 Speed mens mountain bike with sexy coil suspension and Shimano quick-shifters for less than I paid 3 years ago for my second-hand (womens) bike with the worn gearwheels, cracked crank-shaft and dodgey brakes. Yay ! Got into a bit of a last minute bidding frenzy on one bike with someone (they beat me by $2 with 30 seconds to go … doh !), but I’ve got 7 hours left with no other bids on another piece and a watchlist set up on 3 other bikes by the same seller so I should be right
September 12th, 2005 at 4:07 pm
4 pm … I’m off to the beach woohoo ! Another advantage of getting up early … you can leave work early
September 12th, 2005 at 5:38 pm
- Good work belo!
But ya.. dont do it coz you feel pressured to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye – do it for your health! Good work for wanting to get fit!
I should join you for a morning walk.
Only i have trouble being awake, as im not a morning person!!
I should buy a bike as well.
Im so unfit right now _ even walking uphill to BJ i get puffed now.
I will see you at the beach! Starting early tomorrow.. Well done DB!
September 13th, 2005 at 9:06 am
What’s wrong with feeling pressured to be aesthetically pleasing ? Your ex-line has a strong bent towards the good looking end of the spectrum, so I have to make sure I consistenly live up to at least that standard.
Can’t have your friends or family (or heaven forbid … yourself !) thinking “well he’s a nice guy, but she’s done better than him in the looks department before”.
September 13th, 2005 at 1:03 pm
Ok.. if it makes u happy.
September 13th, 2005 at 1:20 pm
YOU make me happy – and therefore I want to make sure I make you happy too, in EVERY way ! *k*
September 13th, 2005 at 3:23 pm
mi comprendo
September 13th, 2005 at 3:26 pm
Si, si, calientte senorita. Now, we mus make looove like crazed chihuahuas !