lucky.

:) Hello world.
I've been in bed for almost half an hour. And have been listening to my Michael Buble Cd's for the first time in so long. I'm sorry I ever stopped listening to him. His music, the words to his songs, make me feel good. I don't know why but everything just falls into perspective while he serenades me.

The last week has been awesome. Had the Think Pink Charity Dinner for the McGrath Foundation. Alongside Kaileigh we slow baked the most beautiful pork I have ever tasted. That was the epitome of my back of house experience. To know that I part took in creating an extremely beautiful dish. Learning for the very talented Roger Bayley, working and laughing the whole time with Kate, James and Jane as they failed epically with the first few attempts at rolling their chicken. Kate's constant complaining about how gross the chicken skin was, and the extravagent scents of the masterpieces being created around me.

The whole night was a beautiful success. The icing on the cake was the unexpected lunch the next day, where we all ate the leftovers. Then spent the double helping Jane clean the kitchen and get the rooms back in order. Which was a tiresome and tedious job that had to be done. But well worth it in the end. Just gives me an idea of what kind of mess I plan on getting myself into in the nearing future.

Yesterday was pretty cool. Went into town with Mum and Hannah. I bought a blank recipe book that I can fill with my own recipes. Then went to the movies with Kayla, Alex and Dylan. Watched South Solitary, which I must say was a brilliant movie.

Last night Mum, Hannah and I went to see a man named Sam Bailey, alongside his wife Jenny. The most beautiful people and the most awe inspiring. When Sam was 19 he was involved in a car accident, leaving him a quadriplegic. As a farmer, this was a devastating blow for him. However, Sam has come through his troubles and now co-owns a 1250 hectare beef cattle farm with his "little cracker" of a wife, Jenny. Sam has learnt to fly a light weight aircraft, and plans on being the first quadriplegic in the world to learn how to fly a helicopter.

At the end of the night I was, and still am, incredibly inspired by Sam and Jenny, and the distance they've come together, through so much. I'm in the process of reading their book. I'm only a chapter in, and it is still a fantastic read so far. Definitely recommend it. Had my copy signed and I plan on keeping it with me, to remind myself of how lucky I am.

Tonight I caught up on all my maths homework, am yet to catch up on English, but that won't be to hard. I hope. Tomorrow I have to tackle this CAFS assignment, otherwise I'm absolutely pooped. But tonight I also went through our cookbooks and flagged all the recipes I want in my book. I also spent some of today helping my Papou fixing the head light in my car. Took a chunk out of my finger, but it was fun. So now I have to write two lists. One being the things I shall need for my kitchen when I leave home so I can cook all of the recipes in my cookbook. And the other for the things I need to buy to put in the boot of my car, in my tool box that I plan on putting together.

Also planning a road trip to Queensland in October. Being more cost effective and more fun than the plane trip. Can't wait. Carroll Day this week. Have the best Cruella De Vil costume out there. Don't know how well it's going to go with jelly though. :S Oh well. It shall be good.

So au revoir, and I shall say again. I am one lucky girl. :)