Sharni came to visit at the beginning of this month. She came because I asked her to, and that’s good enough for her. I decided to have a housewarming to celebrate my new unit which I just bought. The day she is due to fly in I get a call from Fast impressions, asking if i would like a free ticket to christian speed dating that night, so I ask if they have two. I unfortunately leave work late, get delayed by traffic on the gold coast freeway, end up being late to pick up sharni, then late to the speed dating, but we got there just as they were starting. Christian speed dating is weird. If anybody says people that go are normal, just say that I went, that will end all doubt. I am not christian per say. I believe in a god, just not jebus.
When it was all over Sharni pulled me aside and said quite vehemently “I -hate- you”. Apparently one of the guys asked how I knew Sharni, so I said the truth, we both dating the same guy. So he gets around to Sharni and accuses her of stealing my boyfriend. lol. Anyway there was also a guy that made sharni stand up to assess her child bearing hips. “Do you clean? Do you cook? do you sew? Good. You shall make a fine wife”. Yeah… no. It was a fun night anyway, free alcohol, snacks and we did meet one sane guy Matt who we both thought was a good innocent guy but when will I learn there is no such thing. He came to my BBQ and yeah, not so innocent.
I kept leaving missions for Sharni to do during the day while I was at work. MASSIVE FAIL. Lazy ass bum wouldn’t even get out of her pj’s. Well I suppose it was her holiday. But by the end of the week I was sniffling and I was quite sick during my BBQ. Alcohol really clears up the sinuses though. I had to have help with the cooking. For starters no one showed up until after lunch, like 2-3pm. Invitation said 12. ie lunch bbq. Then the dratted thing wouldn’t start. Jason managed to reset the circuit breaker and away we went. I now have way too many sausages and alcohol because I invited over 150 people and about 20 showed up. All of my neighbours. The entire point of having a housewarming. 50 units. And none of them showed up. Well I lie. Sharni spotted a group having a bbq of their own on their balcony and yelled over to them to get them to come join us. So I got to meet my crazy biker neighbours. They may not have been bikers, but they looked like you wouldn’t want to mess with them. I should return their Hackey sack before I get whacked.
Sharni and I had made jelly shots the previous nights. So I managed to do jelly shots -in a syringe- infront of an 8 year old child. Good work drunken Mandy, great example. But the jelly shots were a hit. Jewelz boy had one two many and jumped into the pool and then climbed on the roof to yell at the top of his lungs so that someone called the police. Made for an interesting night. Those two crazy kids are expecting a baby and are now engaged. Woo hoo.
The night before was also interesting. Liz and her friend Sam came over for a few quite ones and then to stay for the party on Saturday, but Sam had an epletic fit on my comfy couch, which was lucky it was my comfy couch because she didn’t hurt herself. And it was lucky that Sharni was there to check her airways and pulse and make sure she didn’t die. We eventually called for an ambulance after Sam went into a second round of fits, and after all the excitement we didn’t feel like drinking anymore and went to bed.
I was all sickly for the next week while Sharni was there and had to go into work to fix stuff on the Tuesday, which made us late for Dracula’s down on the gold coast. It may be a global recession but that place was packed out to the max man. yeah man it was packed as. We were staying in the casino that night so we could drink to excess and binge we did. We made a friend in the bar while we were madly getting autographs from anyone scary looking. He wasn’t in the show but Sharni made him sign our photo anyway. He came to the casino with us, where the bar staff suggested politely that I should have a glass of water instead of more alcomohole. It may not have helped my cause when i asked for a drink in a glass shaped like this *does hand gestures of funky cocktail glass*. Yeah, maybe i was a little drunk. The next day we went for a dip in the casino pool which was freezing and then in the spa which was awesome (gotta get me one of them) and bummed around the gold coast until Sharni flew home. I have the most awesome picture of Sharni being scared shitless in the Dracula’s haunted house. I didn’t make it home that night though. I was so sick and so tired and couldn’t keep my eyes open that I rang Sarah and stayed the night at her house. I didn’t see much of her because i went straight to sleep. But I am ever so thankful.
<Many uneventful days of being sick then recovered then sick again inbetween>
Then I flew down to Sydney and caught a train and a bus out to Mudgee for Sharni’s birthday. We went and played games at a LAN the whole weekend. I was the Queen of Fodder, and I took to bunny hopping around the maps in Call of Duty 4 to make dying more interesting. The next day I actually tried and kicked ass, wiping out the whole of the opposing team in one fell swoop in Team Fortress 2. I may not of been the greatest, but I wasn’t the worst, I am glad to, this once, be that cursed word average.
I would have liked to go down to Wollongong to see my friend Kylie who also has a baby bump but alas, the timetables did not leave enough time for a 4 hour round trip to Wollongong. Next time gadget. She is actually considering moving up here to Brisbane, if she does it will be fantastic. I’ll volunteer myself to be baby sitter. So long as the baby comes with a man page. So many friend’s being preggers. My high school friend Suzi is also expecting. I just think it is the greatest thing in the world. Oh no, I’m all clucky, best to avoid any unnecessary trips to target and walking down the aisles of those tiny cute little itty bubby shoes. Snap out of it Mandy! Babies are evil. Babies, the other other white meat. Ok now I’m back.
Going for drinks soon with Coral and Jason. Can’t have too many, I have to drive home.

Then we went on the rides. We all went on the jet rescue ride, that locks you into fake jet ski’s that zoom around a rollercoaster. Much fun. They even spray you with water mid ride. Then Sarah and Dan lined up for the corkscrew, so Coral and I went to get drinks and came back, drank them, got told off by the staff for sitting in a naughty area, continued to sit there, wandered up to the ride, and they were still waiting. When they did manage to get on, I caught the best action shot of them while zooming around. Very cool. Afterwards Coral and I went on the Bermuda triangle, I don’t remember it being so lame. Oh no! A hot female alien was amongst us the whole time! C’mon.
I awoke to the drone of bagpipes and instantly felt sentimental. I quickly got ready and walked at a brisk pace up to the pub.

