"And these are the moments, I know heaven must exist...

...and these are the moments I know all I need is this. I have all I've waited for, and I could not ask for more." -Edwin McCain

I come home this week! Tomorrow for me is December 1st.


Took it look enough....

See you kids soon <3

"Can't you see that it's just raining? Ain't no need to go outside...

...baby, you hardly even notice, when I try to show you this song is meant to keep you from doin' what your s'pposed too. Wakin' up too early, maybe we can sleep in - make you banana pancakes, pretend like it's the weekend now, we could pretend it all the time. Can't you see that it's just rainin', ain't no need to go outside." -Jack Johnson


As an independent note from my tomorrow post:


I've decided to re-read every Harry Potter book, as well as get "Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them", "Quidditch Through the Ages" and "Tales of the Beedle Bard" - all by J.K. Rowling.


I'd also like to invest in hard copy versions of the Sorcerer's Stone and Chamber of Secrets.

Now I'll go to bed and make a real post tomorrow. Maybe with pictures?


(Aidan - to make your text wrap, when you upload pictures, select the way you want your pictures to appear [center, left, right], then drag them where you want them in the post and click NEXT to the picture and your cursor should let you type. Miss you!)

"Well I heard there was a sacred chord that David played to please Lord....

..but you don't really care for music, do ya? Well it goes like this, the fourth, the fifth, the metaphor, and the major lift - the baffled King composing hallelujah. hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah." --Kate Voegele

I love that song. It's slightly religious, but I can't get enough of it - it's calming and angry all at the same time - almost so breathtakingly disappointing and uplifting that it's hypnotizing. I mostly just love Kate Voegele in general, her voice is seriously so...raw and edgy. It's intense. And thank god I started watching One Tree Hill with Caitlin, or I would have never discovered her! (She played Mia, who was K-Fed's keyboardist wheh P. Sawyer opened up her label, who then went solo.)
Anyway!

Exciting news: this is how much time I have left in Oz:
That's 13 days, since it's after midnight. THIRTEEN DAYS! EEK! I am seriously pumped. I'm hoping the days go fast - I'm assuming they will with finals and stuff - I'll put my schedule down a bit further.








I took out my other suitcase today (one is already full of shoes and souviners and some winter clothes), so I can air it out....
It smells delightfully like feet from spring break. I sprayed my lavender air freshener in it, hoping that with that and airing out it will smell less like lavender scented feet and more like..well, not feet at all. Instead of the space bags, I'm going to attempt to roll all my clothes, I heard it gives you more room...let's hope so! I mean, I am getting rid of a lot of stuff anyway (4 months of wear and tear on an item + weirdo water makes things...gross.) so hopefully everything will fit. Otherwise I'm screwed. Seriously, seriously, SERIOUSLY screwed.

Oh! Right! I forgot - this is how I feel about the above pictures:
I am super excited, as you can obviously tell. Also please note my "Catch the Reading Bug!" shirt that my Nana got me from the Lebanon Community Library. It's kick ass. I wear it to sleep a lot, because really, it's cool. Also note how long my hair got since 1) my hair cut in July and 2) my hair cut in September. Seriously, I've decided to just trim it and grow it out til...Alicia's wedding in September. She can tell me what she wants me to do with it for her wedding, and I will plan accordingly. I doubt that idea will hold up, but we'll pretend that I have paitence with my hair and am talented enough to do...anything with it other then put it in a ponytail. Which, I am freaking fabulous at.

So, my schedule for the next thirteen days? Okay, note that as it is after midnight it's Sunday, so we'll start with Sunday as seen from my viewpoint when I wake up in the morning:

Sunday 11/23: Study all stupid day.
Monday 11/24: Study all stupid day some more.
Tuesday 11/25: History final! Hang out with Kait and Alexis
Wednesday 11/26: Kait leaves! Study all stupid day for another test, pack a little, One Tree Hill w/ Alexis.
Thursday 11/27: Study all stupid day for the other test some more, pack a bit more, Sushi for "Thanksgiving" dinner. Arg!
Friday 11/28: Sociology final!
Saturday 11/29: Pool if it's nice with Alexis - please note: 7 DAYS TIL I COME HOME!
Sunday 11/30: Pack more.
Monday 12/1-Thursday 12/4: Pack a lot, go to the pool as often as possible, help Alexis pack, pray that all of our shit fits into our suitcases, finalize transportation to the airport, etc..Also, last One Tree Hill in Australia w/ Alexis.
Friday 12/5: Run up and down the hallway screaming bloody murder about going home the next day, piss people off, tell off a couple people, be a serious bitch to everyone I don't like and finish packing.
Saturday 12/6: Peace out Australia, Sayanara, Adios, and please, don't write.


So, we watched our LAST Grey's in Australia today - next weeks is a rerun from 9-11 of the season premier...meaning: I GET TO WATCH THE NEXT GREY'S FO' FREE ONLINE AT ABC.COM IN LEBANON, PENNSYLVANIA, USA!!! WOOOOOO!

Annnnd that's my story. ♥ everyone.

There's no gravity up here - it's kind of hard to explain...

....it's like backwards rain...


I have a boring life. I have nothing to update about.



Okay, well. I finished my internship, finally. I've been working on my paper and power point presentation for next week and the following week. Then all I have to do is study for finals and pack. Then I can come home. WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!


The only thing of measurable excitement I've done is help Alicia with the wedding some more. That always makes me happy. And I've talked to her on skype, along with Errrkka and Becky...that was glorious. I miss those kids. I talk to Mike and Nana and Pappy all the time, so while quite exciting, it's not surprising.


Moral of the story: I'm ready to come home.

I want to be a part of it - New York, New York! These vagabond shoes...

...are longing to stray, right through the very heart of it - New York, New York! I wanna wake up in a city that never sleeps! And find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap! These little town blues, are melting away. I'll make a brand new start of it in Old New York, if I can make it there, I'll make it anywhere! It's up to you, New York, New York! *Jazz Hands* *Kick Line*


Sorry. I love that song. Had to do it. Frank is my hero <3 - I was raised well.


Also, yes I know it's Tuesday. Sorry. I suck. I've been busy, people (aka my grandparents who are the only people who read this).

So this past weekend was cool - Kait, Alexis and I went to Paddy's Market. Now, think flea market/discount-thrift store/Battery Island all at once. It's heaven basically. So we went and did our souvenir shopping (my christmas shopping). We left at 10 and took the MAGIC BUS (292, which makes less stops and gets to the city faster), which would have been all well and good had it been magical and fast instead of the same as the 290. We were good kids on the bus and got up from our seats for a mother and her kids - we're sweet like that. So, we stood near the back door on the bus and Alexis geeked out when she saw her first ever stick bug (think: A Bug's Life). Hysterical.

Ok, please note that you have to walk through Darling Harbour (yes, Harbour) to get to Paddy's. So we were like, oh hey! Let's stop and get another picture at the Real World: Sydney House! THEY TORE IT DOWN. The three of us were like, OMG WTF!? Heartbreaking - good thing we already got one!

Anyway, so we spent a solid 4 hours wandering aimlessly about Paddy's with our lists - until we almost died from exhaustion. So, we came back to DLC and chilled. Karma took its course on Alexis, who killed the poor innocent stick bug, and she had a cockroach in her room because her screen was out. I expertly kill the thing with my 12 dollar can of Mortein Easy Reach Surface Spray Cockroach Killing Spray - which sleeps next to my bed at night. I check my walls and do a thorough search before bed every night - I don't play.

Sunday was a lazy day, we hung out and I caught up on the lectures I missed, as well as studied for my GREs. Monday I went to my internship and then did laundry, read for class and did more GRE stuff - then I got in a verbal match with AES and Wachovia, which is beyond my ability to describe in writing. Today I took a fabtastic nap from 1:15-4:00 because I was up til almost 3 am the night before.

Oh cool news - here to drive you have to have a certain colored P plate - it indicates how old you are. I found one laying on the sidewalk, so now it's mine. HA!

That's all - rough riders OUT!

One song - Glory, one song - before I go - Glory..

...One song to leave behind-Glory, one last refrain.


Blue Mountains were excellent - we had a great hike!! Sooo here we go:

Saturday: Left our dorm @ 7 bloody a.m., the dude (Mike? Who knows, he drove slow) took us to meet our bus @ the Shangri-La hotel in the Rocks (the area we went for my b-day). The bus picked us up and we went to the lower part of the Blue Mountains first, to Euorkea (maybe, maybe not) Clearing, where we saw some super adorable wild kangas. Super cute! Then we had some coffee (oh thank god, seriously) and anzec cookies (GOOD). Then we went to this overlook and got some groovy troovy pictures of the mountains. Afterwards, we were dropped off at Echo Point Lookout to start our hike. Kait got a picture with an aboriginal guy who tried to kiss her and smelled terrible, so Alexis and I nixxed that idea. We travelled down the Giant Stairway, which is steps of metal in some places and other places carved out of the mountain - about a bajillion going from the cliff face to the bottom of the valley. Talk about ouch. We went all the way around the Three Sisters (story to follow) and into Federal Pass. We travelled upwards to Great Round Walk and then up even further to the Katoomba Falls Crossing. We then wandered aimlessly to the scenic skyway so we didn't have to take the Furber Steps (over 1,000 steps practically vertical, eff that shit) and finished. It took about 2 hours. It was great fun :-).

Saturday afternoon/night: After that they dropped us at our hotel (paid for by BCA, woot woot) the Mountain Heritage Hotel - which was gorgeous! Kait and I stayed together while Alexis and Bekah (we hate her. Sorry Al) had the other room. We then decided that a 1.5 hour nap was necessary. It commenced and was lovely. Then, get this, I showered. Without SHOES! WOOOOOOOOO! It was my first shoe-less shower since July. Beautiful. Then we got dressed and went to dinner at this place that had bad food and worse service. After dinner we went back to the hotel to do work. That last about 2.4 seconds. Kait and I watched Fantastic 4 and Walking Tall. We agreed it's the most Tv we've watched since July - it was highly glorious. Then we went to bed. My bed was comfortable and I got...probably top 5 best sleep...since i've been here.

Sunday (today): Fully included breakfast - CROSSIANTS! WOOOO. So good. Coffee= good. Wandered around Katoomba, checked out the shops. Ate at subway. Left Katoomba. Stopped at the Featherdale Wildlife place. Petted a super adorable Koala. Got chased by scary birds. Had terrible ice-cream. Came back to DLC and had an improvised dinner of lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, green beans and corn on the cob. Did some homework. Watched Greys with Alexis. Showered. Good stuff.

Three Sisters:
A long long time ago there was an Aboriginal tribe in Katoomba (does the name give it away?) and they had a witch doctor who had a magic bone. He could point that magic bone at any member of his own tribe and turn them into ANYTHING he wanted (how cooool). So, this tribe is at war with another tribe - and by the way, the witch doctor has three HOT daughters, all teenagers. So the other tribe is like, dude. During the war, let's steal the hot daughters and keep them. So the witch doctor hears about this and is like, ahh hell no. So he gets the bright idea to tell his daughters to sit on a cliff face, he turns them into rocks after promising to turn them back into hotties once the war is over. Obviously the witch doctor dies and is pushed off the cliff, his magic bone falling with him. Legand has it that if the bone is found, someone can turn the hottie daughters back into people. The end.


Also, *knock on wood* I have seen zero non-humans. Except Damo, but he doesn't count....

Cool, real cool.

Okay, so. There's a cockroach in my room that flies. And it flies in my hair while I sleep. So now, I don't sleep.



I am beyond disgusted and upset. I can't even handle this right now.