I got an email from Gary this morning, reminding me to update my blog! Its been a week since I did... I'm trying to recall what has been happening...?? I think I told mum and dad all my news on Skype at the weekend. So you guys may want to skip reading this!

HOUSES! I've been to see a few houses this week in my quest for my digs. Saw a good one at the beach yesterday. Living with a 40yr old woman and her 9year old son. They fed me hot cross buns and coffee as soon as I arrived. So that's always a good start! House was lovely too. Built in 1910, which by Ozzie standards is positively ancient I think. Nice exposed floorboards etc. Lots of character. If I live at the beach, I need to drive about 35-40mins to work each day. So just trying to decide if I want to do that. Or hang out a bit longer and see if I can find something suitable closer to work.

Another place I saw close to work had a pool, but it was in a terrible state and the guy said he had poker nights 4-5 times a week. So that was a definite turn off for me!

FRINGE FESTIVAL! Went out to the Fringe festival on Saturday night and saw The Red Bastard (pictured). Quite funny in parts. But his main thing was to pick on the audience, so I spent most of the time trying to avoid eye contact. We were sitting in the second row from the front. I was sure that as soon as I opened my mouth, I'd be a gonner! The accent would be an easy target! (I know! What accent..?!) But he picked on the guy to my left and the one to my right and I managed to avoid being talked to. Result! :)

Going to another comedy show tomorrow night. Ross Noble is a UK based comedian. He's sometimes on shows such as Mock the Week (is that still on?). Very funny. So will let you know what I think of his live stand up.

And on Saturday I going to see a show called Titters. No idea what it's about (breasts maybe..?!). Folk at work have organised it. But again, it's comedy. So hope it's good.

RUNNING! I went for a run on Sunday morning with a few folk from my gym. Really surprised myself. After not running properly for about a year, I managed to do a half marathon in about 2 hours! Yeeha! My ankle is a bit stiff and sore just now. But otherwise I feel great. I see that Lucy has been upping the miles too. How did you go sis? For someone who doesn't like running, you have some dedication!

And more talk about running. Gary, you may want to skip all this talk about running! I have a 24hour relay race coming up soon. In aid of cancer research. Group of 10. Deal is someone has to be running at all times during the 24 hours. So we take it in turns over the 24hour period. Doing about 30mins at a time each. End of March I think it is scheduled for. So I will be looking for some sponsorship in due course. Get those wallets out!

WEATHER! And lastly, the obligatory weather update. It is autumn here now. So it's about 22 degrees today. Brr. Heating up to 30 at the weekend. Much better. But the upside of the cool change is that I am sleeping at night again. Hurray! Mum and dad said they were a bit over the snow at home. Hope it clears soon. But not long til you will be in the USA anyway. So maybe you don't really care what it does in the UK in the next wee while!

OK... so that is all I can think of just now. Hope you re having a good week. Speak to you soon. Those of you who have Skype. Gary, HINT, HINT!

Lots of love, K xx