I am sorry for not updating my blog but there is a very good reason for that as you will find out. I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a fantastic New Year. I had a great time. I went up to Byron Bay for Christmas and spent it will friends of the family. It was great to be with people I know. I went swimming in the sea in the morning and then of course in traditional Aussie style we had a BBQ for our Christmas meal - excellent!!
Then of course there was New Year's Eve, which was excellent until I started to make my way home!! Some friends and I were on a boat in Sydney Harbour - the best place to be for NYE! We went to the harbour to board our boat and while waiting we spotted the English Cricket Team who were also going to be on a boat (The Morpheus) for NYE. Might explain why we lost 5-0 when they were out drinking before their match!! So we boarded our boat - The Pacific Princess and began our celebrations. Once we had boarded we found out that our boat was amongst the few selected to participate in the NYE parade. This meant that the boat had been decorated with lights and we would be sailing around in front of the bridge - you couldn't ask for a better position for the fireworks!! We had a lovely meal and some Champagne to start the night off. The first set of fireworks went off at 9pm so we watched them from the top deck of the boat. Then we returned down below for some games and dancing. The 'Skipper' of the boat was a 'jolly' man who felt the need to have selected people put on a bit of fancy dress and make fools of themselves - luckily I managed to avoid this!! But it was very entertaining watching my friends ;-) After that we danced (yes there was a dance floor and we had all had a bit to drink so it seemed like a great idea!).
We then returned to the upper deck to watch the fireworks at midnight which were amazing - they are certainly the best in the world!! We stayed on the boat for a while longer before returning to land. This is where everything changes - up until then I had had a fantastic night. So on our way back to Circular Quays to catch the ferry back to Manly, some absolute idiot ran right across my path and I tripped over his back leg and fell, landing on my right elbow. I managed to get up and discovered my elbow hurt soooo much. Before you all say that it was obviously the alcohol - yes I had been drinking but I was not very drunk. One of my friends was walking behind me and said I didn't have a chance. Anyway, we had to continue to the ferry as there wasn't a lot I could do and the guy who tripped me up didn't hand around. Once on the ferry, I decided that I really needed to go to hospital as it was hurting way too much and I couldn't move it. I met a couple of the boat who knew where the Manly Hospital was and as it was on their way home they would show me the way. So once off the ferry I went with this couple, who as it turned out were in the middle of an argument and considering splitting up. This was quite funny for me as they were being very nice to me but very rude to each other.
So eventually I reached the hospital, registered my presence and sat down. I had a look around me and noticed 3 men spread out in the waiting area trying to sleep - I thought to myself this can't be good. So after 45 minutes of waiting and not a lot happening I went to the reception to be told that I would have to wait at least another 1 hour (it was already 4.45am and I was shattered!) to be seen and that the x-ray department wasn't open till 8am anyway - Great! So I left and made my way back home. Eventually at 5.30am I got home and was let in by my housemate who was on her way out to work!!!!!!
Anyway, when I got up 3 hours later, I returned to the hospital and waited an hour till I got an x-ray and then another hour before I saw a doctor who told me he wasn't sure what the problem was and that they were going to get the the Orthpaedic Registrar to return from his day off to have a look - oh dear!! 2 hours later I was very bored and decided to see what was happening (I personally felt they had forgotten me!). 'Oh yes' they said, 'we will get someone to see you now' !!!!! The nice doctor kindly told me that I had fractured my elbow and that it would take 4-6weeks to heal - Brilliant!!!!!! What a great way to start the New Year!!!!!!!!!!!
So here I am, arm in a sling - waiting for it to heal!!
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Aw Darbs!!!!!
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