Here's a quick recap..
Monday: Took, the kids to school, got a few groceries, run and swim training, Valentine's Day cake baking, pick kids up from school, make their dinner and some for me, ferry over to the first night of my bar course at New Zealand's Professional Bar and Restaurant School. I was surprised at how huge a class it was (40 people or more) and at my table were 2 English girls, one Kiwi girl and a German guy. It's pretty fun and we not only learn a whole bunch of cocktail recipes but also barista skills, coffees and how to properly steam and pour milk, customer service, licensing, where different types of alcohol come from, what they're made from, how they're normally served. And we get TONS of time behind the bar to practice. Also, we could drink everything we make to practice if we really wanted to. Unfortunately, I decided to have a "dry month" before my triathlon with no alcohol so I am unable to take advantage of all the nice cocktails we make! Oh well! After the first night, I was taken to the Chocolate Boutique in Parnell for Valentine's Day, yum yum!
Tuesday and Wednesday were regular busy days with the bar course from 6-9 so not really any time for training since I didn't want to get up super early and had Tessa in the afternoons.
Thursday, I cycled to the pool, went for a swim went to yoga early and then was off to the last night of my bar course for the week. We had to make 3 drinks in 3.5 minutes. It was pretty funny to see where people went wrong under pressure and so short on time. Jordan, the main guy running the course promises us we'll all be able to do it easily for our exam next Thursday. Then on my way to yoga, I ran into Sophie in Newmarket, she was on her way to the train to head home and she said some girls were meeting up later so I met them in the viaduct after my course for a little.
Friday, I taught swim lessons again, so nice to be teaching in an outdoor heated pool in the summertime where all of the kids are just excited to get in and willing to stay in for nearly 2 hours!! We practiced with snorkel gear yesterday and next week, the lesson will be at Narrow Neck beach and they'll be getting even more practice with their snorkel gear. After the lessons, I cycled home, went for a run, had a shower and ferried into the city to meet all the girls (for Nina's last night of her year in NZ before returning to Germany! :( ) and go to the Chinese Lantern Festival to celebrate the year of the Rabbit. The festival was PACKED with people and there were lots of really cook lantern displays, music, little souvenir booths and food stalls! I had a mini half watermelon sliced up inside with a massive amount of ice cream on top! It was super yummy, but had FAR too many seeds. Later, An and I went to the ice bar to use our grabone vouchers that the other girls had already used one night back in December. You have to bundle up in a large winter coat, ugg boots and gloves. Everything inside is made of ice, including the glass you drink from. It was pretty chilly inside so we soon rejoined our friends in the bar next door. I ferried back to Devonport at 12am but there was no bus back to drop me at the end of Bayswater Ave. There was an English couple that lived on Bayswater Ave searching for a cab home so they said I could share one with them. While walking into town a little to find one, some guy stopped asking if we were looking for a taxi. Turns out the friends he was waiting for weren't actually on the ferry and he had given the guy a ride home before! So he gave us all a ride, really nice of him and didn't want any money. He was from Malibu, CA has been flying with Quantas the last 2 years and has his Master's Law degree from UCLA (he talked a lot in the 5 minute ride home!) Turns out he lives right on Bayswater Ave as well. Of course I would have accepted a ride if the other couple wasn't there as well!
This morning I had more swim lessons, and this week had 6, straigh from 9-12. That is certainly one way to make 3 hours fly by! I had a pretty lazy afternoon and went for a cycle after dinner. I am currently watching American Idol (because it's on Friday and Saturday nights here!) and then may go for a run after that...plans for tomorrow...more training, a swim lesson for Jake, yoga teacher's son, some tennis perhaps...
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| Turtle Band |
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| Sky tower from Albert Park |
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