AUSTRALIA

so, i am finally living up to my own expectations and traveling! i leave for australia on april 27 for three weeks! three magnificent weeks of traveling around, seeing the sights, swimming the other oceans, and saying g'day mate. i cannot wait! experiencing life outside the box, living the way the other half lives - you know, always in the sun, surfing and sand boarding, seeing koalas and kangaroos like it's no big deal. hahaha! how incredible! a totally different way of living. i will be flying into sydney, going to perth to see the fam, adelaide, kangaroo island (!), back to sydney for monica's 21st birthday extravaganza, then to surf camp (!), brisbane, surfer's paradise, newcastle, and back to sydney to fly home. i'm still in shock that i just booked the flights, that i said screw the money, and am finally doing something i want to do when i want to do it. taking the semester off school was the greatest decision i've ever made. it put my life totally in perspective, allowed me to make some extra money, see countries and continents i maybe never would have seen, and really appreciate school. i will of course be going back in september, then hopefully going abroad myself next spring! then i will be a college graduate, entering this pitiful economy on my own, but at least i'll have some amazing stories!