August 24

**1. I painted a HUGE canvas for Kelvin & the boys for their new house..
2 & 3 pics from my going-away party & the white horse

I've only got 3 days left!!!
I'm so sad to leave Sydney!

I went out last night for a going away party, it was HEAPS of fun!!
I'm feeling seriously stretched to the max right now, trying to see everyone that I can before I go!!!
Bye Sydney!
x

August 17

**Ok, it was my birthday, so you can't blame me for making a spectacle of myself :) There was a piano in the middle of the bar... it was just ASKING to be played!.
**Second picture is me with Karl, he's the one that started working with me but quit before they could treat him too badly.
**Third is Ryan, Amy and Laura dancing up a storm, again at my Birthday party.
9 Days to go in this big city! :(
9 Days to go until I see my family & friends back in Canada :)

This past couple of weeks have been wonderful (apart from a couple of mishaps at work..) My birthday was last Monday, so I spent the whole weekend doing fun 'Amy' Stuff. On Saturday, I went to a place called Paddington Inn with all of my friends here. It was an AMAZING night!! (which ended strangely with us all loitering in front of my house at 4am and the police coming by to ask us if we were going to be ok, haha). I spent Sunday with another friend, Eddy, and out for dinner. Monday I took the day off work and went with old work-mates Karl and Rachel to Newtown for lunch, Luna park for the afternoon and then to my favourite restaurant, Chili Cha Cha's for dinner with Karl, Caroline and Kelvin. The whole thing was totally perfect. Kelvin gave me an All Black's Jersey (he's from New Zealand and that's their rugby team... I go with him & the boys to the sports-bar when they play and they ALWAYS win).
Four of my favourite guys from the house moved out of our shabby diggs into a new place just down the road & it's gorgeous! I'm so jealous. I spent Tuesday night there & it was incredible to sleep somewhere with windows... and a real bed... and warm... and bigger than a shoe box!
Laura and Caroline moved out of their apartment too... from the city to the beach. Their new place is literally a 5 minute walk to the ocean, it's beautiful. I spent the day with them today organizing and shopping for funky wall coverings, etc.

August 3

Here I am at the Potbelleez concert with Laura and Ryan. It was a great night as usual!
I've been super busy lately... haven't written one of these in a while, but my mom requested another entry, so here goes:
I've been going to the beach a lot lately, and although it's winter here, the days are gorgeous. no, I'm not swimming in the sea or getting a fabulous tan, but I am soaking up some Australian sunshine within my last 3 weeks here.
I've also been doing some freelance work for various local companies for some extra cash and have made great friends with one of the new guys at work. Since then he's quit for bigger and better things, but he's been passing along freelance work to me and will *hopefully* continue to do so after I leave for Canada. I'm going to have to get a new computer as soon as I get home so that I can handle all the new business, but am confident that the freelance work will more than pay for it.
I'm going to miss SO much about Australia when I leave... but there is SO much in Canada to look forward to. Aaron & Kathryn expecting baby #2 at the end of August, and Greg & Krystal getting engaged! WOW, congrats, all of you.

I've made up a list of some of the sites that I've worked on so far, here they are:


http://www.constructionassignments.com/

http://www.garypogson.com.au/

http://www.legaleagle.com.au

http://www.cutegecko.com.au/onthephonetoparis/site.swf

http://www.purpose.com.au/client--login/starcommercial/siteroot/sample5/index.html

http://www.purpose.com.au/client--login/unitedinstallationrepair/siteroot/sample5/index.html

http://www.capital4business.com.au/

http://www.homestartnsw.com/