So the frequency of my blogging is mildly depressing... I will willingly endure any verbal abuse from those of you who have been reading it once I get back to Canada (at this point it's disgraceful enough that mild physical abuse may also be justified). Right now I'm still loving the zoo, they are letting me feed some of the more difficult patients and I've experienced my first koala scratch!!! I know that's a little masochistic to be excited about that; but every good animal nurse has war wounds, it just shows how involved you are with your patients;)I'm still enjoying Caloundra, it's such a sleepy little place, I'm going to stay here for Christmas and New Years and then travel up north, where all my exciting plans lay. Sailing and Diving and Four by Fouring and Whitewater Rafting, So much hiking and swimming and snorkeling and Kayaking, even a mountain biking tour (I've been assured that it's not intensive and I'll be on pavement). I'm going to be exhausted when I get back home, but hopefully I'll have some exciting stories and amazing pictures to show for it. Right now my hostel manager is stuck in Bali (any sympathy... nope not from this girl), his wife is getting her residency papers signed and for some reason he's not allowed to be in the country for that (?) and for some reason they questioned him when he applied for a tourist visa to get back into the country, so I'm working a lot more at the hostel. Totally a good thing because I blew out the rear gasket on my car and had to pay to get it repaired... thank god my mechanic guy is AWESOME!!! He only charged me $250 to do it, and consequentially it also solved the oil leak problem that I had purchased the car with, so now I'm pretty sure I'll be able to hopefully get a little more for it than I paid (huzzah!!!).... Karma does exist.
I've been trying to surf more often lately and I'm ashamed to admit that I'm no good, the hostel boards are about 6'9"-7'2 and the ones that Rainey and I were on in Surf Camp were about 8-9' and foam so a lot more stable, and let me tell you I was rubbish on those (although my introduction to cheap boxed wine the night before may have had some consequences with my coordination). But I will prevail!!! I'm just more patient with myself than some of the guys, they seem to get disappointed that I'm not able to stand up even when I tell them that being 30kgs overweight doesn't exactly predispose you to being an instant surf guru... actually I believe my exact words were I'm a chubby kid from a land locked province, get over it cause I am. Lol, I just don't have the core muscles that someone who has been surfing/skateboarding/snowboarding/etc throughout their young adulthood has. But that will come with time, I am very proud of all my surfing bruises and sand rash, and I have yet to take a board to the head (touch wood), so I figure so far so good...Baby steps, baby steps.
Right now I'm also working on my second year visa, I will still be home for next summer but this means I can come back at some point (before I'm thirty)for another year. There's a lady at the zoo who's husband musters cattle and that is definitely on the acceptable work list for regional labor and it means that I do not have to pick fruit!!! Yay I win!!! So life is peachy keen, I'm in poverty but ridiculously happy about the situation, I can afford what I need and I can save a little too. I can honestly say that I would be absolutely screwed if not for the awesome fruit and vegetable store about 3 blocks away, without it I would have to live off of instant noodles and as it is I supplement way to frequently with baked beans (cheap protein... I've also discovered that I really like tofu, so much for Jess the Carnivore lol!!!) I remember when I was in grade 1 or 2 I used to beg Mom to let me take those Itchiban noodles to school and I would eat them raw... now I shudder when I see people eating them for dinner, seems you were right all along Mom;) So I have been able to eat a lot of fresh fruit and veggies because of this awesome store and I'm really gonna miss it when I travel on, but I'm still determined to keep a diet plan that somewhat mimics weight watchers. Fat kid Jess is going to slowly fade away hopefully never to return again! On that note I will sign off, hopefully to blog again shortly!!! Lots of love to all of you XOXOXOXO
~J
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