But before I face the real world, I still have 3 awesome weeks all the way across the world. I'm sad to be leaving Brisbane because this is my home and the friends I've made live all over the world and we'll never be together like this again. However, my parents get here tomorrow and I can't wait to show them a little glimpse of my life for the past 5 months. At first 5 months seemed like such a long time. Now I know I could have easily come for a year (if I got to come home and visit over the holidays, of course). Once the 'rents are here, we spend a few days in Brisbane and I'm gonna show them my school, the city and then take them to pet and feed kangaroos and koalas. We're also having a big cookout with all my friends so they can meet my parents and we can say our farewells. Then we're off to Cairns to snorkel/dive the Great Barrier Reef and see the Daintree Rainforest. After that its off to New Zealand where I may try to talk my parents into letting me skydive, or at least bungee jump. New Zealand is the adventure capital of the world ya know. Finally, we end up on an exotic island in Fiji for 5 glorious days of beach, relaxation and I get to be the ultimate 3rd wheel. Ha, I might sneak off occasionally and let the parents have a little romantic time together. I mean its FIJI . . . I thought only famous people got to go there.
I've packed one whole suitcase, but I can't bring myself to get out the other one. Every time I try I get choked up. I think the saddest thing for me is knowing that I can't come back and visit Australia for a long time. The flight isn't exactly cheap and my savings will only last me 2-3 months of joblessness when I get home. Not to mention living costs in NY if I move there. So this is it for a while. I have my pictures and I have my blog and those will have to get me by until I can get back to this beautiful country.My brother told my mom if he can't get a job he might come to Australia to work for a year. And my friend Jeff said he and a buddy were talking about moving to Australia for two years to work just to do something different. I told him I was gonna come home, find a nice guy to marry and then move back out here with my hubby. Haha, hey it could happen. So either way, I know I'm coming back eventually. It may not be soon, but it will happen. It's completely worth the expensive flight.
So this is it. Its time to stop procrastinating and finish packing. Its time to stop being down about leaving, and be grateful that I got 5 whole months here and met amazing people along the way. Its time to get excited that my parents get here in about 24 hours and we get to go on the adventure of a lifetime . . . together.
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