Australia Day/Birthday weekend

What a weekend...so tired. I can honestly say I have experienced the pain of Australia Day celebrations! Cant remember the last time i was so so hungover.

Me and Amy put on our pretty dress and heels and jumped on the train to...The Cabana. Really nice bar on the way into the city next to where Amy used to work. We meet Tate and her boyfriend Tim and his mates and had a couple of beers...and a couple of bottles of champers. They were both really really night, Tim's living just next to Bryon Bay and kindly offered to pick me up from the airport etc if i want to fly up and see Ad. And Tate was really lovely and said i had to go visit them when she moves up to Queensland end of March I think it was. Really nice people. Toby rang Amy at about 8.30 so we'd been over 3hours or so (and no we hadnt eaten, as Kath told us we should have dont before we left the house we just assumed we'd get something at the BBQ The Cabana was putting on, but that closed at 6 so we missed out) we headed to an offy and jumped into a taxi. Apprently we were on top form when we arrived. I apprently got out the car said you must be Nathan im Rachael, Bromers is just paying with paper not real money, which ways the kitchen.

Anyway it was a really good night and we have some great stories (now Toby's filled us in on some missing bits) we walked home at 12ish and just raided the fridge...apprently i was worst that when i was in Prague with the amount i ate! Saturday morning... when i finally got up i just didnt move from the sofa next to Amy. We must have watched 4 or 5 films. And thank you boys...you lot singing happy birthday to be at fully blast from the pub Friday night was...something my head didnt need but the idea was lovely so thank you.

Sunday morning I woke up to at least 8 text messages from people who were clearly out on a Saturday night and realised it was my birthday in Oz time. Thats for my early morning wake up call (sorry ill stop moaning) it really was nice reading all your messages. I had a very entertaining phone call off Mum and Dad. They were in Scotland for the weekend and they'd just got home. Dad wasnt very well so Mum was "forced" to drink a whole bottle of wine very quickly so as you can imagine she was away with the fairies. Very entertaining though. Me and Amy headed up to St Ives shopping centre for Breakfast before hitting the shops in Hornsby i think its called. Really nice place, guess it was like an Ozzie Trafford Centre, got to gorgeous dresses for 10 dollars each with is about 4 pounds! Bargin and so pretty, also got some gorgeous underwear with the money Alex gave me. Really nice day. We went back to St Ives to look at bikinis for me and while i was waiting for Amy, guess who walks past me, clocks me and sits down next to me. He was on the phone so i just smiled but no Nathan came and sat down next to me. I kept looking at him thinking to myself ok so it was your house party and your a twin and your name is... he knew mine which was embrassing. And we chatted about Friday night etc, so funny.

Ozzie people are so so lovely though, i remember last time i was here how much i lovely being greeted with a kiss and its just the same here. When you meet someone or leave you always get a kiss...why doesnt that happen in the UK?!

After me and Amy went for a coffee with Toby, we went to drop his car off and i got to meet his gorgeous parents. Really lovely people and we were chatting about my travels and Toby and Amy coming over to Europe and they were asking for tips for Sam whos hoping to go to Thailand in June i think. Anyway when we got back Dave had arrived and we had a gorgeous family BBQ with no smoke, sunshine and everything, not like most family BBQs! It was really nice catching up etc, Dave was saying how much fun he'd had with Alex and Paul but was so glad they'd gone home and they even went to see Ad! Me and Kath stayed up talking after everyone had gone to bed, telling me stories about Grandad, coz it was 17 years since he'd died, telling me how much of a fantastic people he was and how many peoples lives hes had touched through the church and all the charity work he did. Kath really should write down all the stories she has to make sure we dont loose them Kelly stories. I even found out how Grandad and Grandma met, they were pen pals?! So weird but i love those stories.

Today ive had quite a quiet day. Sorted out with Gaz our plans while hes here, we're going to fly up to Alice Spring and do a 5 day tour up there and see true Australia. Then i sat in the spar and worked out what i was going to do with the rest of my time and when, ill sort out maybe flights or bus passes tomorrow morning, but it was quite nice but very weird at in the spar reading lonely planet! So gorgeous just being able to lie out in the sun, might do it again tomorrow! hehe its a hard life!

Love you xxx