Helicopters, pool parties and macaroons.

I went up in a helicopter – OMG OMG OMG!!!! It was amazing! We did a sunset helicopter trip over the Rock and Kata Tjuta. It really was awesome. My first helicopter ride! For those who saw the pictures, you will see from the HUGE grins on our faces how exciting it was! I am sending the guys from Professional Helicopter Services (PHS) a big, big thank you. It has given me a really precious memory that I will always have, and will make me smile whenever I think about it. Kristy, of course, took a zillion photographs because (as you all know) we needed some more sunset pictures --- I am kidding Kristy, your photos are fab :)

The Spa is going well, although the tips have eased off (damnation!). It goes that way sometimes I guess. But, Karen is back in action (her hand/arm is better) and she is waxing and massaging everything in sight – Yay! And Kerrie is back in town (literally) – Yay!, and Erin has started work with us - Yay, so there is a full staff load at the Red Ochre Spa (which means I am back to 3 days a week).

Of course, I couldn’t just work the 3 days a week, and my 2nd job starts this Wednesday – working with the Japanese tours on the sunset champagne drinks. I am very excited and can’t wait to get started.

And my old place of work rang me! The place that was my original 2nd job (and will now be my 3rd job), and have asked if I can help them out a bit, so of course I said yes. So that is 3 part-time jobs now – fun!!!! And no- that wasn’t sarcasm, I really see that this will be fun!

Oh... our garden has expanded. I introduced Kristy to Donald - he has set up the most amazing garden, like it is majorly wow (he even has goldfish!!). And he gave us one of his hanging plants! It looks great out the front of our place, as do the solar powered, coloured, fairy lights that now adorn our veranda area (e-bay purchase from Ms Kristy!). She keeps assuring me that it is not a “permanency” thing.

There is a meteorite-shower party happening here on December 13th. It is going to be spectacular (providing of course that there is no cloud, rain, etc). At about 10.30 pm or so on the night of 13-12-10 a group of us are going up to a hill (probably with some esky’s, which will, of course, only contain soft-drinks) and will stay up on afore mentioned hill to watch the meteorites. This is going to be another amazing memory. I would never have done this in Melbourne!

There was a power outage in Yulara last Thursday. Both Kristy and I weren’t working, so we thought we would head down to one of the pools. It was a pretty hot day and it is no fun being inside without air-conditioning. A lot of people closed up shop for the afternoon here at Yulara (what did we do with the tourists?). Anyway, sooooo many people came to the pool – and it ended up being an impromptu pool party, and it was a hoot! I am not really much of a pool person usually, but this was different – very social, very relaxed, very easy. Although, because the power wasn’t on, that meant that the pool filter wasn’t working, so after a while, the pool became a bit grubby. As soon as that happened (the obvious grubbiness), I left the water, because I have an issue with germs and I didn’t want to be sitting in a huge petri-dish filled with mucky people bacteria and floating skins cells (yes, yes, I appreciate the irony! I know I touch people’s naked bodies all day, but somehow it is different – this time the germs were floating in water!). Anyway, it was still fun sitting beside the pool, reading my book and chatting to people. For those who are wondering, yes, Kristy stayed in the pool the whole time. She doesn't let a germ or 2 (or a 1,000) bother her!

My cooking experimentation continues, and this week I made home-made spring rolls (I don’t think the bacon made them authentic, but it did make them tasty). I also made coconut macaroons, and they were a big hit with Kristy. I found them to be a little too coconutty, but I will try to make them again – I need to perfect the recipe. Yes Mel – I will make them for you when I see you next (even though I know said you wanted a store-brought macaroon).

And... this was very exciting... this week I found out that people I DON’T EVEN KNOW are reading this blog – is that not Oh My God!!!!???? I was speaking to someone who works at the Resort here, and he asked me if I am writing a blog, and I said yes (first I asked him “Why are you asking?” I think I thought I might have been in trouble or something! Well, you know my motto – “When in doubt, panic.”) Anyhoo, I just want to say HI to Grant, and to all the crew at Longie and thank you so much for reading the blog. I feel a bit special about it! And, when are you guys coming in for a massage? I want to meet you all!

Kristy is LOVING being the night shuttle bus driver, and I mean LOVING it! She is able to meet people, chat, listen to music, stay clean, have air conditioning – it is all good! And she looks very cute in her uniform, especially now that she has peroxided her hair again.

Gotta go now, the little unit is a total mess, dishes everywhere, (all plates are dirty), clothes are on the floor, bottles, cans, etc. Sigh. I must clean up before Kristy gets home. Or maybe I shall go to bed and clean up tomorrow before I go to work. Choices, choices. To sleep OR to clean (ah yes, that age old question). Which one will I choose?