sleep is for the weak

when these two hotties told me they were passing through singers on monday, i was besides myself with excitement. nevermind they only had 3am to 11am on our sunny aisle. there are few things i'd give up precious sleep for, but a few stolen hours with very dear friends were well worth the sleep deprivation. plus i hadn't seen jossie since december 2009! had the most memorable time in perth with alex in september 2010 and as with all good friendships, there is never enough time. 

the most recent memory i have of both alex and joss was of my last night in stockholm. flew back to a ghost town to pick up my luggage and they very sweetly cooked dinner, lugged my 40kg of luggage through the knee deep snow and snuck me onto the bus because my season pass had expired. that night, we had delicious roast chicken (the aussies do everything better!) and peas, which i don't usually eat. jeanne joined in over skype and i can't imagine having spent my last night on exchange any other way. fast forward 18 months and life has really rolled on! they're graduating in november - joss' going to clerk for a judge (bravo jossie!) and alex is going to be a hotshot consultant. immensely proud of them and so very happy that things are going well :)

was too excited to sleep and sprung up at 3am to wait for them to land on my doorstep. and land they did! i'm far from a morning person but it was surreal to finally have them at my house and in the flesh. still pinching myself now and it's surreal that they've since left for their great south east asian adventure... 

but it was an amazing few hours and i'm so glad they had a right royal initiation to singers, complete with royal rumble at adam road hawker centre, followed in quick succession by prata and bak chor mee. we even ended with kopi peng to go in plastic bags! can't wait for their next visit, and i just might be headed down under next month. so it probably won't be all that long till we get to hang out again :) yay to being young and living in an increasingly small world!

p/s before he stopped over in singers, jossie made his virgin visit to perth which the very talented simon charles agnello captured here and here.

p/p/s after reading the many many postcards i've sent him in the last 18 months, joss' mother is convinced i'm his not-so-secret secret girlfriend.

p/p/p/s alex's mother, on the other hand, is convinced i'm an airstewardess.

oh the shame!