Shakespeare, Birthday's and Baking expo

I had a lovely past few days! I have to admit our lectures were not the most thrilling but were still very useful for the hospital setting. Thursday night myself, Emma and 2 other girls from medicine went to the Shakespeare in the park 'The complete works of William Shakespeare' in Kings Park. It was such a lovely atmostphere, everyone had picnic rugs and food to sit on the grass, the show itself was awesome. It was so cleverly done t
o make the stories of Shakespeare all in one show as a parody, i laughed more than i thought i would watching Shakespeare! I would definitely see it again, we even got rain in the last half but that could not make us miss the show! I also made it to the

6am RPM class that morning,there was more people there than the 8am class i went to and once again the atmostphere was very motivating and i loved the class :)

Friday afternoon i went home for my sister Sarah's 18th birthday. I had an off day Friday for some reason, i think i was down about missing out on spending time with my boyfriend and missing out on a medicine girls movie night along with female issues but once i was home the feelings went away :) Saturday i had a great morning run to Marlston Hill and ran up and down the stairs, i felt tired but i had a great run and was so excited i feel like i am getting stronger again! I ran a little faster and did some more stair runs than i had before and i felt great! I did some jobs in town then caught up with Lexi at muffin break, i love catching up with Lex and muffin break always has tasty muffins to satisfy our taste buds :) The afternoon was filled with cooking for Sarah's 18th birthday dinner, i didn't know why mum was cooking so much until i realised we were having the Smiths over as well as pop from Esperance, Nicole and Daniel. It was a great night, i love when the 5 of us girls get together it always makes for funny photos and conversations!

Sunday i went for another run in the morning and went further than i did at home 2 weeks ago, i know i was fighting Dengue fever still then but i felt so much better :) Then we gave Sarah her gifts, mum made a wonderful quilt for her with beautiful colours, pop gave her an open that looks like it has the world inside it, it is so colourful and even more special as it was Nan's opal, nan died from Ovarian cancer about 12 years ago. Pop has given each of us a piece of jewellery from nan for our 18th. I have a lovely nugget on a chain and some gold earrings to match, i only wear them on special occaisions. Then as part of her birthday gift Sarah was off with her friends to Perth for the Big Day out concert! I headed back to Perth and met Kyle and Lex at the Convention centre to see a baking exhibition. First Kyle and I went into Wilson street parking which was open from someone going out, but we and 2 other cars thinking we had a parking spot got trapped in there, so the next hour was trying to find a resident to let us out. I will follow Kyle's advice and take the bus next time!! But we made it :) there were some wonderful cakes on display that people had made they were amazing! Unfortunately we were a little late to do a cooking and decorating class but we watched a demonstration of making cupcakes. I learnt...

1. Use eggs and butter at room temperature

2. Use unsalted butter and add a pinch of salt as normal butter has i think she said 22 teaspoons of salt??

3. Beat eggs and butter for 5-7 minutes

4. Add 3 eggs one at a time to not let it curdle

5. You should only add milk if necessary, usually only butter and eggs are enough

6. Cake flour is better but expensive, a 'cheat way' is to add one cup of flour, take out a tablespoon and substitute it for 1 tablespoon of cornflour.

7. Mix gently so as to not over mix

8. You can use an ice-cream scoop to scoop

mixture into patty pans

Tomorrow we have our first of 2 nursing attachments from 7am at Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital followed by lectures in the afternoon. The work is slowly building up, I'm a little nervous but it should be a great experience!