In a nutshell

I’m guilty once again of not updating my blog as frequently as I’d hoped to. It could just be a matter of time before I start ‘twittering’ here instead of writing actual paragraphs. Sure hope not!

Anyhoo, I’ll spare you the lengthy details and just give you a glimpse of what happened over the last few weeks or a month and a half by the looks of things!

In a nutshell, Pen went to America for almost a month in Feb. I was moody and lonely – drowned my sorrows in books and dvds. Pen finally came back bearing loads of presents for me including a new Coach bag, Kate Spade wallet, Fossil watch, a CD, book and some magazines. I was happy again – purely because I was privileged enough to enjoy his company again of course! Actually I’m exaggerating. It was not that bad. I managed to catch up on some ‘me’ time. It’s not every day I get to read for hours on my couch/bed and drive Shadow to work.

A couple of weeks ago, Pen took me and his dad for a V Australia staff open day to tour the new long haul plane scheduled for the Sydney-LA route. See pictures below! The queue was soooo long and we waited for almost 40 minutes before setting foot onboard. I had to keep telling myself while standing in the heat that I was there to support Pen and all his hard work. Actually, you’d think this would be the perfect opportunity for a Mexican standoff between me and the plane – after all, it kept my husband away from me for months (if you add up all the long weeks he’d been away in the past two years)!

Group photo while waiting to get on the plane

Talk about national pride - I look like some patriotic Aussie. Nice shot by Pen though.

Here's a first look at the retro-looking seats in economy class. I had to hold my shoes as we weren't allowed to wear them onboard. Instead, they made us put our footwear into clear plastic bags.

Ahh...premium economy seats. Pen went to the ends of the earth to search for the reading light on my right. I was his guinea pig at some point when he brought the lights home - had to test them out to see if they were bright enough for reading. The husband seemed to think the bookworm at home would know best.

And being the geek that he was, Pen insisted I took a photo in front of the... what's that called again? Engine?

There's also a photo of me lying down in the business class seats but thought it wasn't ideal for public eyes. Haha. Looks like flying business class will soon become a reality for me. Pen said the staff rate was only $1,400 return to LA! New York, here we come!

In other news, I’m leaving for Melbourne this Friday evening to catch ‘Wicked’! We’ve booked ourselves into a semi old-English looking apartment called Somerset Gordon Place! Look at the photo gallery, it’s so pretty. Fingers crossed it’d be a lovely weekend hey?