Working 9 till 5, dah dah da da da da da-dah!

(Sing the title a la Dolly Parton)...
Yup, today I have that Friday feeling! I haven't had that in a looooooooong time (and the last Friday feeling it was the best one EVER as it was my last day). I started this week with the worst jet lag (as I landed back from the UK on Saturday and started work here in Sydney on Monday - killer). My title is SAP Training Coordinator (oooooo, posh) and I'm working in KC Australia's Corporate Supply Chain. More importantly than the title is that my team are lovely (especially the other training coordinator I'm working with) and there is a kitchen with a fridge and an oven. Sorted. That and the fact that from my chair on the 12th floor I can see a sliver of the harbour bridge between 2 buildings! Wow! On my way to work I cross the harbour bridge and pass the opera house. Hark at me. It's been weird being back at work though - I am so not used to getting up at a regular early hour every morning. I feel asleep fully clothed last night.

Out of work all is well too. We've moved into our house and our 8 housemates are lovely. Our main chums are Matt and Elena, a couple of Laaaaandoners. El's birthday was Tuesday, Matt's is Monday, so we're eating and drinking lots at the moment as it would be rude not to. Good job that I walk 25 minutes to catch the train every morning, eh?

We also share with 2 German couples, a German girl, a couple of Korean girls and a couple of English girls. It's all good. We are in the heart of the (gay) action in Sydney... surrounded by bars and so many restaurants that even if I eat out every night until we leave I wouldn't get through them all. Faye heaven!

Being at home in the UK was class, it was like Christmas. I ate all the things I missed (cheese pasties etc.) and drank far too much with my ladies. I met the lovely Matilda (my friend Jenny's adorable bab) and caught up with my homies.

Jane's graduation day was particularly marvellous - I was so proud of her. So proud that we started drinking Magners at midday and continued until we met the family for a chinese meal at eight o'clock that evening! That's the way to celebrate.

I was gutted to leave the UK to be honest - I was being far too spoilt! But getting back to Sydney and its summer sunshine was definitely good. None of this getting dark at 4pm lark here! We should be here for at least 3 months before we head off to Asia, the next part of our journey. But there's a lot of Sydney adventures to be had before then! Watch this space!!!

One thing to note, hotmail is blocked at work, so I will be checking my hotmail account less frequently. If you want to send me lovely news, send it to my KC account... similar to last time, but Faye.Lester instead of fmlester before the @. WRITE TO ME NOW! XXX