Cheers Australia, It was Grand!

So this will be my last post for this blog. Good thing Bad thing? i don't know
After 37hrs of traveling in a 24hr time period, i was needless to say Extremely tired once i got home. However, i couldn't bring myself to fall asleep immediately. I ended up sleeping for 13hrs and because of that i couldn't fall asleep till really late the next night, but i took advantage and caught up on some tv shows.
All the flights were good, and our luggage followed us all the way except for the last flight... which i think was ironic because of how far we traveled. Luckily we got our luggage the next morning so it just delayed the laundry and giving out of gifts for a little while.
Being home, well its great to sleep in my bed again, i had forgotten how comfortable it was. Today i switched out all my summer clothes for my winter clothes,which was a very long process of sorting and organizing as well as folding and going up and down the stairs. But thankfully it has been completely accomplished.
I like being home, but its hard to figure out where my place is in the household again. My brother was very clear in the fact that he enjoyed that there wasn't any of my hair in the bathroom for 5months. but i think he should just get used to it if he ever plans on getting married.
I miss everyone in Cairns, and the sunshine and warm weather. Winter has given me a strong greeting with it almost looking like it is going to snow.


So i suppose in conclusion for the past 5months, i have gone on this big adventure that was successful. I have grown up in so many ways, and most importantly i think i have grown significantly in my faith. It was such a great experience and such a blessing that i am thankful for. I'm excited for next semester and living off campus should be another interesting experience, But until then, Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

"Kiwi Land"

So,i've been in Christ Church, New Zealand for the past few days before returning completely home to good ol North Carolina of the US of A, and though id like to report that New Zealand is amazing, we have had some crap weather which really dampered the experience here. It was just so cold and rainy that i didn't even feel like taking pictures which is saying alot for me. Also because of the rain we didn't get to take part in some of the things that we would have if the weather would have been nicer such as a hot air balloon ride and going "punting" on the Avon river. (think of a gondola like they have in Venice). Instead we walked alot and went to a few museums but over all didn't really do a whole lot. The main highlight of the time in New Zealand was where we stayed.It was called the Windsor Hotel Bed and Breakfast. It was such a nice big house with about 40 rooms for rent, a really nice lounge room and cute breakfast room.



The people that ran the hotel were so nice and one man who is a co-owner offered us a ride around the city in his refurbished 1928 studabaker. so that was really fun and completely spontaneous.

I'm sure i would have liked NZ more given that it was sunny, but not seeing the sun for 4 days really depresses the mood...especially when i hadn't been without sun for the past 5 months. it was almost like being in England really, so i suppose i got a taste for what that would have been like if i would have decided to study there instead. (thank goodness i choose Sunny Cairns!)
Tomorrow we leave for the long journey home! which means getting up at 4am... plane leaves christ church at 6:45am and then we have a 7hr layover in auckland and then we leave auckland at 3:40pm for the 12hr flight to LA and have another 6hrs of lay over time then off to Dallas then finally to Greensboro where we will arrive at 11:30pm Dec.3, which after 30 some odd hrs of traveling will be the same day that we left on. Insane!

So i suppose i will do a final post for this blog once i make it home since i will sadly no longer be livin like an aussie down under....
so im trying to see if i liked blogging enough to start another one just for random things that i can't get off my mind or what not. But ya, that decision can be made later.
As far as the 70 or so posts that i have made on this blog, i think i am going to print them all off and make them into a little book/journal thing. i don't know how do able that will be or how much it will cost to print it all off but i think i would like to try and play around with it. i see it as an alternative way of scrap-booking.

Well, until i post again from the States, "Cheers"- from this side of the world.