Happy Australian Mothers Day!

Ok, so I have around 6 days to catch up on. Firstly, a big Aussie Happy Mothers Day to all mumsies out there. Not quite sure why they celebrate on a completely different date, mind, but thats neither here nor there.
The first couple of days after my previous blog were fairly quiet. I had no work on, seemingly as a 'lesson' for me for leaving early one day, despite leaving at the time I was told to...supervisors mistake! I used this time to start reading Dan Brown's 'Angels & Demons', which until this morning I presumed was a sequel, not a prequel. I also had to update my CV, and start the process of job hunting. Depressing, but fun trying to make market research sound a fascinating role! I also, for some reason, slipped my domestic goddess mask on for a couple of hours, in order to whip up an over indulgent chocolate and banana cake....it was beautiful! And a tip for any bakers who find themselves without grease proof paper - use chocolate! I laid slabs of chocolate on the bottom of the cake, which meant very little mess to clean up, plus makes a scrumptious topping! This was the same evening that Matt went to Star City to support Arsenal against Man U...apparently I shouldnt ask about how this went...ahem! Being on at 4.30am Aussie time, meant I had to sleep alone. This wasn't fun in a house with 4 additional spirit guests, including a small boy who cries in our room. The next day, a very tired Matt took me into the city for a day, to check out the galleries and museums, pics of which can be seen on facebook. I particularly enjoyed Matt teasing fitness freaks with a Big Mac, as Maccas has been built facing the window of Fitness First....oh thr irony...!
The time I enjoyed having off was quickly wiped from memory after spending two days working 11 hours, and working on a Saturday. I was ready to walk out at 2pm on Saturday after a very stressful 3 days! But I stuck it out, and Matt and I spent the evening in Epping. Lunch at the RSL, which incidently is probably the only place that gives you more meat than veg on a roast dinner, and then to church to see one of our new Aussie mates, Ash, in a play. Super funny, with a fab cast and some very clever moments....although not sure how they got away with certain parts of the script in a church! We then ended the night with a few drinks in the Epping Hotel, which has become a bit of a regular haunt for us during our working holiday.
Right, well with a true british sunday roast to eat, I had better get going for now....more to come later...