SEPTEMBER IS ALMOST OVER?! – a month of great pals and parties.
Hi to everyone who reads this! Hi Mum! So it’s been an actual minute. As per usual. This has been a big and awesome month for me!! I moved out of my apartment, spent a lot of time with new friends, worked a bunch and danced HEAPS! September ticked all the boxes, and I can’t help feeling a little sad that everything is falling into place right as I am about to leave.
Let me talk you through it.
So last time I mentioned that a bunch of my friends recently got booked for a couple of cool jobs. One of those friends was Kelly, who had recently got booked on a cruise. This meant that she had to leave her lease 2 months early, meaning she would still have to pay 2 months of rent whilst still living there, BUT, seeing as she was living with 2 of my best friends out here, I had the sneaky idea that I would move in in her place. Of course all the gals loved this idea, and so at the beginning of September Kelly helped me move everything into the room she shared with Holly, and so began a great month.
I’ve taken over from Kelly who had previously been sharing with Holly. Holly is a great friend of mine and sharing a room with her is actually so much fun. We get along so well that every night feels like a fun sleepover! YAY! Our other roommates are Kristyn and Jordan. Kristyn is one of my best friends out here and we are so similar in a lot of ways, so it’s great being able to see her a lot, and Jordan is a cool dude with great style and a great girlfriend Angelica, so all-round it’s a pretty good time. Not to mention we have a pool, hot-tub, gym, dance studio all on site, AND a washer and dryer on our balcony. LIT!
The month began with a fun trip to Huntington beach. Holly was in Vegas with Carsyn on their annual Clippers gals trip, so it was just Kristyn, myself and Kelly (who stayed in the house for about a week before leaving for her contract). Justine came over for the first time in a whiiile, and we decided to tag along with Kristyn and Kelly to a country music concert in Huntington. For $40 we managed to have front-mosh view of Eric Pasley, which included guitar chips for all, a set-list for Kristyn (and some sleazy eye-contact from the lead guitarist) and a free concert t-shirt for me! (it reads ‘I wanna be your Friday night’ – HOW COUNTRY!!)
Felt like an episode of Nashville and I LOVED it! We also met some of Kristyn’s friends from IOWA who are in the military out here, one of whom invited me to the military ball at the start of October (i.e. next week as I am writing this). Should be an exciting time AND its in San Diego, a place I am yet to visit!
The next weekend we ended up at an IOWA university football match, which was playing at this IOWA team sport bar in santa monica called ‘Barney’s Beanery’. Honestly I will never get used to American sports. The roomies were all excited because it was their team and they used to dance on the dance team, and as it was Kelly’s last weekend we all made it down there at 9am to watch the match, decked head to toe in yellow and black Hawks gear. It was so much fun and I honestly think I would’ve thrived in a big American college on one of those dance teams. After the game and multiple mimosas and sweet potato fries for breakfast, we headed to another cool spot in SM called the bungalows. This REAAAALLY reminded me of perth for the first time in LA. Like super exclusive vibes but also just like CBH or the Claremont. Honestly wasn’t feeling it so we left (and swung by salt and straw on the way home) but I’m definitely keen to get back there soon and give it another go.
So a couple days later Mel got back from her trip to Miami and New York, and that was awesome for me. It just gave me a comrade to take class with, hang by the pool, work on some of my own combos in the studio, and honestly we just had a great time when she was here. It’s a lot more motivating when someone else is going through the struggle with me!
Meanwhile I’ve been working A LOT and by a lot I really mean A LOT. Still, $12 /hr isn’t really cutting it for me and even with babysitting I find myself living paycheck to paycheck- usually 1 week with money and fun, and then 1 week hoping I have enough for ubers to work.
Last week was pretty wild though. Given that everyone in the house is more or less single, Holly has been pushing for us all to go out and meet some more men. This lead to myself, holly, Kristyn, mel and Caitlin (another fun dancer friend) all planning on going out Sunday night last week. We were thinking of heading to a bar but by the time we’d finished pre-gaming the club sounded much more appealing so I messaged my promotor and next minute we were at Nightingale, sat at a table with a bottle of Hennesey. Thankfully the night ended well for me, but not so well for some of us- Mel and Kristyn ended up passed out in Subway at 4am.
BUT WE WERE NOT TO BE DISCOURAGED! Tyler my promotor had asked me if I wanted to Host sometime that week. Which basically means, instead of us getting put on some seedy guys table, we get put on my own table with whatever drinks I want. Always an opportunist I rallied a group of about 12 gals and we ended up at Le Jardin on Thursday night on a cute table with a couple bottles of vodka and some bottle service b*tches pretending it was my birthday! The night was going soo well until my phone got stolen, then Juliana’s phone, wallet, keys and EVERYTHING was stolen, and another of Holly’s friend’s stuff got stolen too. Luckily Justine’s mum instincts kicked in and we ended up at the police station at 3am filing a report so I could claim insurance the next day. At this point I was feeling pretty discouraged. Lucky for me my good friend Sarah has a spare iphone 5 that I’ve been able to hook up with my number, so using that in the meantime until insurance (HOPEFULLY) comes through with the dollars to replace my 7. (real time update it has been 2 weeks and still zero insurance).
Sarah also came through with the invites to a private party at the W on Saturday night. At first only I was gonna go but then Mel, Holly and Carsyn jumped on board. We got to the W hotel in Hollywood and were greeted with the biggest line I have ever seen. Luckily a woman who was manning the line asked if we were ok and Sarah mentioned her friends name and we were literally taken out of the line and ushered into an elevator and up to a private rooftop party. Times like this that I love LA. We had a bit of an awkward start- the crowd was a bit older and holly and carsyn both had to pay $17 for a vodka soda (SCANDAL)… but in no time we were ushered into bottle service on a private cabana and the night truly began! What started as a quiet gals night out ended at 2:30am (with carsyn managing to rip her jeans on the dance floor because we got THAT ratchet).
That’s a bit of a catch up on September… with some key points missed out, but hopefully I will be able to catch you up on those developments soon!