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.