Weekend of Nothing

As hard as it is to believe I had a very uneventful weekend, well for me.  I joined the social club at work, I can see it now--you are rolling your eyes.  One day a few weeks back a guy walks up to my desk and says I hear you're new here, would you like to join the social club and of course I got excited (but I didn't show it) and I asked what the social club was all about.  I'll boil it down for you, you pay yearly dues (he told me I would only have to pay for the amount of weeks I will be here) and they have all kinds of events they plan and you get to attend for free.  Once a month you get a free coffee at one of two local cafe's so even if you do nothing else if you get your free coffee you'll get your money's worth.  After he left I asked a few co-workers to tell me if being in the social club was a dorky thing to do and if I knew anyone else in it.  Well come to find out most of my co-workers are in the club and so after thinking for about 30 more seconds I contacted the gentleman that was at my desk and said I'd love to be a part of the social club and I'd get him the dues I owed.  It just so happened this Friday was the free coffee day (like I was saying the Australian's LOVE their coffee) and if you know me I don't drink plain coffee (ewwww), so asked the cafe if I could pay the difference and get a latte and she said yes, .60 later I was one happy camper and off to my desk I went.  Then I received an e-mail that the social club was putting on a happy hour at a local bar and we could get any drink up to $10 free and there would be snacks there.  I got off of work and Brian and I headed over to the bar and I was able to get a whole pitcher (they call it a jug) of cheap beer with my voucher and the snacks....holy crap--the snacks were delicious.  I definitely got my money's worth.  Got to meet some new people too!  I then left happy hour because I had reserved a ticket to see Civil War that had just come out.  It's Captain American vs Iron Man and like I said about Batman vs Superman, I am not a fan of two good guys fighting one another, but I did enjoy the action.  I have a mad crush on Robert Downey Jr. So I was going to see it regardless;) I now have a reward card and I have seen so many movies now that this one was free which made the deal even sweeter!

Woke up on Saturday at 8:00 and ate breakfast on the patio.  Then I laid back down and didn't wake up until 3:00.  I thought to myself, why not stay in my pj's and not go anywhere all day long?!  So...this is what I did, no joke!  I did do a few productive things, but all in all I had an extremely lazy day and I must say staying in my pj's all day was absolutely FANTASTIC!!!!

Sunday--wake up and it's friggen raining, ugh!  I'm not going to stay inside all day again so I rent a car and go for a drive.  I thought if I drove far enough away the rain would stop---well, it didn't:(  What a shitty day.

At one point there was a wee bit of sunshine and I took this pretty picture.  

I came across this ginormous pineapple and thought, well I think I'll have a stop and take a picture with this guy.  This was up north in a town called Woomye. 

Monday was their Labor Day so we were off of work.  These 3 day weekends are awesome!  Seemed to be a bit more promising as far as weather goes so went up to Mount Coot-Tha to go hiking.

Hiked the JC Slaughter Falls.  Even though it rained there weren't any waterfalls, dang it.  It was still a pretty hike.

Brian, me, Debbie and Ross at the summit.  You can see the city in the background.  

Pretty view from up at the summit.  They have a cool restaurant up here, but it was super packed so we left and went to a nearby town for lunch.  

After lunch we headed home because we were all sweaty and gross and needed to shower, ha.  Took a nap and then headed over to Brad's for a bbq.  You know I am not a store bought type of gal, but I have no bowls or containers so I couldn't make anything homemade to take so I did have to take something from the store, tear.  

 Brian, myself and Ross standing in front of the bbq'd KANGAROO!!!  We got to try kangaroo kabobs, steaks and links (like hotdogs).  It wasn't too bad, didn't take like chicken though, hehe.

All of us outside enjoying good food and chattin it up with one another.  We had a really nice time and it was enjoyable to see what they eat at a bbq.