Brisbane and so on. . .

Welp, as if things couldn't be going any better. I will officially be living on the beaches of Sydney (Queenscliff)come July. A five minute walk to Manly Beach, great running along the coast and surfing galore. I will be keeping a nine month old little girl named Emily whose parents I've allready skyped and seem to be super chill and sweet. I will have a ton of free time and the whole month of september/october to travel and see anything I might have missed along the way. Seriously looking forward to this one, especially after I buy a board!
Brisbane is absolutely great so far, no complaining here. The boys keep me company when they're not at school, so far "the crepe game" is an all time hit, don't ask. Basically I run after them and if I catch them they roll on the ground like a crepe and have to name a filling (chocolate, sugar, berries etc.)I seriously think I could be slightly delusional when I come up with some of these things. But if I wear them out it only takes one good book to put them into snooze mode by the end of the day. Easy cheesy.
It feels good to be back in a routine of some sort. The Koala Conservation Park is right up the street. It's the largest Koala reservation in the world. Incredible bike trails and hiking paths through beautiful wildlife. Note:Kookabura's sound like monkeys (slightly annoying at 5am) and the rainbow parakeet is magical to see fly in front of you. I wake up every morning with a fresh cuppa (coffee) and a long run or bike at the park. My new favorite song for the uphill part is Men at Work-got to keep on moving,download if you havent allready.
South Bank is my favorite part of town. Hung out at the man-made beach which is smack in the middle and then watched sunset over the city from the Goodwill Bridge. The walk back was the best part, the promanade runs between the river and cultural gardens. The arbor overhead provides a canopy of fuscia flowers and glowing paper lanterns. If this place hasn't been in a movie, it will be soon. I wonder how many proposals happen there? There is always a pluster of different cultures wondering around as aimlessly as me. This place gives new meaning to perfectly lonely, so relaxing. The live music every evening is the cherry on top. Modern, hip and just plain entertaining. Hopefully headed soon to the Gold Coast and Sunshine Coast which are both convieniently located outside of Brisbane. That will have to be a blog in and of itself. Untill then my friends, "nothing to do, nowhere to be, a simple little kind of free. . . i'm perfectly lonely."

Sweet Spontaneity!

My life for the last month has been wearing on me to say the least. I've applied to honestly 50+ jobs. I actually got two, but for some reason or another had to call and decline them. Watching my bank account dwindle doesn't help either. I kept thinking to myself, "If I can't get a job, Im going to be stuck in Cairns without getting to really see Australia, I'll run out of money and have to move home". (Not saying Cairns is a bad place to be stuck by any means, but you get the point).Last night I interviewed at what I thought would be THE perfect place, restaurant on the beach a 10 minute bike ride away.
I thought I did fine, but when I was leaving the manager pulled me aside to tell me she didn't think I was experienced enough.(that was total crap), confused and concerned I asked why, "well when you were setting the table you faced the cutting side of the knife the wrong way, and you also carried the drink tray wrong".Like I said total crap. Pretty sure it had more to do with my work visa.
The bike ride home that night was brutal, I felt this intense pressure to start crying but nothing would come out. What now?, there are no more options.I was over it in about two minutes after I reminded myself of how far I've come and what surrounds me! After some prayer and a bottle of wine a thought squirmed its way into action."What about that au pair site my friend gave me a while ago?" It wouldn't hurt to set up a profile and search for some families, considering I've tried everything else. So I did, passed out and thought nothing more of it.
Classified were in the newspaper this morning, today was actually an all time low. I kid you not, I was trying to figure out a way to get a taxi to drive me to a bread bakery to work a 1:30-9am shift. I would have been so happy to do it too, I'd have income so I could start saving up again. Thank GOD it hasn't come to that. I got a call this afternoon, "It's Belinda from the au pair site". I talked to her for about an hour,(no worries she's not a yahoo, actually pretty awesome).So now I am moving to Brisbane, woo hoo! I have the whole bottom floor of their house to myself, dont have to pay for food or rent AND get paid a nice weekly salary. I will be keeping three little boys when they're not in school and get a few days a week off. I also get to travel with them!!! I mean seriously?
No hesitation when opportunity comes a knockin', booking my flight in the morning and will be a Brisbane resident by wednesday. Long story short, EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON, have a little faith. If I hadn't been so beaten down last night I wouldn't have signed up for this. The sooner you learn to see the good in people, the more you will get out of this life! It's ok to take risks as long as you're smart about it. After all, that's how I got here in the first place!

AussieEaster

Started off my Easter with a nice cup of coffee and a walk to church,very convientiently located five minutes up the street. I loved being there, everyone is so happy at Easter mass and the songs were all so cheerful! It was also cool to know that at the same time I was at mass, my family was at Easter Vigil listening to the same thing I was! I got home and finally got to open the package they sent me. I had to duct tape it to my backpack to ride it home from the post office last week, mom said it "wasnt that big", liar. My turtle skills definately came in handy that day! Thanks again for everything!!! All of the essentials, oatmeal, crystal light, sunscreen, panties etc. etc. And an awesome book Ten Poems To Set You Free. Full of great quotes, which I LOVE, and really inspirational stories. Can't wait to dig into this one! Anyways Tammie and I headed to pub around lunch time to watch some footy games with a bunch of friends. The pub has a playground for kids, genious whoever thought up that one! Pretty sure drinking is a sport here in australia, and I definately drank enough to intoxicate a small country. We didn't stop there, we all went back to one of their houses for late night poker and yes more drinking. I love this group! They've all grown up together so the stories are hallarious. Anyways its about 9:30am, just got home and I'm pooped. I had an incredible easter but after I wake up from this nap I'm seriously going to need to go on a five hour run! Oh and definately had to explain that being from the states does NOT make me a yankee! No sir.