so the last few weeks have been fun! i finally STOOD UP ON MY SURFBOARD!!!!!! i went to redgate beach by myself one sunny sunday and was out in the water for about 2 hours and i just did it! it was so fun. this weekend past i went again and stood up for even longer. that beach is seriously so fun and i have a blast every time i go out, even if i just ride the waves in on my stomach. but each time i go i stand up a few more times! yay improvements :)
how big the wave felt:
how big it actually was:
but it was big enough for me! seriously so fun. also, i made the rookie mistake of leaving a brand new bar of wax in the trunk on my wetsuit.... of course it melted all over and now it looks like a bird took a huge poop down the back of my wetsuit LOL! i got most of it off, but it is sort of in the fabric... don't really know how to get it out but whateverrrr
this past week, there was no bottling because they were preparing for a big cabernet tasting event at cape mentelle. they asked me if i wanted to help by washing glasses and i said of course. it was me and two other people and within a week we had washed and polished almost 1800 glasses! let me tell you about this event, it is so cool! cape mentelle chooses 20 cabernet wines from around the world and the people attending do a blind tasting and rate which ones they like the best. the bottles ranged from about $80 all the way through to $2500 or $4000 i forget. there were 85 people coming, and each person had 20 glasses plus glasses for the dinner and a ton of spares in case any of them broke! it was quite the job, my hands got super pruny and i broke a few glasses here and there but the event happened on saturday and it seemed like everyone had a great time! i was working behind the scenes doing dishes, eating olives and had a glass of champagne. not a bad gig! then on monday, we washed all the glasses again and put them back in the boxes. it was a nice change from bottling for a bit and great to have some work that week! the cape mentelle cab ended up coming in 2nd so that is super! i basically never want to wash another glass again in my life lol but it was good fun :)
last week was my little Daisy's birthday, and my mum sent me these pics from when she was a wee kitten.
such a darling!
cuddling with her brothers and sisters
i miss her a ton - happy birthday daisy <3 this past weekend, i also saw a miniature horse in town for a store's birthday celebration and he was wearing a red party hat. i got to feed him a carrot and pretty much almost cried because it was the cutest thing ever! it made my whole day :)
other than that, i'm just reading heaps and i rented the first season of csi from the library.. serious cheesy business, and i love it!
51 more days until i leave for Cairns, and only 28 more days until i've completed my three months of regional work! ahhhh seriously so excited! i can't wait to come back, i'm obsessed with aus. i'm basically just in quite good spirits, other than the fact that my "waterproof" camera wasn't so waterproof after all and now i need to buy a new one :( but that will be my christmas gift to myself. imagine, christmas on the beach.... it's going to be weird but i think i'll be able to deal with it ;)
steve is doing alright, i even went for a cruise last night and his lights didn't turn off on the way there or the way back! improvements. he makes a few weird noises, but he still gets me around town, to work and to the beach which is all i need!
everything is seriously great, i'm so happy, the only thing that would be better is if everyone were here to share it with me! love you guys tons!!!!!!
stay warm over there in the snow ;)
<3 soph
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