One Year Ago.

So I was just thinking about the last year of my life and how last year at this time I was off to Australia for the most amazing experience of my life and I decided that I needed to start blogging again so I can look back on my life and remember the great times that I had.  I am really missing Australia a lot and the girls that I had met while there.  I wish I was going back and reliving the 3 most amazing months of my life.

I am now living in Colorado trying to figure out what I want to do with my life.  As of now, I have nothing, but I am loving my job at Starbucks and nannying.  The kids are amazing and the people I work with at Starbucks are awesome, they make going to work at 6am bearable.  Then living with 3 adorable little girls is tiring and crazy at times but I couldnt ask for a better living situation.  They are awesome and it is so great to see them grow.  I am pretty happy with how my life is turning out. :)

Sunday-Thursday

Nothing too exciting has happened these past few days.  I had to work Sunday and Monday and work was pretty slow.  The penthouse got TRASHED over the weekend so Monday was a busy day to clean it up and make sure everything was back in order before the next group came in to stay.  That pretty much kept me busy all day Monday, taking pictures, helping clean, making sure everything was cleaned and we didnt miss any spots, and then helping the new group, Billabong, move in and set up for their event this week.  After work I was ready to just relax, I met up with the girls and we went to a Soup Cafe for dinner (delicious) and then back to the apartments to hang out and talk.
Tuesday and Wednesday I had the days off so I got up and went for breakfast and skyped with my family, did a little shopping, went to the wildlife world (again), relaxed in the park and read my book (finished the 2nd book since I have been here, big accomplishment for me).  Then the girls and I went out for dinner and enjoyed Japanese food both nights, we found a delicious place just around the corner from the apartment, cant believe we JUST found it.
Thursday I had the day off again and it is THANKSGIVING!!! Yayy.  My favorite holiday and they dont celebrate it here :(  Good thing I am with a lot of Americans here so we can celebrate together.  I went on a coffee cruise around the harbour (Adrian pulled thru for another free cruise, he is the best) with Brenda's (one of the girls doing the internship program too) sister then we walked around Circular Quay, went to the opera house and I went and bought the 3rd book in the series I have been reading and did some souvenir shopping (yet again).   I have been finishing up my shopping though so its been good, Christmas shopping is almost done.  Now I am sitting on the couch, just finished reading some of my book and am about to go downstairs to Sarah's apartment to help her cook for our Thanksgiving dinner.  Should be an interesting one since we have no place to cook anything, so we are modifying Thanksgiving :(  oh well ... were in Australia!!! Cheers

Saturday, November 20th

Today I was able to get off of work and go to the Blue Mountains again with the group.  It was a lot of fun and I am really glad that I went.   The tour that I went on with my parents was a lot better than this tour but it was still a lot of fun with the girls.  This tour took us into the town of Katoomba (which is where the blue mountains is located) and showed us around there and then took us to a few look outs to see the mountains.  We did not pay to do the rainforest tour this time, which was perfectly fine with me because I did not think i twas work the money.  We were able to just hang out at a coffee shop and do a little hiking ourselves while the group when into the rainforest.  It was really great to spend the day with the girls and get to get out of the city a little.  We also got to go to the Olympic Stadium for a little stop.  It was amazing! So big and just really neat to see in person.
After the Blue Mountains I went out for dinner and drinks with a friend from work.  It was really nice to get out and hang out at Darling Harbour.  There were fireworks and lots of tourists there but it was such a fun night.

Thursday, November 18th

I had to go back to work today L  It wasn’t too bad, I was in housekeeping which I thought meant I was going to get out early but now that I know how to work at reception they made me stay the whole day .. bummer.  After work I met Sarah at the park and we went to a bar/restaurant for their 2^nd birthday party.  Adrian (the concierge at the hotel) put us on the “list” so we could get in for drinks and appetizers.  After a few hours there we met the whole group at Bungalow 8 (a really nice restaurant on Darling Harbour) for our bimonthly dinners.  It was really nice to all get together since we don’t get to see everyone in the group very often.

Wednesday, November 17th

Day #3 off of work.  Yahhooo! I went back to the cafe to have skype with Kristi and mom.  They have 4 little puppies they are fostering and they are soooo cute.  I wish I was home to play with them.  After skyping and another fantastic breakfast, I did some more shopping .. im trying to get Christmas gifts so I have less to worry about when I get home.  ( good excuse huh ;) )  I went back to the Wildlife World to watch the crocodile feeding and other animal feedings.  I love having an unlimited ticket.  It was another rainy morning but it ended up becoming a nice day.  After shopping and watching animals eat other animals, I went back to the apartment and went on the balcony and wrote some post cards, watched some tv, and just enjoyed the nice weather.   Now I am at the Coffee Pitt with Sarah and we are all going to make some dinner tonight and watch a movie.  Back to work for me tomorrow :(  No more fun and games for the next 5 days!  Oh well I guess this is what I came to Australia for, to work!

Tuesday October 16th

Another day off :)  So amazing!! Nicola stayed home from work today so she made us breakfast and we hung out for a bit and found out that Sarah came home from work early .. really early .. she was home by 11am! So we all went for a walk to the botanical gardens.  We walked around for about 3 hours and then Sarah and I went shopping (I didnt buy anything, surprisingly) and decided we are going on a diet because we are eating too much here. lol as if we just realized that with 3 weeks left.  Speaking of food for dinner Sarah, Steph and I went on a Pirate Dinner Cruise.  We had a buffet dinner on a pirate ship.  I got to help the "lead mate" hoist the sail and then take them down when we were heading home.  It was so much fun.  Dinner was really good as well, prawns (shrimp), pasta, bread, potato salad, chicken kabobs, sausage and onions.  And then Cream Puffs for dessert.  YUMMYY! While we were eating we just sailed around the harbour and the "Lead Made" gave us the history of the harbour (dont ask me what it was we were too busy laughing at the group of drunk old ladies sitting next to us)  These old ladies were soooo funny.  They bought the ticket with unlimited drinks and boy did they take advantage of that.  They were so funny and telling us where we had to go, outside of the city, the next time we come to Australia.  And as long and they arent "pushing daises" (as the one lady put it) we could visit them in Queensland.  That would be so much fun, they were awesome.  After all the excitement of the pirate ship and freezing our butts off, Sarah and I went to the jacuzzi in the apartment and then made hot chocolate and had cake, (this was our exception night for our diet because of the pirate dinner). haha

Monday November 15th

I had the day off which was so nice because I got to sleep in, well I woke up at 9, and then went to the cafe around the corner for breakfast and some skype time with my parents.  It was a crummy, rainy day so there wasnt much to do, but Nicola came home from work early because her uncle had passed away so she was having a rough morning.  I was not in the best mood today :( so I went shopping, which cheered me up.  Such crummy weather is just not cheery.  I did a lot of souvenir shopping and went to the Sydney Wildlife World and saw the koalas and kangaroos!! After I spent wayy too much money I met Nicola for lunch at Nando's and then we bought a cake and beer and hung out inside for the rest of the afternoon, watching the disney channel and talking.  It was a really good therapy session for us both :) then we met Sarah and K at the coffee pitt for internet.  Subway for dinner and just hanging out watching tv.  Our nights are becoming so predictable these days.