Yaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!! Today was SO much fun!! Andrea took me to the beach! I don't know the name of the exact beach we went to... but it was very close to a place called "Surfers Paradise" - I'm sure you can look it up. For some reason I can't upload photos (I'll have Chris fix that when he gets here) so I can't show you how AMAZING it was. I was simply enamored with everything I saw (except one thing - more on that in a moment) The sky was the most beautiful blue and full of perfect white fluffy clouds. The water was a mix of the most picturesque tropical colours. The breeze was lovely... the sand was lovely... the temperature was quite warm but not scorching. I enjoyed looking at the tiny little seagulls. They are about the size of crows and many of them, rather than having black eyes, have little yellow-y/ orange eyes. Pretty cute... and they leave the cutest little flipper prints in the freshly exposed sand.
The water was so warm and it was so fun to stand and let the waves crash into us! I got pulled under once when I wasn't standing properly. I fell right now and got pulled along a very quick 15 or so feet. I was perfectly fine other than having my sopping wet hair in my face, a little salt water inside my face, and plenty of sand in my bikini bottom.
So here's the lame part... just moments after arriving at the first beach, we went into the water for a little walk around. We couldn't have gone more than 10 steps before Andrea screamed and bent down to grab her food. I immediately thought she had stepped on glass but it was actually a tiny little jelly fish with a very thin stinger about 3 feet long that had washed over her foot! (she knew it was called a 'blue bottle' which is in some situations - like this one - is referred to as a 'f****** blue bottle') It seemed to hurt a lot so we got out of the water to find the life guard. He offered her some sting spray of some sort and she decided she was okay and could go back in. When we got back to the water we noticed many more of these damned little things all over the place. They were washing up left right and center with their flippin' stingers hanging out waiting to be stepped on. I figured it would be better to walk a little further out where they weren't washed up... but seconds later I myself was letting out a scream of panic when I found one was wrapped around my ankle! Owwww. It felt like shock from an electric fence the way it went zap zap zap. Andrea (fast thinking) scooped up some sand and wiped it off pretty quick... but obviously the damage was done... We went to have a little rest on our towel to survey the damage on each of our feet. Andrea was starting to feel nauseous so we decided to break from the beach for lunch. We went to this super cute little cafe and had exactly what I had requested earlier in the day - paninis! (Roasted red pepper, hummus, arugula {called 'rocket' here}, egg plant, haloumi (sp?) cheese, that may be it... but maybe not) Mmm.. we were both experiencing stomach cramps (whatever - when am I not?) and Andrea was feeling a shooting pain up her leg and was convinced she'd been stung all the way up her leg. A quick google search on her iPhone revealed these were all common symptoms of a Blue Bottle jelly fish sting. Laaaaaame.
After lunch we went to a 2nd beach which is where I saw the cutie seagulls and went in the water and had tons of fun... we left at about 4:45. Far too soon for either of us but, alas, Andrea has responsibilities.
Tomorrow I will be researching Hamilton Island resorts as I have decided that it the place to be. An island paradise just waiting for Chris and me to come work on it!
I'm feeling great about being here now that I've figured out I belong on the beach. Covered in sunscreen. As I was today. In case you were wondering.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Sunday, November 28, 2010
Not much to report.
Okay... so I've been quite the bum these last few days. I haven't ventured very far and I've been eating mostly chocolate (in a bad way). I do have a few things to say though...
1) My tummy doesn't like being full of chocolate.
2) I have mostly decided that I for sure do not want to stay in Brisbane and that I will look for a job in a little piece of paradise somewhere on the coast (any coast will do).
3) Guess what the newest most interesting trend to hit Brisbane is!! Just guess. No, seriously, you'd never in a million years guess it...
It's granola.
Sadie was talking with a group of girlfriends the other day and one said "You have to go to *(insert unknown trendy breakfast place name here)* they've got this amazing thing called 'granola'" and all the other girls were like "What is it?" And she described this exciting new food no one knew about... HA.
4) Twelve days until Chris arrives.
1) My tummy doesn't like being full of chocolate.
2) I have mostly decided that I for sure do not want to stay in Brisbane and that I will look for a job in a little piece of paradise somewhere on the coast (any coast will do).
3) Guess what the newest most interesting trend to hit Brisbane is!! Just guess. No, seriously, you'd never in a million years guess it...
It's granola.
Sadie was talking with a group of girlfriends the other day and one said "You have to go to *(insert unknown trendy breakfast place name here)* they've got this amazing thing called 'granola'" and all the other girls were like "What is it?" And she described this exciting new food no one knew about... HA.
4) Twelve days until Chris arrives.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Jeri vs. The Ants
I awoke this morning at 6:30 and decided to see if anyone was on Skype. I had a very nice conversation with Jena.
After skype I noticed a brochure Sadie had picked up (for job application purposes - not as a hint) to a hostel called "Somewhere To Stay." Rather than go through the hassle of turning on my internet again (it is a bit of a chore) I figured I would send Chris a quick message from Sadie's open lap top on the kitchen table (I was and am home alone)
I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It took me a moment to register that what I was looking at was a mass of black ants crawling in through the cracks under the window frame. I jumped out of my chair and assessed the situation further. There were hundreds of ants crawling in and out of the kitchen via the closed window and up and down the window frame and down the wall onto the floor. I refocused my eyes on the dark wood floor and followed their path all across the kitchen floor and into the garbage can where another probably 2 hundred ants were crawling all over and in the garbage. I spent probably half an hour sweeping them up and dumping them outside and then sweeping more and dumping more. Then I washed the walls and window frames. Hopefully that does it.
But who cares about ANTS! As I was typing the last bit, the "landlady" came by to ask if the plumber had come (he had). I then told her about the ants and she then told me about the PYTHONS. Yes. The pythons. Apparently all the suburbs with lots of trees have pythons in the trees and living in the roofs. She assured me in all the years she's lived here (20) she has never heard of a python in any of the suites - except in her house. Which is next door. She shared some stories.
One evening many years ago, she had just arrived home and was walking down a hallway and noticed out of the corner of her eye a python curled up on the floor in her room. She called for her then-husband and he came running. Together they prodded the snake with a mop and a broom out of the house. YUCK.
She noticed a week or so ago a python making its way into her gutter. She said they live in her roof but not ours.
She also told me of a camping trip many years ago where she woke up with a python wrapped tightly around her leg. It bit her. Her advice: Don't leave the zipper open even an inch. All they have to fit in there is the tip of their face and they slip the rest of their bodies in easily. Also, don't leave the windows open at night.
The woman who lives across from us' kitten was killed by a python (I think she saw it happen...?)
A mother and daughter who used to live in the house had to pry a python of their very small dog.
I got a cel phone number yesterday but then realized today I have to "unlock" my phone to have it work on other networks. That will cost some money for sure. On the bright side, when I do get my phone unlocked I will have **warning: the rest of this paragraph is super boring** 500 megs of data (GPS - hollaaaaaa) and unlimited calling to any cel phone on Aus' most popular network and one other called "3", and $350 worth of calling Aus land lines or texting or international calling. All for $35/ month with NO CONTRACT. Woo woooo.
When Chris gets here we may switch to the $45 monthly plan with unlimited calling in Aus, unlimited texting in Aus and internationally, unlimited access to facebook, 1 gig of data, and $45 toward international calls and voicemail. Wooo
Big news: We booked a TRIP!! December 5th Sadie and I are going for two nights to Tangalooma Resort (link attached) Where we will feed dolphins, go snorkeling,
We're staying in a Resort Unit (double in the low season in case you are wondering) $340 for two nights, each. It's supposed to be "paradise". I hope we get fantastic weather but we will live it up to the max even if it's crap weather.
http://www.tangalooma.com/info/home/
I am going to go find some shade at the river and read my book. Miss you all!! Looking forward to updates via comment or facebook. Anything at all. Please. Thank you.
After skype I noticed a brochure Sadie had picked up (for job application purposes - not as a hint) to a hostel called "Somewhere To Stay." Rather than go through the hassle of turning on my internet again (it is a bit of a chore) I figured I would send Chris a quick message from Sadie's open lap top on the kitchen table (I was and am home alone)
I noticed something out of the corner of my eye. It took me a moment to register that what I was looking at was a mass of black ants crawling in through the cracks under the window frame. I jumped out of my chair and assessed the situation further. There were hundreds of ants crawling in and out of the kitchen via the closed window and up and down the window frame and down the wall onto the floor. I refocused my eyes on the dark wood floor and followed their path all across the kitchen floor and into the garbage can where another probably 2 hundred ants were crawling all over and in the garbage. I spent probably half an hour sweeping them up and dumping them outside and then sweeping more and dumping more. Then I washed the walls and window frames. Hopefully that does it.
But who cares about ANTS! As I was typing the last bit, the "landlady" came by to ask if the plumber had come (he had). I then told her about the ants and she then told me about the PYTHONS. Yes. The pythons. Apparently all the suburbs with lots of trees have pythons in the trees and living in the roofs. She assured me in all the years she's lived here (20) she has never heard of a python in any of the suites - except in her house. Which is next door. She shared some stories.
One evening many years ago, she had just arrived home and was walking down a hallway and noticed out of the corner of her eye a python curled up on the floor in her room. She called for her then-husband and he came running. Together they prodded the snake with a mop and a broom out of the house. YUCK.
She noticed a week or so ago a python making its way into her gutter. She said they live in her roof but not ours.
She also told me of a camping trip many years ago where she woke up with a python wrapped tightly around her leg. It bit her. Her advice: Don't leave the zipper open even an inch. All they have to fit in there is the tip of their face and they slip the rest of their bodies in easily. Also, don't leave the windows open at night.
The woman who lives across from us' kitten was killed by a python (I think she saw it happen...?)
A mother and daughter who used to live in the house had to pry a python of their very small dog.
I got a cel phone number yesterday but then realized today I have to "unlock" my phone to have it work on other networks. That will cost some money for sure. On the bright side, when I do get my phone unlocked I will have **warning: the rest of this paragraph is super boring** 500 megs of data (GPS - hollaaaaaa) and unlimited calling to any cel phone on Aus' most popular network and one other called "3", and $350 worth of calling Aus land lines or texting or international calling. All for $35/ month with NO CONTRACT. Woo woooo.
When Chris gets here we may switch to the $45 monthly plan with unlimited calling in Aus, unlimited texting in Aus and internationally, unlimited access to facebook, 1 gig of data, and $45 toward international calls and voicemail. Wooo
Big news: We booked a TRIP!! December 5th Sadie and I are going for two nights to Tangalooma Resort (link attached) Where we will feed dolphins, go snorkeling,
We're staying in a Resort Unit (double in the low season in case you are wondering) $340 for two nights, each. It's supposed to be "paradise". I hope we get fantastic weather but we will live it up to the max even if it's crap weather.
http://www.tangalooma.com/info/home/
I am going to go find some shade at the river and read my book. Miss you all!! Looking forward to updates via comment or facebook. Anything at all. Please. Thank you.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
A different sort of day.
This morning Sadie and I went with her sister on a beautiful walk along the river (which is dirty and full of sharks but nice to look at) and I saw a few types of birds I hadn't seen yet. I'd like to buy a "Birds of Queensland" book and just sit in a park somewhere and wait for them to show up. I'm going to make it my goal to bring my camera with me so I can remember all these unfamiliar creatures.
Today has been more about realizing just how far away I am. I couldn't ask for a better type of friend to have around than Sadie. It's as if we share a mind 90% of the time. We were each tying to act as if we were bursting with excitement for what to do. She said "so what do you want to do for the next four hours until I have to work?" and I said "Hmm.. I'm not sure. I'm up for anything" but we soon realized we both just wanted to get back in bed with our bread and dip and some ice cream bars and watch our new fave show "Party Down" A very nice way to spend mid-day.
Sadie left around three to drop off resumes and then go to work. I called a girl I know through Grandma Helen to follow up on our plans. Unfortunately she had double booked herself so we have rescheduled for breakfast tomorrow morning. Much of today has been quite lonely. I think talking to everyone about this crazy snow on the Island has made me realize just how far away I am.
On my walk to get dinner ($7 even for two meals worth of fantastic Indian food!) I was feeling sad about being alone and how long I have to wait (not that long) until Chris gets here. I decided then that I wont mope. I am so excited to be here in Australia and I will make the most of it!! I am one for being social and keeping busy so I'll work on that. I think I'm still very tired. And I keep getting sunscreen in my eyes. I look forward to Sadie being able to sort her job situation so we can get on a trip. I'd like to go to the beach.
It's only 8 pm here but it feels like 2 am. Which it is. In wonderful snowy Victoria.
Today has been more about realizing just how far away I am. I couldn't ask for a better type of friend to have around than Sadie. It's as if we share a mind 90% of the time. We were each tying to act as if we were bursting with excitement for what to do. She said "so what do you want to do for the next four hours until I have to work?" and I said "Hmm.. I'm not sure. I'm up for anything" but we soon realized we both just wanted to get back in bed with our bread and dip and some ice cream bars and watch our new fave show "Party Down" A very nice way to spend mid-day.
Sadie left around three to drop off resumes and then go to work. I called a girl I know through Grandma Helen to follow up on our plans. Unfortunately she had double booked herself so we have rescheduled for breakfast tomorrow morning. Much of today has been quite lonely. I think talking to everyone about this crazy snow on the Island has made me realize just how far away I am.
On my walk to get dinner ($7 even for two meals worth of fantastic Indian food!) I was feeling sad about being alone and how long I have to wait (not that long) until Chris gets here. I decided then that I wont mope. I am so excited to be here in Australia and I will make the most of it!! I am one for being social and keeping busy so I'll work on that. I think I'm still very tired. And I keep getting sunscreen in my eyes. I look forward to Sadie being able to sort her job situation so we can get on a trip. I'd like to go to the beach.
It's only 8 pm here but it feels like 2 am. Which it is. In wonderful snowy Victoria.
Sunday, November 21, 2010
Getting Settled.
I woke up yesterday at 7:30 am. Just after Sadie left for work. I wasn't really sure what to spend the day doing so I asked Sadie's sister, Sylvie for tips. She was amazingly helpful. She printed off two maps of Bris and highlighted the bank, and some roads I would want to walk down. My plan was to go to the bank, open an account, go for breakfast, then look in shops and get a big acquainted. I walked to the bank and found it was closed (duh, it was Sunday) so I figured I would go on with plan 2 and 3. Well, I didn't have a single Australian dollar.. so I just ended up walking around for a long time. Sadie and I 'reckon' it was about 10k. I'll attach a link to the map so you can check it out. I walked from our house on Dudley (which will be at the very bottom just to the left of the middle of the map all the way up Boundary to the yellow fork in the road where I kept right. I walked across the bridge and around town a bit, then back across the bridge before turning left onto Grey St... back up Grey (I realize now how very far that was out of my way) and all the way home. I then happened upon my lover-boy Chris on Skype (thrilled!) and then Aunt Vic (also lovely) then had a two hour nap. I met Sadie at her work at 4 and we walked home. And since google maps talks in miles, I guess you can add another 3 miles on top of my other walk.
We went out that night with friends of Sadie's to the most ridiculous bar I've ever seen in my life time. It called "Cloud Land". We thought it was strange that when Sadie went to show the door man her ID, he said no no, and opened the door. We now think that was because the place was EMPTY and he was worried he would be laid off if they didn't sell a drink. It wasn't actually empty, three of Sadie's friends were waiting for us on the 2nd of three floors. The music was remixed (by the live dj) super lame late 80's or early 90's girl pop. Like the songs from FernGully... but remixed. The room was open to all three levels with a two story window waterfall. Plants hung from the ceiling and many light coverings at a distance appeared to be covered in some type of silver basket... upon closer inspection it was actually black and white whicker. Weird. The bar on the 2nd floor was made of glass balls like in Labyrinth. There were also hideous burgundy Flordia-Grandmother style pillows atop black and white vinyl couches with lights in them. Sooo odd. I've attached a link to the venue - it looks kind of cool in the photos but I promise it wasn't. We went to another bar after that and while we were all chatting outside I spotted a little gecko on the wall and yelled "aw COOL". I was laughed at.
I got tired at 11:30 (5:30 Victoria time) and took a taxi home.
Today has been fantastic. Sadie and I were up again around 7:30 but we puttered around the house unti about 10:30 in which time I was able to fold all my clothes and put them away and Sadie used my laptop to video skype with her boyfriend Caleb (one of my dearest friends for those of you who don't know) for the first time in 3.5 months. We then walked to the pharmacy where I bought a massive bottle of 30 SPF sunscreen which protects against UVA, UVB AND UVC rays. I didn't even know about the third type. I said to the woman working 'I don't even think we have those in Canada.' I'm not sure if she was amused or not. I'm chuckling about it again now.
We walked to Coles grocery story and got tasty lunch stuff and found a beautiful little shaded spot by the river for our pic-nic. I think we stayed there for maybe two hours with non-stop conversation. We went to Coles on the way home too for ice cream bars (10 for $4 - choc mint, vanilla, and malt choc) mmm.
We'll take it easy for the rest of the day and make a nice light dinner. Earlier while walking home I was thinking about what I wanted for dinner and came up with "ice cubes" haha! Don't worry. I've had some water and cooled down since then.
That's all for now.
Link to map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=-27.479263,153.018351&spn=0.043404,0.071154&t=h&z=14&msid=103990994785642517793.0004959e4a68a6f367b39
Link to bar site: http://www.cloudland.tv/#/cloudland/the-venue/
We went out that night with friends of Sadie's to the most ridiculous bar I've ever seen in my life time. It called "Cloud Land". We thought it was strange that when Sadie went to show the door man her ID, he said no no, and opened the door. We now think that was because the place was EMPTY and he was worried he would be laid off if they didn't sell a drink. It wasn't actually empty, three of Sadie's friends were waiting for us on the 2nd of three floors. The music was remixed (by the live dj) super lame late 80's or early 90's girl pop. Like the songs from FernGully... but remixed. The room was open to all three levels with a two story window waterfall. Plants hung from the ceiling and many light coverings at a distance appeared to be covered in some type of silver basket... upon closer inspection it was actually black and white whicker. Weird. The bar on the 2nd floor was made of glass balls like in Labyrinth. There were also hideous burgundy Flordia-Grandmother style pillows atop black and white vinyl couches with lights in them. Sooo odd. I've attached a link to the venue - it looks kind of cool in the photos but I promise it wasn't. We went to another bar after that and while we were all chatting outside I spotted a little gecko on the wall and yelled "aw COOL". I was laughed at.
I got tired at 11:30 (5:30 Victoria time) and took a taxi home.
Today has been fantastic. Sadie and I were up again around 7:30 but we puttered around the house unti about 10:30 in which time I was able to fold all my clothes and put them away and Sadie used my laptop to video skype with her boyfriend Caleb (one of my dearest friends for those of you who don't know) for the first time in 3.5 months. We then walked to the pharmacy where I bought a massive bottle of 30 SPF sunscreen which protects against UVA, UVB AND UVC rays. I didn't even know about the third type. I said to the woman working 'I don't even think we have those in Canada.' I'm not sure if she was amused or not. I'm chuckling about it again now.
We walked to Coles grocery story and got tasty lunch stuff and found a beautiful little shaded spot by the river for our pic-nic. I think we stayed there for maybe two hours with non-stop conversation. We went to Coles on the way home too for ice cream bars (10 for $4 - choc mint, vanilla, and malt choc) mmm.
We'll take it easy for the rest of the day and make a nice light dinner. Earlier while walking home I was thinking about what I wanted for dinner and came up with "ice cubes" haha! Don't worry. I've had some water and cooled down since then.
That's all for now.
Link to map: http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=-27.479263,153.018351&spn=0.043404,0.071154&t=h&z=14&msid=103990994785642517793.0004959e4a68a6f367b39
Link to bar site: http://www.cloudland.tv/#/cloudland/the-venue/
Friday, November 19, 2010
Arrived. Oh my.
This country - the teeny tiny little piece of it I've seen so far looks nothing like I expected. Sadie lives in Highgate which is a suburb of Brisbane. It looks like I imagined Cuba would look. Or how parts of the Dominican Republic looked - very ramshackle with the occasional fancy house. The trees look nothing like home (as expected).
The breeze feels like body temperature. So lovely. We walked down the streets of the West End in our shorts and t-shirts and it couldn't have been nicer.
Sadie will be working tomorrow and I am really looking forward to seeing more of the city as I can't really see myself living in this neighborhood. I haven't really given it a chance yet. Nothing feels "right" and I'm slow thinking and a little confused as a result of having not really slept in the last 40 or so hours. I had little cat naps on the first flight but it was very uncomfortable.
I know I'm here but it hasn't really hit me. So far Sadie and I went for a little walk then came back to the 'hood' and sat by the river and had a really nice talk. Then we came back to her house and I've felt good about pretending I'm at her house that's perhaps in Fernwood if I block out the sounds of birds I don't know and all the Australian voices just outside the window ;)
Sadie and I were laying on her bed an hour or so ago and I said "Is that a car or a bird... or an insect?" and she asked me what I was talking about. I said "that whiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrr sound" she said "oh, like the ch ch ch ch sound?" "no, like the super high eeeeeeeeeeeeee like eeeeeeeee but higher?" She said "I don't know what you're talking about." I said "That sound. That high pitched sound that's like squeaking... squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - can't you hear it?"
We decided for a moment that she probably just can't hear the frequency I'm hearing before she said "wait- do you mean the cricket?" ".......is this what our lives are going to be like?" "yes"
The restaurant we went to for lunch was not byob, but I hear that many places are - I like this. I would like to find a little place where everybody knows my name and the drinks are cheap. Like I-brought-it-in-my-purse cheap.
that's it for now. Sadie is off on an ant massacre in the kitchen. I should help. We have dinner plans with her sister Sylvie and Sylvie's manfriend Paul this evening. Then I'll go to sleep.
The breeze feels like body temperature. So lovely. We walked down the streets of the West End in our shorts and t-shirts and it couldn't have been nicer.
Sadie will be working tomorrow and I am really looking forward to seeing more of the city as I can't really see myself living in this neighborhood. I haven't really given it a chance yet. Nothing feels "right" and I'm slow thinking and a little confused as a result of having not really slept in the last 40 or so hours. I had little cat naps on the first flight but it was very uncomfortable.
I know I'm here but it hasn't really hit me. So far Sadie and I went for a little walk then came back to the 'hood' and sat by the river and had a really nice talk. Then we came back to her house and I've felt good about pretending I'm at her house that's perhaps in Fernwood if I block out the sounds of birds I don't know and all the Australian voices just outside the window ;)
Sadie and I were laying on her bed an hour or so ago and I said "Is that a car or a bird... or an insect?" and she asked me what I was talking about. I said "that whiiiiiiiiiiiirrrrr sound" she said "oh, like the ch ch ch ch sound?" "no, like the super high eeeeeeeeeeeeee like eeeeeeeee but higher?" She said "I don't know what you're talking about." I said "That sound. That high pitched sound that's like squeaking... squeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee - can't you hear it?"
We decided for a moment that she probably just can't hear the frequency I'm hearing before she said "wait- do you mean the cricket?" ".......is this what our lives are going to be like?" "yes"
The restaurant we went to for lunch was not byob, but I hear that many places are - I like this. I would like to find a little place where everybody knows my name and the drinks are cheap. Like I-brought-it-in-my-purse cheap.
that's it for now. Sadie is off on an ant massacre in the kitchen. I should help. We have dinner plans with her sister Sylvie and Sylvie's manfriend Paul this evening. Then I'll go to sleep.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Day One
So, I promise right now that my posts will be longer or at least more interesting after this one.
I have just said "ttfn" (tata for now) to Chris, Chris, Mom, and Dad.
The first thing about backpacking that I've noticed (rather, my knees noticed) is: It's hard to carry a backpack and a front pack. They're very heavy... not too heavy, but very heavy. Walking up the hall to board the ferry I was thinking "I need to unload some of this before I fly!"
The first few minutes of the ferry felt very lonely. I am so excited for the upcoming events and adventures but at this point I can't help but think about all the friends and loved ones I'll be missing in the coming months. Of mention, I am sad to not be around to see Ella and Fia learn all the things they learn. That being said, this is a part of life - a great part of life.
Tonight should be fun! I'll be seeing Zoe and Katie and later Carli!! Brunch in the am with Carli and then I'll re pack my pack and fly at 6:45.
That's all I've got to say for now!
I have just said "ttfn" (tata for now) to Chris, Chris, Mom, and Dad.
The first thing about backpacking that I've noticed (rather, my knees noticed) is: It's hard to carry a backpack and a front pack. They're very heavy... not too heavy, but very heavy. Walking up the hall to board the ferry I was thinking "I need to unload some of this before I fly!"
The first few minutes of the ferry felt very lonely. I am so excited for the upcoming events and adventures but at this point I can't help but think about all the friends and loved ones I'll be missing in the coming months. Of mention, I am sad to not be around to see Ella and Fia learn all the things they learn. That being said, this is a part of life - a great part of life.
Tonight should be fun! I'll be seeing Zoe and Katie and later Carli!! Brunch in the am with Carli and then I'll re pack my pack and fly at 6:45.
That's all I've got to say for now!
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