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On Saturday night my housemates and I are hosting a Halloween party that is shaping up to be a most awesome night. There’s only a few days left to go, and I’ve still got a fair bit to do before it comes around:

• Finalise music playlist
• Buy some red lipstick (will be used to scribble on the bathroom mirrors)
• Buy black lipstick and nail polish for my outfit
• Buy black shoes for my outfit (will also double as work shoes in the end)
• Pick up a drum barrel for the bonfire out the back
• Begin decorating the house (we have so much to do – hang lanterns, fairy lights, fake spider webs, blow up balloons)
• Pick up both mine & C’s costume from the costume shop
• Pick out and order costumes for two of my friends flying in from Melbourne
• Make some halloween themed snacks for the party
• Make sure the house is absolutely spotless before the party

I’m sure there’s a lot of other things that I’m forgetting, but that’s the gist of it for now. Saturday morning is going to be crazy, as I’m visiting a friend’s jewellery auction as well as getting my hair cut. I’m going to be rushing around like mad to get the house decorated as I don’t want my housemates to feel like they’ve had to do everything themselves (particularly since this party was my idea).

It will be great when I’m dressed, drinking and finally relaxing!

Right now it’s incredibly dark outside, the wind has picked up and warnings are being issued repeatedly for a big storm that’s heading right for the Sunshine Coast. Yet nothing can ruin today for me, nothing.

A-League is back.

It’s been a mammoth off-season, with the beginning of the season pushed back to avoid starting during the finals of the other football codes in the country. Brilliant idea I think, and hopefully it means we will see some increased spectator numbers. Last season was an amazing time for football in this country (soccer for some), with my favourite team, Brisbane Roar, taking out both pieces of the silverware. Love it.

To celebrate the start of the season, a group of us on twitter are meeting up beforehand. There’ll be drinks, introductions, chanting, and lots of chatter.

If you’re interested in coming (we’ll accept supporters from other clubs, although we may stir you a little), the details are:

Hotel LA
Caxton St
Brisbane
6pm – kick off (make sure you leave with enough time that you don’t miss kick off though!)

We have even created a facebook event page, which you can find here. The invitation is open to everyone so feel free to just show up unannounced and meet some new faces! I’ll be sure to post some pictures from the meet up tomorrow, once I come down from the high of the start of the new season.

Tonight’s game couldn’t be any better. It’s a grand final replay between my beloved Roar and Central Coast Mariners; I can’t wait. Is it time to go yet?

A month after we started dating, C decided to go and have a birthday. Being completely infatuated with him (still am, and those that follow me on twitter would understand if I inserted the hash tag #lovedupkellyisgross right here) I decided I had to get the most kickass present ever. We both shared a love of live sport, and given the NRL grand final was coming, after a quick chat with a mate I decided to buy him a ticket to the final. The catch was he would have to go with two of my friends and myself, as well as stay in a hotel and have a long weekend away. I know, horrible right?

After a long wait, we finally got to spend that weekend away together. The entire weekend can be summed up with one word:

Excellent.

The actual weekend started on Friday night with C’s housewarming party. After an inital hiccup, the evening panned out well and I had a great time. Possibly a bit *too* good a time as I threw up twice in the morning before boarding the plane to Sydney. I also couldn’t handle the smell or sight of food until 5.30pm that evening. C struggled to get out of bed at all, and nearly missed the plane! When my friends arrived to pick us up on the way to the airport C was still in the bathroom, having only just managed to climb out of bed. In the end, worried about getting to the airport in time to check in we opted to leave him there and took off to the airport so at least we could check in. That probably sounds worse than it was, as we didn’t exactly ditch him; we’d arranged with one of his housemates to get dropped off. The plan was that we could just get all of us checked in, then hopefully he would still arrive in time to get his bags checked in, otherwise it was still small enough to take as a carry on. I couldn’t be too hard on C though, even if he tends to run late quite a bit. Some of my best mates would vouch for the fact that I used to run late regularly, though I’ve gotten a lot better at it.

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Oh boy, I am so excited for the weekend! It’s the last of my interstate travels for the year, and for the next 6 months I would think!

This weekend I’m flying to Sydney. Oh yeah.

The group consists of C plus a couple of friends of mine, Ang and Stu, and our aim is to just chill…the….f……out. No stress here! Unfortunately there’s a couple of issues threatening to ruin the weekend though, not happy Jan!

We bought our tickets to the grand final as soon as they became available, months before we even had any idea who would be in the finals. When it came time for the finals, we were thrilled to see that Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm were still in the running. Ang, Stu and C are all big Broncos supporters, and while I don’t support a particular NRL team I am a die hard maroons supporter in the state of origin. With several key players in the Storm side, I was hopeful they would make the final.

With only two games remaining until the grand final, both of which would decide the finalists, Brisbane Broncos and Melbourne Storm crashed out in controversial circumstances. We had at least a 50% chance of one of our teams making the final, and luck was against us. Instead we’re faced with Manly Warringah Sea Eagles (fair to say most hated side in the competition) vs New Zealand Warriors. Hopefully it will still be a great game, and I’m going to be a temporary kiwi for the weekend as I back the warriors (you’ll never find me supporting Manly).

The weather is the other concern. At the moment the temperature looks like it’s not going to top 19 degrees (brrr!! I’m from Queensland, anything under 20 is freezing to me!) and it’s forecasted to rain the entire weekend.Cold and wet makes Sydney a dreary place to be! I’ll be sure to do my best to avoid letting the rain dampen my spirits (geddit? dampen? ha!) and I’m still looking forward to a great weekend. It’s also going to be the first proper time I’ve been away with C, which I’m definitely looking forward to!

Only one more working day until the weekend rolls on. It can’t come soon enough.

Monday morning I dropped C off to go camping with his buddies up the beach. I was super excited for him albeit a tad jealous – it’s been far too long since I last went camping, and even longer since I went 4wd’ing on the beach. I gave him a hug and a kiss, and left to go home and crawl back into bed (it was 5.30am after all). Since then he’s been out of phone range which means no contact (except for a quick trip back into town on the Wednesday when he sent me a text to let me know how much fun he’s having).

I expect his version of fun is similar to the above. I'm jealous. Photo credit: Roro Fernandez

The strangest thing is that I wasn’t daunted by the prospect of his going away and not being able to contact him. Don’t get me wrong, I was going to miss him – I’m not totally cold hearted. It’s just that I knew I had an extremely busy week ahead of me, and the split couldn’t have come at a better time (I have a uni assignment due in 4 days, and I have to prepare for my onsite uni visit in a week). By far the hardest thing for me is trying to get some uni done when I know he’s only a 5min drive away. Chemistry vs spending time with the guy I love just hanging out and relaxing…? I know which one I’d prefer! I also knew that if I had a lonely moment I have many friends around me that I can call upon. So really, there wasn’t going to be a chance to sit still and say “woe is me”. Knowing that, why would I get upset? It would only serve to make him feel guilty for making me sad, right?

He actually mentioned that one of his mates asked him how I was going to cope (according to her she and her fiancee “don’t do well apart” and he was going on the boys trip as well). He said that he’d told her I didn’t seem worried at all. I hope that wasn’t his subtle way of trying to hint I should say how much I was going to miss him, cause otherwise I don’t think my response helped. When I dropped him off he made a joke about missing me which gave me a case of the warm fuzzies so after I got home I sent a text saying some pretty gushy stuff and another “have fun”, then promptly fell asleep (when I woke I had a reply from him echoing the gushy stuff, woohoo).

So now I find myself with less than 24 hours until he gets back. I keep thinking about the huge cuddle I’m going to give him when I see him (no slow motion running scenes here though), and just to see his face and feel him again will be fantastic. I have definitely missed the cuddles in bed along with his general presence, although I’ve been able to get on with things and maintain my focus.

Until today.

Maybe I should have bought one of these pillows as a replacement while he's away

I guess the only way to explain it is like when you’re waiting to go away on holidays. You’re excited about the date and you know it’s coming but you can still focus on other things. Yet as soon as the final 24 hour countdown begins it’s all you can think about.

Thank god I have netball tonight, and still a large amount of uni lectures to get through, otherwise I probably wouldn’t be able to sleep tonight. I guess I’ve finally lost that “tough Kel” reputation I thought I had. I guess that’s what being “loved up” can do to you – just ask my sister (woooooo).