Still Here

If anyone noticed, I've been MIA for the past month or so...I think I've lost the will to blog! hah. I never have time to post at work anymore, my new job is definitely a lot more time consuming and I don't have internet access at home. I haven't even been reading others blogs, so I have no idea what is going on. It's funny, there was a time when I couldn't go a day without checking all my favorites, but now I just don't have inclination. Hmmm.

So I guess a lot has happened lately -

1. I've been home to Australia for two weeks
   
2. finally got my green card
   
3. saw Madonna in concert with upgraded tickets near the stage! so fun...love her!
   
4. got into Grad School (which starts at the end of August! shit...)
   
5. finally recovered from my horrendous jet lag and
6. got rip roaring drunk at a pool party last saturday and had the WORST hangover of my life...I seriously thought I was going to die...well perhaps that's a slight exaggeration, but I did almost pass out.
   

I'm sure there's more, but I think my brain is still trying to recover from #6!

I've been back from Australia for almost two weeks and I still can't shake the "I want to move back there" feeling. It is getting harder to leave every time...more so this time as I saw a lot of my family that I hadn't seen in almost 8 years. So I'm a bit sad and homesick. I miss my mum :( I'm sure this feeling will eventually subside, especially since it's summer in Chicago which is always so much fun, but I'm getting tired of my heart being in 2 different places that are so very far away from each other.

Anyway I had better get back to work....actually I'm going to lunch, I'm starving. I'll try and keep this updated more often...although I don't think anyone will really loose any sleep if I don't ;)

PS...my ankle is still messed up...should probably go back to the Dr...grrr.

Not your typical Australian blue skies...but it's winter there now and it was raining!

Look What I Did....

First softball game of the season and I had to go and ruin it...So MAD! oh well. All my friends took good care of me...and are now, of course, making fun of me :) I'm hobbling around on crutches for the time being and will perhaps go see a doctor next week when my insurance begins. I think I should be ok though, I'm a quick healer...there are apparently bets in place as to how long it will before I am moving again...I'm going for 1 month, and I'm determined to win :)

Other than that, nothing terribly exciting has happened. I had my alumni field hockey game on Saturday (the day before I hurt myself) which was a lot of fun. Followed by the get together downtown at which I, and everyone else, proceeded to get completely hammered. I vaguely remember being in Taco Bell (GROSS) in Wrigleyville and not being able to comprehend the menu....classic. It was really good to see some old faces and get to know some of the girls on the team now. I miss college.

I think I'll be laying low this weekend, just in case I fall over and do myself more damage :)

Nice!

Sweeeet! I just got Madonna tickets for her concert in Chicago. I'm so excited, although my happiness is mixed with a little buyers remorse. I was lucky though, if I hadn't bought the tickets when I did, I wouldn't have been able to get any at all b/c I tried again, just for shits and giggles, and they were all sold out - less than 3 minutes after they went on sale!

So yay! Now I just have to hope that my green card interview in Sydney is in late June, otherwise I will cry.

In other news, I'm boring. Haven't been up to much lately, spent last Saturday night getting drunk and playing poker and woke up Sunday with a horrific hangover, so as usual affixed myself to the couch all day, minus the hour I went and had a Bloody Mary hoping it would help...it didn't.

Update: I think the pigeon had babies b/c the noise has increased ten-fold. Now, I don't condone cruelty to animals in any way, shape or form, but I would really like to throw/shoot something at them so I can get some sleep! It's making me cranky, and no one likes a cranky Nicole :) The only time I have ever liked pigeons was when I was in Trafalgar Square when I was 9...it was kind of fun to have them land on you and feed them...though looking back, that's just gross!