The week of Productivity

So after a few weeks of doing nothing we have one week of doing everything, me and Ayms spurred on by our lack of activity so far managed to get ourselves doctors, medicare cards, tax file numbers, bank accounts, phones (which become immediately annoying since agencies keep ringing with jobs for you!), jobs and an apartment!

We descended into normal life at an alarming rate after that but our weekends are spent still trying to see more of Melbourne and put off going back to work for as long as possible...thats right, it only took about three days to get that 'i dont wanna get out of bed' feeling!

The new apartment is a whole new world compared to the hostel - it's ace having our own room again and being able to unpack...on the other hand this does mean that we are less conscious about how much stuff we buy - so good luck with it all fitting back in the rucksacks when we move on! We now stay with Stefan and Charlie who are both very lovely and work all the hours they can as chefs....good you might say, apart from who actually wants to bring their work home with them ;) Another plus is that Nico - who makes the best salad dressing in the world and Dara now live right round the corner, so in the absence of having neighbours that we don't see - they do the job just grand.

We also have free use of the swimming pool and jacuzzi...oh and the gym but we gave up in that idea before we'd even got here. The swimming pool on the other hand is a work in progress....we have made it to the jacuzzi several times....contemplated the pool and the one day we did try and go for a swim, it was shut for refurbishment! Nico and Dara have tennis courts so we have replaced the 'we are going to run the marathan' dream with the 'wimbledon' dream!