Well a lot has happened, I am aware that I have been a little blog slack. You know when you're really letting the side down when you ring your mum for a friendly chat and the first words out of her mouth are " What's going on with the blog"
I think the time is just running away with me, can you believe we've been gone for over 5 months, almost half a year The weather is finally starting to reflect the seasons we know and love, we've had rain, thunder, high winds and yesterday Australia treated us to our second earthquake in as many weeks!!
I never did tell you about our adventures when Rachel and Helie were here with us, we had a lovely time in Apollo bay, the house was just beautiful and although the weather wasn't perfect we did have one sublime day of lying in the sun and swimming ( with a spot of surfing thrown in for good measure ) we managed to BBQ and eat really well and when we got back to Melbourne even the sadness of returning to work couldn't keep us from having fun, we had some lovely evening, hanging out in the bar, having dinner or watching movies. The weather was a little shocking so we were prevented from too much outdoor activity but we did make it to the casino one night!
When Rachel left we got to keep Helie for an extra week, and when Helie left it felt so strange in the flat. It is quite amazing just how much you can miss your friends and family, El and I seem to take it in turns to have our days, I did not know that I had the capacity to miss people this much and still function, It is the distance that really gets to you, we are just so so far away.
Well our working time is coming to an end. Tonight we have a crisis meeting - this takes place in the pub and over a pint of Carlton draft we are going to decide whether we do a ski season, or if we get a van and go for it travelling around Australia.

I think we'll head to the slopes, it's good money, I'm sure it will be fun and more importantly El has emailed me her cover letter today so I think her mind is pretty made up... best dash or I'll be late ..

Love to you all

xx