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Whenever I come home there are certain things I have on my must see/do/eat/buy. This includes everything from going to my favorite doughnut shop at home (Spudnuts), going to the outlets north of Seattle, having Cheeze It's, and seeing all the family and friends. Usually this can be con pretty easily, however this trip I also had some very fun events planned.

My sister has just had a wedding and it was a great opportunity to see all the family (by this i mean the ENTIRE McClelland clan, all 50 of us including cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, etc.) which as you can imagine doesn't happen every day. The wedding was low key with the reception party the next day, which made it easy to have the entire family celebrate and keep the ceremony personal.

It's seems like this will become and almost annul thing with my niece graduating next year from college.

Either way I've dine my part in contributing to the us economy (and I have the extra suit case to show for it) and have has a great time. I fly home tomorrow and have a short week of work before going to Fiji fo r some swimming... Where I will also hopefully swim off the extra right I've inevitably gained this past week. :)


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Location:Richland, WA

Filling in the gaps

Right, so my last proper blog was in August of last year... Almost a year ago. While I could use my personal laptop dying as an excuse - I've never been one for excuses so I'll own up to being lazy. (I have been using my work laptop at home anyways)

So where has the year gone? A lot has happened and it has gone by quite quickly, so I'll do a fast recap before hopefully getting on with things.

Ocean Swimming

If you thought it was a fad you would be very wrong. Last summer began with very cold water (think around 60 F) but gorgeous weather. I was a mentor with CanToo swimming this year, which meant that I was helping to support people with a goal swim of 2.7 kilometers and fundraising for cancer research. This is the same group which I was a participant in last year so it was good to participate again. All in all we did swims at least every other weekend or so, which is a great excuse to go to the different beaches around Sydney. My final total distance for races (not including the regular training) over the summer was over 22 kilometers (nearly 13 miles) out in the open water.

My favorite swims so far have been around Bondi and Manly simply because of all of the fish and the clear water. It's crazy to know that the beach which I call "home" has coral, tons of fish, and sting ray families - but it's something you have to experience to believe.

In August I'll be going to Fiji with some friends and I am planning on getting an under water camera before then to help capture what we see. Fiji will be a "swim safari" which essentially means we have a guide who will take us on a swim each day - at our leisure. :) this swim will maybe take an hour max, the rest of our time will be spent relaxing, soaking up the sun, snorkeling, enjoying drinks worthy of umbrellas, seeing the sights, and embracing the lazy pace of life. :)

Flatmate update

My last post was about my flatmate dramas, but I am happy to report that things have calmed down and my flatmate Ann has been here for almost a year and has no plans of moving. (yay!)

Work update

In January I was promoted to Manager so things have been busier at work. I'm still working at RailCorp and will unfortunately most likely be there till December. This will make it almost 2.5 years at this one client, with the same project. So you for someone who used to stay at a client no more than 6 months this has been quite a change...

Travel update

Over christmas I went to Europe with my niece Lauren and we did some traveling around central Europe (Zurich, Prague, Salzburg) and Spain. It was a great time and it just confirmed that I love Spain.

Right so those are the main highlights and I'll try to get in the habit of posting more often. :)

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Location:Clement St,Rushcutters Bay,Australia

New toys = easy blogging

It has literally been ages since my last post, however I have just received my new iPad which has a lovely app which makes it super easy to blog. :)

Long story short my personal laptop has been dead for almost a year (the technician said the parts had fused together as a result of the overheating...) and using my work laptop - well seems like work. So now I have a new way to go online without feeling like work.

More detailed posts to come. As the Aussies love to say - watch this space! :)


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