Congrats to Kristikeet on getting a job! Woo-hoo! Very exciting! You go, girl! :) I spent the evening with Kristen and her friends/ex-coworkers at The Rose Hotel tonight. Very fun, funny, and lord the pizza and bruschetta was yummy. We're both coughing now - possibly from the smoke from the fires? My head is pounding - off to bed!

Holy toledo is it hot in this apartment....this is just a quickie to say I've begun my New Year's resolution to leave work on time. I left work just after 6pm today. Woo-hoo. There is hope for me after all!

(Pssst! I've posted new pics throughout the blog, so scroll down the past week or so to see! ) Let me tell you, it was tough going to work today after having some time off! It was pretty damn hot on the 6th floor (top floor) of a building with no air-conditioning. But we survived. As I always say, I'd rather sweat than shiver!

I'm gearing up for my writers' group meeting this Sunday and a gig at the Metro on Saturday...the weekend is looking good....thank you to Shayna, Lisa, Rachel, and Babci for the cards I received in the mail (old fashioned snail mail - woo-hoo!) today. I feel so loved :)

p.s. Viruses suck. I hope the computer viruses I received at 1.02 am this morning aren't a sign of how 2002 is going to progress! I've got about 12 infected files on my computer. If you've received anything with an attachment from me in the last 24 hours, please delete it. It's a weird little virus that, amongst other things, sends out randomly named files to people. My mother received a file called "Nude Me" and I was horrified. Just delete, people. Just delete! I apologise for the annoyance! If you successfully downloaded the file by accident, do a google search for "Badtrans" cleaning utilities. I've got Badtrans.B.Trojan and Badtrans.B.Worm. Lovely.

Happy New Year (Again) Hope you're all happy and healthy and well!

"Hey, hey, hey, it was really damn hot on New Year's Day today, but we cooled off at Broadway and survived in the apartment with fans blaring. We weren't out too too late last night, but our sleeping schedule has been screwy for the last week, so we needed to sleep in today. I had a big brainstorming session today for writing projects, so I'm pretty pleased about that.

Last night was simply amazing. We staked out the best NYE spot ever at Mrs. Macquarie's Chair, which has the view of the Opera House with the Harbour Bridge behind it. We could not have asked for a better spot. I took a whole roll of pics of the fireworks, though I know they will never come out. Oh well, I couldn't help myself. I get the pics back on Friday, so expect to see something next week. Anyhoo, we all brought blankets, food, drinks, and had a little picnic in the afternoon and evening leading up to the 9pm and midnight fireworks. Watching the fireworks explode over the harbour, it was the perfect way to start 2002!

Back to work tomorrow - the party is over! ;)

Happy New Year!

Just spent another great day with Rachel and Anthony today - we've been having a super time and I've loved showing them around. I was very sad to say goodbye to them tonight. For those of you who don't know, Rachel was my roommate at Boston University for two years, as well as one of my best friends. Due to a random idea I had on Australia Day 99, (Story coming later), Rachel met Anthony, a great Aussie from Melbourne. Nearly 3 years later, they're married :) I like to joke around and say, "Hey, no fair, I got you an Aussie guy in Boston....I live here and I still don't have one. When are you going to return the favour?" ;)

Unfortunately, I don't have any pics of Rach and Anthony to post here just yet. But once I get them developed, here they will go!
We spent the day at Manly Beach today. Perfect beach day and as usual, just as I was gearing up to go into the water, the bluebottle jellyfish started coming in. Drat! Foiled again!

I'm exhausted...off to bed! Lots of love to everyone I care about in Boston, Springfield & Massachusetts, Connecticut, San Fran, Hong Kong, Germany, Japan, Virginia, New Jersey, New York, and anywhere else I've forgotten :)