Monthly Archives: February 2012

Leap Year

Posted on February 29, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

The draught has been broken, for tonight I sat down with Yvonne and had a bottle of delicious Rekorderlig Pear Cider. My reasoning behind missing out on a complete month alcohol free (though I did have over 5 weeks in … Continue reading →

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A Sobering Thought

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

As of today I’ve been sober for 5 weeks. To clarify, it all started the morning after Mark’s 30th birthday party, where I had way too much and felt really awful. Following that night, I attempted on a couple occasions … Continue reading →

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Birthday Weekend

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

As I wrote yesterday, I managed to spend a little more than I’d budgeted for myself on flights. This isn’t too big a problem as it only reduces next months spending money by about a quarter, however having a little … Continue reading →

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Forward Bookings

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

Working in partnership with Tae I have today sorted 3 future trips in QLD for April, May and June/July. Each trip is on a weekend, thanks to the Dash-8 sale currently on. The first trip is to MKY via ROK … Continue reading →

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QantasLink Dash Sale

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

In my goal to re-qualify Platinum I have to fly a lot. Unfortunately the majority of my flying is now limited to QLD, which creates a bit of an issue considering the price of most QLD destinations by air travel. … Continue reading →

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FlyerTalk AGM

Posted on February 18, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

Today I attended the FlyerTalk AGM in Brisbane. I have gone the previous two years too, so I knew what to expect, though this year was quite special with the new QLD lounge manager joining us to explain her role … Continue reading →

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Green with Envy

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

I’m not really sure where to begin with this post. I’ve been talking about going green again for a while, mainly because I need to lose some control, go wild without actually going wild, escape to somewhere. Perhaps dyeing my … Continue reading →

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A Birthday & Valentine

Posted on February 14, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

This day always seems to find me when I’m single, quite annoyingly, though if I’d been in a relationship I’d surely be even poorer than I am already. Really struggling there. That said, I did have a valentine, and a … Continue reading →

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Getting to Europe

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

So I’ve been occasionally on the lookout for flights to Europe. I’d really like to go see my family in the UK around September/October this year, but with my status now achieved with Qantas and OneWorld I’m left with few … Continue reading →

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Underworld: Awakening

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Sam Heathfield

Sze Sze successfully got me out of the house this morning, having not left Royal Pines for pretty much the whole week, save for the odd visit to the grocery store or something along those lines. And Mitch and his … Continue reading →

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