Celebration - A night out in RAdeliade and Med Dinner

It's always nice to have the feeling of relief after a running competition. All the preparation you do before hand in the lead up and the psychological impact competition can have on your mind, but that is what makes competition well, competition! None the less we were ready to celebrate our runs and success Thursday night!

We went out to Mexican for dinner, i have never had Mexican outside of college and didn't really know what to expect but fell in love with the meals! I also tried a Margarita everyone was drinking and actually liked it :) We then made our way to our apartment. When everyone had arrived at the start of the week we were given someone to look over to 'fine' them for things they have done that are silly or embarrassing throughout the week, so we uncovered our people and had a bit of fun with them! And me... i got a fine for having healthy 'gourmet' lunches everyday :P but i think one night have been when i did the dishes and the drain made a loud noise so they all teased me for farting!! This was followed by a round of 'Sudden death' where there is a pack of cards made into a circle on the table and each person picks a card, the number corresponds to something you have to do and if the ring is broken you have to drink the 'master drink' in the middle which everyone adds a little of their drink too. They let me play with water ;) it was quite funny! My favorite is the secret 'thumb master' where one person secretly puts their thumb on the table and everyone has to follow and the last person to realise has to drink. When you even can't say 'drink' or people's names it gets even trickier!

Mexican meal :)

Ready to hit RAdelaide streets!

We then had a brick walk into the city to Hindley street, the place to be. Once in there all you could see were uni games students dressed to impress having a good time, the streets were certainly alive!! It was really good to see the 'Red frogs' vans around who give out red frogs, doughnuts, water and pancakes to try keep everyone hydrated and with some sort of sustenance  They also have St John's people around for any intoxication or injuries, a good set up if you ask me! I had a really fun night, i am not a going out person and rarely do so although i started off a little nervous i am glad i went out! We went to the Red Square, The Dog and Duck and the Woolshed, i loved them all they are set out so much better than Perth clubs (the limited i have been to at least) with 2 stories of different themes areas and actually good music! We had a few dances to Gangnam style which funnily enough was played at the right time when we entered each of the clubs... fancy that!! I even had my first shots! (make that 2) and didn't feel any different... maybe i have more tolerance than i thought (or had lots of mexican to eat) but i had a vanilla G one and a Bailey's which i actually liked. After dancing the night away i left them at 2.30am to get a taxi back for some rest seeing as though i had Med ball the next night. I would have loved to have stayed the extra night and head out again seeing as though our girls captain couldn't join us that night, but hopefully we will have a catch up back in Perth together and of course see each other at the track!!

Jun, Keely and Rachel :)

Back at the hotel i managed to get 4.5 hours sleep before it was time for another girl Rachel and i to catch a taxi to the airport to fly home. I was with Jetstar an hour earlier but after breakfast at a cafe and a nice chance to chat my flight was delayed an hour due to storms in Melbourne so she ended up taking off before me with Qantas! We finally got going and with my packed lunch and music to keep me occupied i successfully completed my first airplane trip by myself :)

I was spoilt at the airport to be picked up by Kyle with a lovely white rose!! It was good to see him after being away :) We made our way back to Trinity and i unpacked before getting ready for the next night out... Med Dinner/Ball!

The theme was Soiree in the Snow at the convention centre, i always love their decorations. this year they had lots of white couches, fake snow which was rather slippery to stand on! Mirrors and a smoke machine. But before we got there Kyle and I went to Illy's house in the city and had lots of photos and they had tequila shots.

Group shot at Illy's

Tahn, illy and I!

Chicken, rissoto and pumpkin puree with greens

Pics with Emma 

Fun with frames!

Darren, Sandip, Kyle, Illy, Zac and I

Kyle and I :)

It was a rather fun walk there, maybe it was the lack of sleep and excitement of being dressed up with everyone but i seemed to be on a high! It was a nice night chatting to everyone, having a nice 3 course meal and dancing a little, the DJ was rather bad but that didn't stop most people!
By midnight i was rather tired, my week and nights out had caught up with me so Kyle and I headed back to get some much needed sleep. A great end to a wonderful week :)