Planning and Parties

11th, 12th, 13th April

Thursday night Soong and I went to dinner with Mel and Jess, co-workers of Soong's and fun friends. They were some of the crew who came to America with us last December, and they are super fun and hilarious. We ate dinner at Gymea Hotel, where on Thursday nights you can get $15 meals (my wallet was super happy about this!).

Friday was my day with Erin. I took her out for her birthday, which is this week. We went to Liverpool and she got a massage, then we got milkshakes. I ended up spending the rest of the day with her just chilling at her house, playing with her kids, and planning a birthday/Easter weekend overnight camping trip.

Friday evening we didn't have youth group because a whole term of youth group has passed already! I can't believe term one is over. Instead, our group went out for dinner to Guzmen Y Gomez, the new Mexican restaurant to open up down the road. It's super duper tasty and it has lots of gluten free options (which is good for me now seeing as I'm giving up refined flour). It also tells you the kilojoule content of the food you're eating - I love it when restaurants do that!

Saturday morning I was going to go running, but I still have this frustrating cough. Still being unwell plus the rain meant I stayed in bed and enjoyed a sleep in. I then had the morning to just do some household errands and wash my hair and prepare for Jamie's bridal shower.

Jamie's bridal shower took the afternoon up. It was in this sweet little house in Croyden, and it was super fun. There were lots of delicious sweets to try, and some savoury food as well (I love it when people make and bring rice paper rolls to parties). I consumed a lot more than I needed to that afternoon! We played a few bridal shower games, and then we decided to leave because Josie was getting restless and needed to sleep. So Ez, Lana and I drove home.

Saturday evening I taught Soong how to make shepherd's pie, and then we ate dinner together (not that I was very hungry after eating all the junk food at the afternoon tea). He continued studying for his First Aid course, and I spent the evening knitting and watching Buffy and Angel.

Sunday morning church was fun. We heard a sermon on what makes Christianity different, and talked about how Jesus comes to us and it's about what Jesus has done, not what we have done. I was greatly encouraged to remember this!

The afternoon was an epic double meeting, back to back planning for camp and planning for Term 2. Thom is joining us in the youth group leadership team which is awesome news! Very excited that he is on board. We just need another girl leader to help Christine now with her plethora of junior girls. Time to get praying.

We were all smashed after the four hour long meeting, but proud that we were able to get everything pretty much squared away. I spent the evening once again watching episodes of Buffy and Angel and knitting, before Soong and I had a late night snack and read some bible.