Starting 2014 Off with a Boom!

Despite the 1st of January being my birthday, it has been quite a fe years since I have celebrated outside of the usual New Years Eve festivities. But this year I decided to splurge with a double celebration. Stage 1, I went to Luna Park on the Harbour (special thanks to my little sister, Holly, who worked there this summer) and enjoyed some tummy churning carnival rides followed by the amazing 9pm fireworks. Stage 2, I ventured out to Bondi for a Skrillex performance on the beach. The atmosphere was electric and I danced my way into the new year.

The start of 2014 was sick. But sadly not the good type of sick. I ended up at the hospital at the after hours clinic and was diagnosed with laryngitis, tonsillitis and gastroenteritis. A trifecta of infections that hopefully meant that I was simply getting all my sickness days out of my system for the year ahead. And thank goodness I had mum to look after me. A luxury that I truly miss since moving to NYC.  

I enjoyed a few more weeks in Sydney, recovering at home and on the beach before swapping out the sunshine for a polar vortex back in New York City. An icy start to the year ahead in the USA!