100 Days of Awesome: Day Eight - Parties, Cake and Fire

One week in and I'm done with capitalising the AWESOME. It's a little excessive. 

Lunch with friends. Awesome. 

Engagement party #1 - got to see my brother, plus there was this cake, both if which were awesome:

Then I made this cake, which isn't as cool as the first one, but I'm also not a pastry chef like the bride-to-be's father, who made that other cake, is. So I think it's a pretty awesome effort:

Now I'm at engagement party #2, at my house (not my party, to be clear!), and I've seen a bunch of my friends, am within a stone's throw of my bed, and I'm sitting in front of this fire:

Life is pretty awesome. So what was awesome about your day?

100 Days of Awesome: Day Seven - Thank God It's Friday!

Today was one of those damned frustrating days where you get absolutely nothing done that you had planned, because STUFF keeps happening. So I'm really glad it's the weekend... although admittedly, despite the stress, I actually kind of fed off it because it was one of those days that reminded me that my job is actually kind of important. Pity about the stress and the yelling and so forth, though. But feeling valuable was AWESOME. 

And you know what else was AWESOME? The weather! It was magnificent! So at least, even though I was rushing about like a mad thing putting out (metaphorical) spotfires, I got to look at my most favourite-est shade of blue ever. This colour makes me very happy. Something about the intensity, I think, and that it speaks of open spaces:

And I spoke to my Aunty Glennis for a while, which was AWESOME, and it was doubly AWESOME because one of my cousins just relocated his family to Melbourne, which means I get to see more of them. Huzzah!

Last but not least, I went out for a drink with the guy from Day One. He has bookended Week One of Awesomeness. I'm not sure how he felt about it, but I had a good night. We didn't really run out of things to talk about, and even after we went outside to leave, we talked for another ten or fifteen minutes. It was a fairly platonic, noncommittal exit from the evening, but I do recall his friend telling me the other night how shy he is, so heaven only knows if the platonic-ness indicates anything. I think it's probably worth us catching up again to see if there's anything there, in any case. Anyway, what was AWESOME about it - besides having quite an enjoyable evening with a nice guy - was that it was probably the first time in my life a guy has given me his number, that I have been interested enough to use it, and that we've actually been out and had a good time. Guess I'm finally growing up ;)

Anyway, bed time for me. Hope your Friday was awesome, too!

100 Days of Awesome: Day Six - Dumplings, Dating and a Day at the Gym

Well, not a whole day. Because, ow.

 

So first up, there was corned beef for lunch (yep, still going on it! God bless salted meats). And we all know how I feel about corned beef. That's right, it was AWESOME!! Oh! And dumplings for dinner - my housemates over-ordered and I walked in at just the right moment. DOUBLE AWESOME!!! :-)

 

And then I had a really productive day at work. I was getting ALL of the things done, which was AWESOME!!!

 

And then I got something off my chest, which felt AWESOME!!!

 

And then I managed to pretty much go an entire day without snacking on crap, which is the first time in a while I've been able to say that. And I suspect it was related to having a productive day at work, because I wasn't bored or frustrated. AWESOME!!!

 

And then I was so goshdarned inspired by that, that when I got home I finally headed around the corner and joined the gym. It only took me five months of living here. And because you're basically locked in for sixteen weeks, the tightarse in me is bound to ensure I make good use of my membership fees! And I'm pretty excited about the whole getting fit again thing, which is AWESOME!!!

 

Last but not least, I finally decided to text the guy I met on Saturday night, and we're going out for a quiet drink tomorrow night after work. A friend pointed out to me that it takes guts to give a girl you just met your number, even if you've had a couple of drinks, so I figured it was only fair to at least have a drink with him. Not sure yet how it will go, but we have spent the evening texting and he seems like a nice guy. Plus he can spell and punctuate with reasonable accuracy, which, if you know me, you'll realise is AWESOME!!! Oh, except he's a Richmond supporter... hmm... just kidding, I don't really care. It's not like he goes for Collingwood ;-)

 

So, dear reader, what was awesome about your day? Was it productive? Did it involve dumplings, or fitness targets, or making a date with a boy/girl for the weekend?