Thursday 7th June - Rain rain rain

Yesterday was day night and it was Gaz's turn to organise where we were going. I finished work at 2.30pm so was able to have a lesson on Angie first. It hasn't stopped raining the last few days/nights. Angie is all toasty in her nice warm rug as it has gone bitterly cold here. The arena where i was riding was water logged and the rain was lashing down but it didn't stop us from our lesson! Ellen said she knew where i got my craziness for riding in the rain as she had been watching the jubilee on the tele and seen everyone celebrating out in the pouring rain in london. Angie is still doing very well and i am so excited because i have her paperwork so she is officially mine! 500 dollars for her...even gypsy horses go for 3 grand out here lol...Ellen says she is probe the biggest bargain ill ever find and she's told me when i start showing her, people will be offering me big bucks for her. This horse has a lot of potential! Oh and she was shod on monday so now she has new shoes so when the rain stops one day, ill be able to take her riding out the back through the woodland. Ive been researching a lot into cars and horse boxes. Ive finally chosen the JR Easy traveller as many reviews have said how well designed they are. Im going to get a brand new one as it will be safer for Angie. Im currently deciding what fittings to have put in...it will take 3 months to make so once i get my visa, ill be ringing them up to get it made! I've also narrowed the cars down to a mitsubishi challenger or a nissan pathfinder...i think ill get a year old second hand car. Got some test drives booked for 2 weeks time...exciting! oh yes back to date night...Gaz took me to a tapas bar in nelson bay. We sat down and ordered 6 tapas dishes which came to over 100aud...i must say the food was very average. i wasn't all that impressed and the potties were undercooked. We asked them to recook the potatoes seeing as we were paying 20aud for them (thats about 14 pounds for 8 potatoes lol)...when they brought them back to our table they were still a little undercooked. oh well. we won't go back there again but it was nice for a change!

Gaz has been out playing poker tonight at Diggers. He has made friends with a few people down there and they had even said the tables have been a lot more fun since he has been there. Its really nice to hear him come home all excited with lots of stories as to what has gone on. Does him good to be out there socialising! He still didn't win but came forth so well done gaz! Overall his month on the computer is going really well. Its a shame the weather has been too bad to go surfing. The winds have been so strong that a whale washed up on the shore 2 years ago which was buried by the council, has since been exposed by the sand being blown away! Apparently the smell of the rotting carcus is unbearable!

Work was oK today. I didn't have any patients booked in this morning so i was able to have a lie in. Gaz's dad, Ian, had an operation yesterday so Gaz was all worried...but we got to speak to Ian tonight and he's doing well so gaz is very relieved. We are both very much looking forward to coming home and seeing everyone,,,,especially theenie and ian and chris' new cocker spaniel, Madoc!

Im not looking forward to work tomorrow as i have a few patients i really can't be bothered seeing! This weekend gaz and i are off to sydney so that i can have my medical done for my visa...and we are going to drop off my visa paperwork at one of the immigration lawyers down there so he can get processing it.