Still sick of muscle stretching! Have probably done more of the "plie" stretch than the others because it's easier to do when I'm out and about; simply angle feet outwards slightly, turn legs out at the hip to align all the joints, and bend at the knee making sure to hold the alignment.
Anyway.... Sarah and I've arranged to fly down to Sydney to celebrate the new year before flying back early on NY Day (and sleeping!). Partly because accommodation in Sydney is impossible to find at a reasonable price this late in the year. If I can buy a dress, shoes and bag for less than my half of the room costs then the room is too expensive (particularly if I'm not going to be in it) and I'm better off keeping the cash for the aforementioned dress.
Bought more plants at Bunnings today in my latest attempt to prove that I must be able to keep a plant alive for more than a few weeks. Will see how that turns out, but for now I have a small garden to the side of my house with some strawberries and coriander. I also added a meshy barrier along the base of the fence (it's actually a gutter guard for which I paid about $2 / 8m rather than $30 / 6m for a "proper" garden barrier) to keep my nicer potting-mix infused dirt off my neighbours side of the fence.
Also started cleaning the BBQ (which I don't think my ex-tenant had ever cleaned) - will hook up some gas later in the week and switch it on for a while to try and kill all the good cleaning chemical germs and anything else I missed. It's still a little icky but tons better than it used to be. I'm sure one day I'll buy an actual BBQ, but when my parents take theirs back, I'm going to need to use the already installed version and I'd rather know that it's not covered in crap.
