Technology

Today I am grateful for technology! :-D I'm grateful for emails, facebook and skype. I love being able to keep in contact with my friends and minutes (sometimes seconds) later receive a response! It's amazing to say the least! I love being able to hear what going on in their lives like new boyfriends and babies learning to walk and talk, new husbands and hearing that they are happy and healthy. I just love them! Even though I'm so far away I can still feel involved.


How amazing is skype?! Like seriously! It makes distance seem like a fickle thing cuz you can see their face and their smile and their eyes <3 the only thing you're missing are the cuddles and kisses. (I don't know how I'm going to survive 6months without those 2 things!! lol skype does make it a lot easier, although sometimes it does make it harder) 

Missing home

The past couple for days we've had friends from Aus staying with us on transit to Ireland. It was so nice having them here cuz it made it feel like home <3 When they left this morning is probably what sparked my 'loneliness' (not quite the word I'm looking for but it seems to fit). I just feel like crying because I just  have nothing to do everyday (except my dissertation, but I haven't really been in the right head space to write). I'm feeling down because I'm not being active, I need to get into a routine and go to the gym. I know once I start going to the gym I will feel better. And when I lose all this weight I'll feel even better! I'm just not motivated, I know that sounds absolutely crazy but when I don't have a schedule and I can't drive myself there and plus it's freezing it just gives me excuses not to go lol I miss my friends back home. Today I really wished I was back home in Toowoomba <3

Sick

I've been sick the past couple of days so I haven't been able to do anything. I'm feeling a little overwhelmed about everything I still need to do. Finding a real job is very hard! I need to write a new resume and get another reference from a lecturer that is unpredictable in answering emails. I'm really scared that I'm not going to be able to get a good job. There are so many hoops to jump through and being sick has just put a damper on my preparations and I just feel like it's hopeless. But I guess I have no choice, I need to buck up and just do it. Hopefully tomorrow I will feel better and finally organise myself into some sort of routine and make a list of what I need to get done and when it needs to be done. 


Miss my house, my routine, my car, my friends and summer. Buuuuuuut I love being with my family <3 I guess a girl can't have everything she wants. Change is just hard that's all.

So Much To Do

I've been here in America for over a week now and I realised today that there is still so much for me to do. I'm still trying to sort out a job, we went to the offices today and they said that we had to come back tomorrow so that was a little set back, hopefully everything can be sorted out tomorrow. The sooner I get this job the sooner I can start saving money for my wedding!


Also today I remembered that I need to get my butt moving on finishing this dissertation, I need to get writing!!! What a nightmare! Buuuuuuuut it will be worth it in the end. 


Went to a YSA family home evening tonight...it sucked! Haha! We decorated sugar cookies for Valentines Day and watched this video they made based on Ammon and King Lamoni, it was pretty funny but it was nothing compared to what we got at home. Hopefully Institute will be better. I can't wait to go to institute I really need that boost in my scripture reading. I was looking at the different courses I can choose from and I was so excited to see that there is a course specifically for helping you improve your personal scripture study. Bring on tomorrow :-D

Guitar, Gym and a Flash Mob

A few weeks ago my mum asked me to sign up for a flash mob. I jumped at the chance! It was for someone's birthday, there was about 100 people there in the freezing cold to dance for this lady. My aunty, mum and I just had so much fun! I have always wanted to be in a flash mob but whenever they were on in Brisbane I was always in Toowoomba so I was never able to attend. There's something I can cross of my bucket list :-D Afterwards we went out to lunch to a place called Crown Burger....Yummmm! Is it bad of me to say that I love American fast food? Don't worry though, I'm not gunna get fat! I've been to the gym 3 times this week. 


Last night I went for a workout with my 2 youngest brothers it was so much fun!     I think going to the gym with them will make me want to go even more. Aaron tried to make me weigh myself HAHA! I was like NO WAY! But in the car on the way home they talked me into it so next time we go I just might hop on those scales...might being the key word there lol Woke up this morning and I could feel a few of my muscles sore this morning which is always a sign of a good workout! I'm even starting to feel my ab muscles working Yeah! 


When we got home from the gym I felt like jamming with AJ so we went downstairs to his room and played Coldplay for like an hour. I haven't played guitar in like 6months so I can't believe my fingers lasted that long. I'll see how they feel tonight and maybe we'll do some more jamming :-D I do love being around my little-big brothers <3

Getting back to normal

I finally got some sleep last night, 5 whole hours of amazingness! Haven't gone out to find a job yet because apparently I need my social security card physically with me...it's in Rockhampton, oh dear! Now I have to direct a male to find it for me, this should be interesting! Haha Nah, poor Nic I just tease him, don't give him enough credit sometimes. 

Been to the gym the past couple of nights, it feels so good to be moving again after 8months of laziness! I'm not sure how I feel about the water zumba and water aerobics but at least I have company. Hopefully I will be 'skinny' again soon! Note to self: next time you write a thesis make sure that you have enough money for gym membership for the entire duration of the writing. 

Also went to Desseret Book <3 I love that shop! Mum bought me a book called 'Our Temple Wedding Planner' :-D I can't wait to get married! If I could marry my sweetheart tomorrow I would! I'm probably gunna read it everyday haha I still can't believe I'm getting married, is that weird?

Jet Lag...

So I forgot how annoying jet lag is. 5:30am and I haven't had any sleep at all. One good thing came of my not sleeping though, I went through my cupboard and found some boxes of my things and emptied them. My room is a horrible mess though haha Got to skype with Nic twice today for his birthday :-D I miss him <3 Probably going to start look for a job today and hopefully get some sleep...Oh and sort out my room after I practically demolished it! haha Here are some pictures of my 3am 'clean up'...

I'm Here!

So I finally made it to America, I can't believe it! I'm a bit jet lagged (actually more than a bit! I've been awake since 4am) but it shouldn't last long. My last night in Australia was great! Drove down to Robina with my Aunty Vicki and on the way home we stopped at the Yatala Pie Shop for my 'goodbye dinner' (best goodbye dinner ever! I'm gunna miss pies) only to find that is was a DRIVE-THRU pie shop! I mean, how Aussie is that!!!! :-D It was AWESOME! What a great experience to have on my last day in Australia.

My flight went by pretty quickly actually, so many tender mercies happened along the way. My flight from Brisbane to Nadi was scheduled at 11:30am estimated to arrive at 5pm there I would have to wait 5hrs for my 10pm flight to LA. As we get into the airport I start to freakout because I couldn't see my flight there was only one flight to Nadi which was at 3:30pm. My aunty told me to look at my ticket to check the flight number cuz that could be my flight but delayed. She was right! My flight had been delayed 4hrs which of course was straight away annoying but then as it started to process I thought it was great! (For me anyway not so much for Aunty Angela and Uncle Brad :-p) Instead of spending 5hrs at the Fiji airport all by myself I was able to spend it in the Brisbane airport (which is so much nicer) with my family <3 We even got some food vouchers! :-D When it was time to leave I had a little cry but I was so ready to leave and get the trip over with! Haha 

Nothing exciting happened at Fiji but when I got to my seat on the plane I sat next to this guy from England (what a shame I didn't get his name) who was going home from 6months abroad. I was SOOOO jealous!! I don't think I would do 6months, maybe 3?  But alas it is only a dream lol It would be so amazing to have the opportunity and means to be able to do that though! He started off in South East Asia then to NZ, Australia and finished off in Fiji.


The wait in LAX seemed like forever! The gate I was at you needed to catch a shuttle to so there was absolutely nothing to do. And the flight from LA to Salt Lake was just dragging, not to mention it was the smallest plane I have ever been in and not very comfortable. The hostess was really kind though, she saw me dozing and gave my a mint and winked at me. I dunno, there's just something about a wink that is just so friendly don't you think? When we were 20mins out of Salt Lake she saw me looking out the window and tole me that we were almost there. She definitely made that trip more bearable.  


When I got off the plane it was FREEZING!!! Some of us had to stand at the door of the plane to wait for our carry-on bags that wouldn't fit on the plane, and Holy Crap! I just wanted to cry haha!! Once I get my bag I walk down to baggage claim and get my bag then wait inside a little bit for my family, they took too long so I went outside but it was too cold so I came back inside lol Then after a while I decided to go back outside again and waited for what felt like ages! I cried a little and wished I was back home and was thinking 'You'd think they'd care a little bit more considering they haven't seen me in a year.' lol The cold was too much to handle anymore so I walk back inside, then a thought came into my head, 'maybe you just missed them and they are waiting for you on the other side of the baggage claim' so I walk over there and see mum and Aaron eagerly looking through the arriving passengers. I slowly walk up next to AJ and seedaly whisper "So who ya waiting for?" He turns around, looks at me and smiles, "Oh, just waiting for my sister." Then mum turns around a bit confused, she had a delayed reaction but she eventually squealed and ran over to hug me and started crying. 


The house was all decorated in pink for my arrival home :-D It was so great to see my brothers <3 I have missed them so much! I miss Australia but I am happy to be here with my family and spend my last year being single (sorta) abroad.

The End of an Era

For the past week I have been on an emotional prese pise I've been saying good-by to all my dear friends. And today is my last day in Toowoomba, the place I've called home for the past 4 years. 

Here I grew into an adult. 

It was here that I met some of my dearest friends. 

It was here that I met the man of my dreams. 

It was here where I learnt so many things about my self that I never knew.

It was here where I my testimony of the gospel grew strong enough that I finally knew for myself that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the Lord's true church on the earth today. 

It was here that I learnt and understood more fully why it is so important to have the companionship of the Holy Ghost with me always. 

It was here that I learnt the importance of family and how they are the MOST important thing in your like. 

It was here that I overcame the biggest challenges I've had to face. 

So many amazing and important things in my life have happened here, I can never doubt that the Lord had a plan for me, he brought me to Toowoomba for my life to be blessed by the people I met here.Toowoomba will always have a special place in my heart and I think a part of me will always be here <3 

But now it's time for me to start a new adventure! It will be a great experience living in America to see what my life could have been like. 2 more sleeps until I see my baby boys <3